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Matador and Volcom Team Up To Offer Packable Solutions For The Surf Community

Today, Matador Travel Equipment and Volcom released its Matador X Volcom Collaboration. Combining Volcom’s heritage in the surf community and Matador’s expertise in lightweight travel, the collaboration offers ultralight, packable solutions with its Packable Towel Poncho and Beach Towel. “Through this collaboration with Matador for Volcom’s 30th Anniversary, we are improving the surfing experience with […]

Diamondback Amplifies Spring 2021 Lineup With E-bike Collection

Diamondback Bicycles introduced a new e-bike category to its Spring 2021 collection. The four pavement e-bikes incorporate reliable components, commuter-ready details and Bosch performance motors. Alta Cycling, the parent company to Diamondback, boasts a long history of e-bike innovation with sister brands IZIP, Raleigh and Haibike. E-bike technology may be relatively new to Diamondback, but it’s […]

Life Time Announces ‘Rad Dirt Fest, Off-Road Cycle And Trail Run Event In Trinidad, CO

Life Time* announced its first ‘Rad Dirt Fest, an off-road cycle and trail run event in Trinidad, CO, on October 2-3, 2021, offering three gravel cycling courses and two trail run distances. It also coincides with the town’s 200th-year celebration of the Santa Fe Trail.  “2020 allowed our team to reflect on our unique ability […]

Lifestraw Awarded B Corporation Certification

LifeStraw announced it was awarded B Corp Certification, meeting the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability.  Timed with the award, LifeStraw released its 2020 Responsibility Report* outlining its 2020 responsibility milestones for social and environmental impact and targets for 2021. “LifeStraw has always been a brand founded on our commitment to people […]

Costa Sunglasses Releases Its First Protect Report

Costa released its first Protect Report highlighting its three-plus decades of supporting coastal communities protecting fisheries and waterways, reducing ocean plastic pollution, educating and empowering the fishing community, and restoring and rebuilding coastal habitats. Initiatives led by Costa, and its cause partners worldwide include: Cleaned 85 beaches in the U.S.; Educated 100,000 kids on ethical angling and conservation; Recycled 2.2 […]

G-Form Hosts Senator Reed At North Smithfield Manufacturing Facility

G-Form received a visit from Jack Reed, U.S. Senator for Rhode Island and Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), which oversees the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD). What drew Senator Reed’s attention is G-Form’s recent initiative to develop protective gear for the military. The Marine Corps Systems Command has also recognized G-Form for […]

Ikon Pass Increases Spring Skiing Benefits For 2021/22 Pass Holders At Eight Destinations

Ikon Pass announces increased spring skiing benefits for its 2021/22 Ikon Pass holders. Skiers and riders can now access Mammoth Mountain, June Mountain, Big Bear Mountain Resort, and Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows in California, Winter Park in Colorado, Solitude in Utah, Sugarbush in Vermont, and Tremblant in Quebec, Canada, offering pass holders bonus days to […]

Astral Re-Signs Kayaker Nouria Newman To Expanded Contract

Astral announced it had re-signed pro kayaker Nouria Newman as a sponsored athlete. Newman, who had worn Astral footwear in 2020, will wear its PFDs as well. Born in Chambéry, France, Newman has spent the past decade developing a reputation as a top paddlesports athlete and one of the world’s best-known kayakers for her proficiency […]

Kodiak Introduces Skogan Hiking Boot For Spring 2021

Kodiak is taking its 110 years of boot-making expertise to the trails with the Skogan, its latest hiking boot, and the “hero” product of the brand’s Spring 2021 collection, featuring footwear built for work and play. “To create the Skogan, we looked back in the Kodiak archives and took inspiration from hiking boots the brand […]

Cotopaxi x HOKA Empower Athletes To Explore The Trails 

Cotopaxi and Hoka One One collaborated on two limited-edition styles —Torrent 2 trail shoe and Batac 16L Del Dia Backpack — born out of a shared passion for responsible manufacturing and the great outdoors. The Torrent 2 is a lightweight trail shoe agile on challenging terrain with enhanced cushioning. The Batac 16L Del Día Backpack […]

Hyland’s Powered Announces 2021 Ambassador Lineup

Hyland’s announces its 2021 Powered Ambassador Team, which includes 85 marathoners, ultrarunners, triathletes, and cyclists from 27 states representing the brand’s events in the U.S., including the Boston Marathon, the Belgian Waffle Ride series and the Revel Race Series. This year’s class includes sub-three marathoners, Ironman triathletes, and Leadmen and 61 returning athletes joined by […]

Incrediwear Renews Partnership With EF Education-Nippo

Incrediwear announces its continuing partnership with EF Education-Nippo.  As the official recovery-wear supplier, Incrediwear will ensure that all riders from its international professional team will have access to Incrediwear recovery products, including sleeves, braces and wraps that will also help in performance injury prevention. “The EF Education-Nippo cycling team is the pinnacle of greatness in the […]

Klättermusen Announces Global Partnership With Slam Jam

Klättermusen announces a global partnership for distribution, retail and creative collaboration with Italian streetwear retailer Slam Jam. Slam Jam will also collaborate with Klättermusen as a full-stack go-to-market global partner, providing branding and design direction to wholesale, retail and engagement with the fashion community. Founded by Luca Benini in 1989, Slam Jam began in a […]

Suunto Bolsters Sports Watches With Premium Models

Suunto announces premium variants to the brand’s two sports watches, the Suunto 7 and Suunto 9. Both watches feature a minimalistic design with five titanium bezels and turn-by-turn navigation powered by komoot, and the Suunto 7 receives a software update, integrating sleep-tracking analysis, body resources management, and immediate heart rate feedback visibility. The Suunto 9 […]