SGB Today Outdoor
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.
Item Of The Day: Ruffwear Patroller Leash
Inspired by the brand’s patrol and search and rescue partners, the Patroller Leash is an adjustable, convertible belt-to-leash.
Item Of The Day: Scarpa Maestro Climbing Shoes
The new Meastro family redefines how trad shoes are built with a new high-performance rubber rand system and soft, supple and comfortable Eco Leather.
Carsten Von Birckhahn Dies In Paragliding Accident
CEO and brand manager of Edelrid, Carsten von Birckhahn, has died after a crash landing while paragliding in Val di Mello in northern Italy.
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.”
Maui Jim x Vinylize Collaborate On Vinyl Vision
Built on Vinylize’s proprietary production technology and featuring Maui Jim’s revolutionary lenses.
Oakley, VSCO Partner To Launch Prizm Lens Technology
Oakley engineers partnered with VSCO’s color scientists to conceptualize a custom filter that replicates the effects of the Prizm lens technology in three presets – road, snow and tungsten.
Item Of The Day: Petzl Bindi
The ultra-lightweight Bindi headlamp fits in the palm of the hand, is waterproof and weighs in at 35 g.
Osprey Teams With Ibex, Keen To Save Owyhee Canyonlands
Larger than Yellowstone, the Owyhee is home to one of the nation’s largest herds of California bighorn sheep, the imperiled Greater Sage-Grouse and more than two dozen plant species that exist nowhere else in the world, but the area is in danger of oil development.
