Sutton Bacon

When we announced the launch of The Big Gear Show (BGS) in December 2019, we had an inkling that it signaled a shift in the greater outdoor trade show landscape by offering a hardgoods-centric show that directly competes with what is widely accepted as the Goliath: Outdoor ...read more

Back in early December, we broke the news of a new trade show in town: The Big Gear Show is scheduled to stage in Salt Lake City next summer, just a few weeks following Outdoor Retailer. The founders, Sutton Bacon and Darren Bush, call it a show "for retailers, by retailers" and ...read more

Following The Big Gear Show announcement on Monday, the outdoor industry has voiced mixed response to the new hardgoods-only event with a consumer day and reduced footprint in Salt Lake City in July 2020. Some say that another show further splinters an already-fractured industry, ...read more

Come summer 2020, the outdoor industry will have yet another trade show to choose from. The Big Gear Show, a concept by longtime retailers Sutton Bacon and Darren Bush, the team behind Paddlesports Retailer, is slated for July 22 to 25, 2020, in Salt Lake City. The hardgoods-only ...read more

Over four sunny days in Madison, Wisconsin manufacturers and specialty shop owners from across the country gathered for the launch of the first annual Paddlesports Retailer (PSR) trade show. The warm September weather welcomed visitors to the Alliant Energy Center for a paddling ...read more