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COLUMBIA, Md. - January 23, 2018 Earth Treks Climbing and Fitness and Planet Granite Climbing, Yoga and Fitness today announced Backbone Media as the company’s public relations agency of record. “Backbone is the leading agency in the active lifestyle space and has deep ...read more

COLUMBIA, Maryland - January 19, 2018 Earth Treks Climbing and Fitness and Planet Granite Climbing, Yoga and Fitness today announced Robert Cohen as CEO. Cohen, the former vice president of global retail for Patagonia will be responsible for all aspects of the nine climbing, ...read more

May 6, 2014 (Carbondale, Colorado) – Completing its seventh annual Film Festival, 5Point Film delivered another inspirational weekend of films, speakers, and stories, completing its most successful festival yet. Bringing together the industry’s best filmmakers, athletes and ...read more

April 17, 2014 (Carbondale, Colorado) – Next week, the center of the outdoor universe will be in Carbondale, Colorado. Over the course of four days, April 24 – 27, the outdoor industry’s best filmmakers, athletes and artists will converge on the small mountain town along with ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Inc., a leading global climbing and freeride ski brand, was recently honored with the first annual Conservation and Sustainability Award presented by the Summit Land Conservancy, a Park City, Utah-based land trust. Additionally, Black Diamond raised ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announces the Fall 2010 launch of the new Efficient series of lightweight skis and boots for alpine touring. Building upon the momentum of the Black Diamond Power Series Boot launch of 2008, ...read more

(Salt Lake City, Utah) - Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announces that Tatoo Adventure Gear will become the exclusive distributor for Black Diamond climbing and mountain equipment in Chile, effective August 1 2009. “Black ...read more

(Salt Lake City, Utah) - Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announces the completion of multiple projects that will increase global efficiency and brand growth. “The difficult economy only underscores the need for proactive ...read more

July 14, 2009 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced the completion and launch of its new website www.BlackDiamondEquipment.com today.“Our goal with the complete rebuilding of the site is to ...read more

January 12, 2009 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced the completion and opening of its global distribution center near its Zhuhai, China headquarters.“The announcement today comes on the ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced continued support of local non-profit groups that are active in defending the environment.“On a national scale BD has always been active in partnering with groups such as the ...read more

September 2, 2008 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced stacks of Winter 08 awards for their skis and NEW Freeride Boot collection as well as their continued support of the UAC Fundraiser ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, primes the pump for the North American OR Summer Market with a Silver Medal Award for their new Orbit lantern at the recent Friedrichshafen OutDoor INDUSTRY show.The Orbit is a more compact, ...read more

June 25, 2008 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced the amicable end of their formal partnership with Beal Ropes (FRA) in June 2008. The termination of this partnership is due to market ...read more

Black Diamond Bolsters Team To Keep Pace With GrowthApril 7, 2008 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced a new round of hires, athletes and general growth coming off a nationally strong ...read more

February 5, 2008 (Boulder, CO. – Jackson Hole, WY.) – Ski and performance apparel leader Spyder Active Sports, Inc announced its acquisition of Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc, producers of innovative technical outdoor and mountaineering apparel. Terms of the agreement were not ...read more

Denver, Colorado – January 21, 2008 – Effective January 7, John Whitt assumed the new position of Vice President of Manufacturing for Ouray Sportswear, LLC, a leading supplier of decorated sportswear to the resort and college bookstore markets. The announcement was made by ...read more

One Percent for the Planet (1% FTP), a global network of environmentally philanthropic businesses and the non-profit groups they support, raised close to $20,000 on their first online auction. Powered by cMarket, the online auction offered over 100 items of varied merchandise ...read more

November 8, 2007 (Newburyport, Mass.) – One Percent for the Planet (1% FTP), a global network of environmentally responsible businesses and the non-profit groups they support, announces continued growth, an upcoming online auction and key partnerships slated for the 2007 ...read more

November 1, 2007 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced the timeline and product mix for its much anticipated ski boot line set to debut for Fall 2008.“We just completed Boot Camp with our ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, rolls into the coming winter stacked with new hardware to accompany the new 10-ski line up. Specifically the new BD Verdict ski won Outside Magazine's Gear of the Year for a Backcountry Ski, ...read more

September 5, 2007 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., Uinta Brewing Company and the Friends of the Utah Avalanche Center invite you to an evening of music, dancing and Mexican food to benefit the Utah Avalanche Center. The festivities will begin at 6 PM ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, is proud to host the 6th Annual Climb4Life Salt Lake event benefiting the HERA Women's Ovarian Cancer Foundation, September 13 – 16, 2007, at Black Diamond, 2084 East 3900 South, Salt Lake ...read more

Prestigious climbing grant announces increased budget and a new sponsorGreat news for the climbing community. In 2008 the total grant money for the Mugs Stump Award will increase to $30,000 from the current level of $12,000. The extra funds are a result of the addition of ...read more

August 3, 2007 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in the climbing and freeride ski markets, announced several key personnel changes to strengthen their team and meet continued strategic growth objectives. In the past two years, Black Diamond ...read more

July 18, 2007 (Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing and skiing markets, announces the launch of a Chinese language version of its website www.bdel.com.cn.Following the creation of Black Diamond Asia in Zhuhai last year, the launch of ...read more

June 8, 2007, (Newburyport, Mass.) – One Percent for the Planet (1% FTP), a global network of environmentally responsible businesses, has retained TDA Advertising and Design of Boulder and Backbone Media of Carbondale, Colorado as their respective graphic and public relations ...read more

May 29, 2007, (Denver, Colorado) – O Holdings, LLC, announced today it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Ski Country Imports, Inc. and Ouray Sportswear Wyoming, Inc. O Holdings has capitalized a new company, Ouray Sportswear, LLC which will continue the operations ...read more

(Salt Lake City, Utah) – Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing and skiing manufacturing, has agreed to commit $10,000 (CAN) in a joint effort with Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) to help preserve Skaha Bluffs near Penticton, British Columbia. Skaha is not ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing and skiing manufacturing, celebrated St. Patrick's weekend in the Wasatch under banner blue skies with a host of events for the avid adventure skier.The 5th annual PowderKeg race hosted alpine touring (AT) and telemark ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing and skiing manufacturing, announced today a partnership with Garmont USA to globally distribute Black Diamond's new telemark binding interface system.Beginning in Fall 2008, Garmont will incorporate Black Diamond's ...read more

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd., a global leader in climbing and skiing manufacturing, announced today the final timeline for its much anticipated ski boot launch.Peter Metcalf, BD's President and CEO states, “ The BD Ski Boot Line will officially launch in Fall/Winter 2008. We ...read more

Cloudveil Mountain Works, Inc. announced the hiring of Rich Weight as its new Director of Sales as well as the completion of its consolidation and expansion of offices in Jackson. Weight comes from Chaco, where he was the Director of Sales and active in the growth and brand ...read more

Cloudveil, producer of innovative technical apparel, and its Midwest rep group, Pemba Serves, jointly announce the debut iClinic™, an alternative to in-person rep clinics.“The iClinic™ concept gives retailers and floor staff the opportunity to download a podcast on a ...read more