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Outdoor Retail Summer Market – Day 2 Recap

Yesterday morning Outdoor Retailer Summer Market started off early at the 7 a.m. OIA Industry Breakfast. Writer: Carly Terwilliger The message to the standing room only crowd heard from keynote speaker Former U.S. Secretary of Interior Sally Jewel was all about unity. In her first major appearance since leaving office, Jewell was adamant about the […]

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Kicks Off

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market kicked off yesterday bright and early with the 7 a.m. OIA Industry Breakfast, featuring former Interior Secretary Sally Jewell speaking on the theme of “Together We are a Force for Public Lands.” So it’s fitting that yesterday, OR attendees got outside to enjoy those lands at a variety of pre-show experiences.

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market: What You Missed At Demo Day

SGB was there yesterday at the Outdoor Retailer Demo Day and selected some of the more notable and new items from the Paddlesports category that will play a major role in future seasons. Writer: Travis Poulin Stand Up Paddleboard (SUP)  Waterman iSUP BK Pro 9’10 is suited best for the lighter rider. The BK Pro line was designed by Brian […]

SSI Data: Core Categories Keep Outdoor Footwear Sales Afloat in Calendar First Half

Internet growth easily outpaces brick & mortar gains in the period ended July 1. Outdoor footwear sales grew more than 2 percent in the calendar first half of the year, with strength in hiking boots, backpacking boots and approach footwear offsetting sales declines in outdoor casual footwear and fishing waders. The core functional hiking and […]

SGB Media Is Live At Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2017

The SGB team is packing up our plaid shirts and trucker hats and heading to Salt Lake City.  Writer: Carly Terwilliger From Demo Day to Outsiders Ball, from show floor business to happy hour socializing, we’ll be onsite as the outdoor industry bids a fond farewell to Salt Lake and turns its head toward Denver. […]

HBO “Ballers” Pop-Up Shop

The HBO + Ballers 3 Capsule Collection features apparel and accessories from Buscemi, Cazal, Hall of Fame, ROc96 x MadeWorn and Pyer Moss.

Will Oval Chainrings Become The New Norm?

According to Wolf Tooth Components, elliptical rings provide smoother, more consistent power and this results in less spin-out and stalling for better traction.

Garrett Mays: A Single-Blade Sensation

In a kayak, Mays does with one paddle blade what many fear to do with two. The Soddy-Daisy, TN native (or as he refers to it – “Soddy-By God-Daisy”) is a member of a select few boaters in the C1 category.

Item Of The Day: Altra Timp

“We call the Timp our ‘long day’ shoe,” said Altra founder Golden Harper. “It’s perfect for ultramarathoners like Jeff Browning, an Altra athlete who wore prototypes of this shoe for the Hardrock 100 in 2016 and at Western States in 2017.”