“I’m so glad you could meet me in my jail,” Sarah Uhl says, leaning in for a hug. The one-room brick building she welcomes me into has been her art studio for the past year. But, once upon a time, it was the place Carbondale, Colorado, locked up its public troublemakers. Leaning ...read more
Open those calendar apps again. Outdoor Retailer announced today that they are shifting the dates of OR + SS 2019 to Jan. 30 - Feb. 1, 2019, three weeks later than the original schedule. And, in a quick pivot, Winter Sports Market (WSM), an annual buying show put on by Sports ...read more
There was no such thing as modern snowboarding before Jake Carpenter strapped into a novelty board in the late 1970s and felt the future. Today, that start has ballooned into a $400 million industry, and Burton Snowboards, which holds about half the market share, continues to ...read more
Snow Sports collided Outdoor in a big way last week at Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show in Denver. We teamed up with our sister mag, BACKPACKER, and let our gear experts loose on the show floor to scope out the latest snow gear for 2018/19. Marmot EvoDry Dynafit Hoji Pro Tour Ski ...read more
It’s been nearly a week back in reality after all the fun at the first combined Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show, but we’re still savoring our favorite moments. We identified 5 topics that everyone seemed to be talking about. 1. Unity The merging of the minds — Outdoor Retailer with ...read more
As I sit in Munich, waiting for my flight home from ISPO, my brain is spinning with all of insights gleaned from three back-to-back tradeshows. For the last 15 days (just like I have for the last 10 years), I’ve been a trade show road warrior, where home was a hotel bed and ...read more
So much gear, so little time. There were thousands of awesome new products at Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show this year. Luckily, with the help of our sister mag, Backpacker, we had an army of gear experts cruising the floor of the show, scoping out the latest gear for 2018/19. Sit ...read more
As always, it was a crazy, whirlwind, exhausting, exhilarating week at the show. For us at SNEWS, along with all our colleagues at Boulder-based Active Interest Media (including BACKPACKER, SKI, Climbing, Warren Miller Films and Entertainment, and Catapult Creative Labs), one ...read more
If you didn't get a chance to make it to Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show this year, you missed more than the fantastic learning events, the awesome gear, and the fun parties. You may have also missed out on The Daily, a sweet magazine that attendees receive every day of the show. ...read more
With months of buzz about Outdoor Retailer moving to a brand new city and so much time planning for the big show, it's almost hard to believe it's already over. Now that it's all said and done, we want to know – did Denver live up to the hype? Take our quick poll to let us know ...read more
Join SNEWS for coffee! 9-11 a.m. at booth #42105-UL Come say hello over a cup of fresh-brewed from Kuju Coffee, grab a snazzy SNEWS BUFF when you sign up for our newsletter, and chat with the editors about stories you want to see on SNEWS. Meet reality TV adventurer 10-11 a.m. ...read more
We're in the home stretch! Today's editions includes: Interviews with Eric Henderson, owner and founder of Meteorite PR; Chris Baker, founder of OneSeed Expeditions and Wayfinder Co-op; and Hilde Mitdthejell, owner and chairman of Dale of Norway. The latests Gear Trends in ...read more
Hundreds gathered Saturday morning to see outdoor industry icon Ann Krcik honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award from Camber Outdoors. Krcik, who has attended Outdoor Retailer for half of her life, is at home recovering from chemotherapy, was not able to attend the event ...read more
The action isn't slowing down with our day three issue. Stories include: Interviews with John Walbrecht, President of Black Diamond; Bobbi Gale Bensman, Rocky Mountain Sales Representative for Rincon Group; and Jeff Wiguna, CEO and Co-Founder of Outdoor Diversity Coalition and ...read more
The day two issue is here, so dive in now. Stories include: Interviews with Cindy McNaull, Global Brand and Marketing Director for CORDURA; Jeremy Jones, Pro Snowboarder, Owner of Jones Snowboards, and Climate Activist; and Christine Iksic and Chris Kaminski, Co-owners of 3 ...read more
It's here! You can't miss the first issue of the epic show that combines Outdoor Retailer with Snow Show. Stories include: Interviews with Kim Barrett from cityWILD Denver about holistic outdoor education and how the industry can fix its diversity problem; Sue Harvey Brown from ...read more
The tribe is already starting to descend on Denver, as the historic Outdoor Retailer + Snow Show gets ready to open its doors for the first time in Colorado. ...read more
Alpine ski retailers across the country, located in both mountain towns and urban settings, are experiencing a renaissance of the all-mountain mid-fat ski (90 to 100mm at the waist). These daily drivers have become the bread and butter for consumers and retailers. “It’s been ...read more
Next month when the outdoor and snow sports industries descend on Denver for the first time, SNEWS reporters will be trolling the aisles of the Colorado Convention Center to bring you the dirt. Whether you’ll be at the show or back at home keeping the business chugging along, you ...read more
Grab a brewski and settle in with the official Pre-Show edition of The Daily. It features everything you need to know to plan an excellent show, such as: Show Director Marisa Nicholson weighs in on this epic show – the collaboration of two industries coming together for the first ...read more
