Author: Julie Bacon

Julie calls Maine, Asheville, and Truckee home. Through her own eco-conscious marketing agency, Hot Skillet Media, Julie met Hibear and became a one-brand-at-a-time-kind-of-woman. All hopped up on cold brew, you’ll find her rocking our marketing and sales programs here at Hibear and sparking all kinds of creativity. An avid yogi, mountain biker, snowboarder and fly fisherwoman, she lives and breathes the outdoors. And yes, you can call her Bacon.

Hibear Collabs With Bryn Merrell On LE2 Adventure Flask

June 24, 2021

Hibear recently collaborated with artist Bryn Merrell to create the artwork that appears on its limited-edition (LE2) Sierra Sippon Flask. The All-Day Adventure Flask’s exterior illustration interprets the geography of the Sierra Mountains, with the Southern end, inspired by where Merrell calls home. Hibear’s founder, Mark Tsigounis, designed the flask. Before forging her path as […]

Hibear Releases All-Day Adventure Flask

June 19, 2021

Hibear has released its All-Day Adventure Flask, an insulated utility bottle for water to cocktails. The Flask is built for “specialty retailers who want to offer an artistic hydration vessel with functionality for coffee and cocktail lovers, van lifers, weekend warriors, and the like,” said the brand. Hibear supports independent artists with each bottle’s under-sleeve […]

Granite Gear Grounds Keeper Alex Wehrle Picks Up 2,020 Pounds Of Trash

October 29, 2020

Leave it better. For the Granite Gear Grounds Keeper team of 31, this year was all about that mission. Despite the challenges this year brought, the 4th generation of Grounds Keepers pressed on in their goal to pick up trash. Alongside sponsors Klean Kanteen, Big Agnes, Kula Cloth, Astral, Food for the Sole, Recover Brand, […]

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Granite Gear’s Perimeter Backpack Collection Celebrates Body Diversity In 2021

July 2, 2020

Two Harbors, MN, July 2, 2020 — The outdoors should be a space for every ​body​. As a member of the Outdoor CEO Diversity Pledge, ​Granite Gear ​continues to be focused on stepping it up with diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. Beyond building a diverse team of ​Grounds Keepers since 2017 and making sure BIPOC and LGBTQ are […]