Gary Lenett understands the power of consensus. In 2014, when he founded the performance denim company DUER, he did it with funds raised through Kickstarter, a proof-first method that relies not on the confidence of big investors or market predictions, but on the voices of real ...read more
Projects on Kickstarter, Indiegogo, and other crowdfunding sites will come to life next month in a new startup showcase in Boulder's Neptune Mountaineering. The NeptuneLAB is the latest experiential concept for the iconic gear shop. Owners Shelley and Andrew Dunbar collaborated ...read more
Keep up by reading Industry Buzz. Here are today's top headlines: Have a news tip? Email us at [email protected] Big Agnes recently announced an expansion of its international sales and distribution in Europe. Those actions include hiring new sales personnel in Europe and ...read more
On Feb. 28, 2015, Greg Thomsen held a reunion for about 60 former Wilderness Experience employees at his home in Malibu, California. He and his brother, Jim, founded Wild X as a guiding business in 1971 before it evolved into an iconic outdoor gear manufacturer with hundreds of ...read more
When the doors of 3 Rivers Outdoor Co. (3ROC) open for the first time in spring of 2018, the owners, Christine Iksic and Chris Kaminski, both 37, will already know a whole lot about their customer base. In the last year, the Pittsburgh duo has hosted two pop-up gear stores they ...read more
It’s not often that a retail store makes its own products. Sure, there are branded caps and tee-shirts in all the best shops. But founder of Denver-based Feral Mountain Co., Jimmy Funkhouser, actually made the conscious decision to keep’s his store’s name and logo off his new ...read more
A couple of years ago, Cotopaxi was a small brand with five backpacks. Now, the company makes more than 150 SKUs, and the stories behind some of its products have gone viral. Cotopaxi is a colorful company in ways that go way beyond its signature neon hues: It runs a highly ...read more
It is 2017, and yet it's extremely rare for climbing films to feature women as lead characters. Never Not Collective, a new media group formed by four outdoor industry veterans, plans to change that in short order. But they need your help. They're currently fundraising for ...read more
Have you ever gotten lost trying to find your way to a climb or off a climb? Especially in some place as fantastic and confusing as Red Rock Canyon, NV or Joshua Tree, CA? Get lost no more! We provide the most detailed rock climbing access trail maps available. These loose-leaf, ...read more
