Big Agnes

There was a time in Tayson Whittaker’s life when $200 was a lot of money. In 2014, when Whittaker was a 23-year-old finance student at Southern Utah University, he struggled to come up with enough cash to buy ultralight backpacking gear. He already had a closet full of hunting ...read more

If it’s not a big-box store and it’s not an independent specialty retailer, then what exactly is it? REI Co-op defies easy definition. It’s a builder of brands and a risk to them. It competes with smaller shops around the country while throwing its weight around to protect ...read more

“Just a little snow.” That’s the phrase that kept playing in my head as we wound our way through Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park in Catalonia, Spain. Everything—the granite peaks towering above us; the shores of an alpine lake; my boots—was ...read more

Unless gear stays stowed away in the back of a closet, chances are, it's going to rip at some point—whether it's your puffy coat scraping on rock as you reach for a hold, your ski jacket snagging on trees as you shred through glades, or your sleeping bag catching in your ...read more

Ever since 36-year-old Tommy Danger left behind the flatlands of Indiana—and his past as a poor, overweight kid nicknamed Fat Tom who liked to catch frogs and snakes just for fun—he's been obsessed with adventuring and pushing the limits in running, biking, high altitude ...read more

As a wildfire chased people from the town of Paradise, California, the traffic flooded right past Klean Kanteen’s headquarters in Chico. All four lanes of the highway were routed so traffic flowed only out of town. For difficult hours, some Klean Kanteen employees stood by that ...read more

This show marks the first time that Outdoor Retailer Winter Market has been held in November, a change that was made to help retailers and brands sync up during the seasonal buying cycle. We talked to people on the show floor to see how that translated in real time. Naturally, ...read more

To put it bluntly, Supreme is the cool kid on the block. The one whose lack of effort seems unattainably chill, whose attention you’re dying to grab but can’t ever seem to figure out how to get. Even if you think you don’t know them, you’ve almost certainly seen riffs on their ...read more

If you visit the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club on any given snowy day after school, the entire place is full of kids munching on Honey Stinger snacks. “It feels great, but our backyard is pretty small compared to some of our competitors,” President Bill Gamber said. His ...read more

Nearly three dozen of the outdoor industry's most innovative products and technologies will be on display on the show floor at Outdoor Retailer Winter Market. Outdoor Retailer yesterday released the list of 32 finalists of the Innovation Awards, recognizing design, innovation, ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com In partnership with #SafeOutside, the initiative that surveyed the climbing community about the prevalence of sexual misconduct, SNEWS is conducting its own ...read more

There’s hiking like it’s your job—and hiking because it actually is your job. This summer, the lucky employees of Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based Big Agnes (plus sister businesses Honey Stinger and retailer BAP) are in the latter category. The brands are staging an ambitious ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at snewsedit@aimmedia.com. NEMO Equipment and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) have issued a recall for about 7,500 Stargaze Recliner camp chairs—Recliner, Recliner Low, ...read more

A lightweight camp chair with a matching carrying case and blanket, all in a playful pattern—sounds like the perfect kit for lounging outdoors in style.  Helinox this year is debuting this type of colorful chair in collaboration with Rumpl, the millennial puffy camping blanket ...read more

Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? We've created a new form where you can submit tips and story ideas. Ryan Zinke does good: The Interior Secretary announced the designation of 19 new National Recreation Trails (NRTs)—a total 370 ...read more

STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, Colo. (June 4, 2018) – Employees from brands Big Agnes, Honey Stinger and retailer BAP will soon embark on what might be the longest staff meeting of all time—hiking the length of Colorado. To celebrate the 40 anniversary of the CDT and the 50 anniversary of ...read more

Successfully producing outdoor gear used to be such a simple endeavor: Make great product, then sell it through retail partners, or directly through a catalog or your own store. These days, the formula has become a lot more complicated. With the option to distribute through a ...read more

Crazy good. I could end this review right here. But I won’t. It’s fair to say that I’ve sampled hundreds of energy bars and trail snacks in my day, but these are in a whole new league. Cracker N’ Nut Butter Bars are crunchy, savory, chocolate-covered slabs of heaven, and way too ...read more

As one of the biggest ticket items in your kit, a good tent is a serious investment. And, it’s your home-away-from-home, so it's also a wicked important decision. There are a ton of great brands out there, but we want to know: Which tent brand is your favorite? Vote now to see ...read more

Oh, 2017 you were a wild one. The outdoor industry made a loud, cohesive stand for public lands, our trade show landscape got a major shakeup, women raised their voices on gender issues, and retailers across the country struggled to stay relevant in a world where consumers are ...read more

Outside the outdoor industry, in cities where people wear dress shoes to work and their blazers are blazers, not technical jackets in disguise, “dirtbag” is a dirty word. It’s an insult not taken kindly. But here, in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, it’s a badge of honor and ...read more