Archives: Press Releases

Pearl Izumi has launched its first limited-edition Grateful Dead collection, which includes jerseys, baselayers, bibs, and accessories. To create the collection, the company’s “resident Dead Head,” Taylor Eckelberger, blended the band’s “Steal Your Face” logo with a tie-dye-meets-dancing-skeletons theme. “The Grateful Dead’s impact on American music and culture really can’t be overstated,” said Pearl Izumi’s Director […]

Tropicfeel, a manufacturer of sustainably-made travel gear, announced the launch of its first eco-friendly, weatherproof Geyser shoe made with Hyosung’s 100 percent recycled fibers. Available in low and high cut styles, the shoe features a sock construction with sprint laces, is made with Hdry technology (feel dry) stretchy recycled waterproof membrane, a low impact 20 […]

Deckers X Lab announced it launched the X-Scape SPSK Mid—a hybrid street sneaker that meets the comfort of a slipper with the feel of an athletic shoe. The shoe is the newest edition to its X-Scape series The shoe’s design offers a Twinface shearling upper built into an Xponent HD midsole (a high rebounding, lightweight […]

OrthoLite announced that its range of eco-footbeds has expanded with the release of the HybridPlus-Bio and HybridPlus-Recycled insoles.  Ortholite remarked that the products “elevate the total eco content of the insoles to 57 percent and 50 percent respectively.” The footbeds result from the brand’s Zero Waste initiative to create sustainable footwear solutions closing the loop on production […]

Winter can provide some of the year’s best riding with crisp air and snow-dusted trails. Reset the thermostat with the updated and expanded MT500 Freezing Point Range and make even the coldest winter day a riding day.  Updated Men’s & NEW Women’s MT500 Freezing Point Jacket – Product Pages: Men’s | Women’s Endura have updated […]

Leki, the manufacturer of skiing, trekking and trail running poles, announced it had signed American ultramarathon runner Courtney Dauwalter. “Courtney’s incredible talent, passion and outgoing personality transcend the sport of trail running,” said Sven Brunso, Leki marketing director. “Her accomplishments have put her on the global stage alongside the best of the best, and we […]

  To close out 2021, Nixon and The Grateful Dead created a limited-edition collection of watches, bags, and replacement watchbands using the band’s iconic art. The first installment incorporates Grateful Dead imagery into seven watches and five watchbands. The collaboration leans heavily on Nixon’s sustainable and environmentally friendly products, aligning with the Dead’s history supporting […]

Exped USA, a subsidiary of Exped AG, located in Zurich, Switzerland, announced the upcoming launch of its backpacking mat line and reimagines the selection process for a “seamless customer experience.” Fueled by feedback from customers and retailers frustrated by confusion over a lack of industry standards in warmth ratings, Exped created to improve the buying […]

SEATTLE (Nov. 19, 2021) – Founded on a dream to sleep better, play more and send it further, HEST, the designer of premium sleep products built to make the great outdoors even greater, is at it again with the launch of its newest, most portable car-camping mattress: the HEST Foamy. The Foamy is as comfortable […]

Pairing synthetic insulation with innovative construction, Outdoor Research SuperStrand LT jacket collection is offering a warmth-to-weight layering package for the first time. It has also set a new standard for the company in warmth, weight and comfort in its active-insulation category. “SuperStrand is an extraordinary layer. It definitely doesn’t wear like any other piece of […]

Ready to tackle the outdoor elements, X-Pac® RX 3-layer laminates are made with 100 percent post-consumer polyester face fabric and X-PLY® reinforcement. The recycled polyester fiber is made from discarded PET bottles sourced in the USA.  As with all X-Pac® materials, the RX laminates are made in Dimension-Polyant’s Putnam, CT facility, which is 100 percent […]

100%, the San Diego-based sports performance company, has announced the launch of two new premium sport performance eyewear: the Eastcraft and Westcraft series. The new collection is based on a rich racing heritage that’s fueled by innovative technology to create the ultimate sport performance sunglass that transcends multiple sports disciplines.  The distinct retro glacier-styled silhouette is […]

A new gen of sustainable hiking boots, made for desert performance, has launched from father-and-son brand Erem. Co-founder Noah Swartz is a fourth-generation shoemaker “who wanted to create a better boot made with exacting environmental standards for desert landscapes and climates.” His father and co-founder, Jeff Swartz, was the president and CEO of Timberland, a […]

The next logical step for Enduro Bearing’s Maxhit technology is the introduction of its Maxhit bottom brackets. The brand’s patent-pending Maxhit bearing technology addresses weaknesses the company found in standard bottom bracket components that use several parts within parts, including small ball bearings that succumb to wear and corrosion. Bottom brackets “endure profound and intense forces […]

Scarpa, producer of footwear for mountain sports, heads into winter 2021/22 committed to sustainability and renewable resources, aligned with its Green Manifesto.  Every boot in its Maestrale or Gea RS or Maestrale and Gea ski boot collection was redesigned to incorporate Grilamid Bio and Pebax Rnew, plastics made with renewable resources, while a dollar from the […]