Category: Outdoor

The Pro’s Closet, the pre-owned cycling brand, has raised $12 million in funding led by Foundry Group and Edison Partners. Ridgeline Ventures and existing private investors also joined the round. The latest round of funding brings total investment in The Pro’s Closet to more than $27 million.

Most of California remains under the threat, of or in the midst of, fire conditions with a combination of extreme heat, significant wind, dry conditions, and stretched firefighting resources. Due to these conditions, the USDA Forest Service (USFS) Pacific Southwest Region closed eight national forests in the Pacific Southwest affecting much of Central and Southern California.

About 36,700 Hi-Lift Storage Hoists sold by StoreYourBoard.com are being recalled. The green straps can break while the Hi-Lift Storage Hoist is in use, causing whatever object was being stored in the hoist to fall, posing an injury hazard to passersby.

American Outdoor Brands Inc., the outdoor gear and accessories business, recently spun off from Smith & Wesson Brands, reported sales in the first quarter ended July 31 of $50.5 million, an increase of 51.9 percent, over net sales of $33.2 million for the comparable quarter last year, driven primarily by increases in both e-commerce and traditional sales channels.

Smith & Wesson Brands Inc. reported net sales in the first quarter ended July 31 were $278.0 million compared with $123.7 million for the first quarter last year, an increase of 124.8 percent.

Loon Outdoors has appointed Hogan Brown to lead its marketing efforts.

The FBI completed 1.68 million gun background checks on an NSSF-adjusted basis in August, a climb of 51.2 percent compared to the August 2019 NSSF-adjusted NICS figure of 1.11 million. The rate marks a slowdown versus triple-digit gains in the last two months.