https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ju5w2-1185f7e Engearment Podcast Pre Outdoor Retailer, COVID, Patagonia, KUIU In this episode we go over the upcoming Outdoor Retailer Show (hopefully not the last one!) The effects of COVID on the event and what meetings we will have. Heck, my wife and I both just got over COVID. We are fully vaccinated and boosted, and both picked it
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Pearl Izumi Launch Pant – Slim Fit and Good Looks Kate Agathon Five months have passed since Bicycling Magazine included the popular Pearl Izumi Launch pant in the 2021 Gear of the Year list and I was able to receive a pair to review. Fortunately, the winter has been unseasonably warm, and the week the Launch pants arrived had
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Adidas Five Ten NIAD Shoe NIAD Shoe – Full Day Comfort for Climbing Andrew Piotrowski It might just be me, but I see more and more crossover between the climbing and ultra/trail running worlds. I personally love to see this but unfortunately, my feet typically don’t. Climbing shoes are usually the last thing my swollen, black-toed, and sore runner’s feet
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Spyder Captivate Insulated Ski Jacket – Kates New Favorite Kate Agathon The refined Spyder Captivate insulated ski jacket combines retro style with modern color blocking accentuated with a Spyder heritage patch. In a season where nostalgic lines, colors, and textures dominate ski and apres ski apparel, Spyder managed to create a fashionable and functional jacket without going overboard on fashion
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Take 5 with Paralympian Noah Elliott interview Kate Agathon We recently caught up with Noah Elliott, 2018 Paralympian and star of Warren Miller’s latest film, Winter Starts Now. Elliott, 24, has spent the last few months promoting Winter Starts Now with his daughter Skylar, and traveling the world competing in world cup events. Eager to defend his title in the
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Snowmachine: New BCA video documents avalanche safety within the Alaskan snowmobile community Boulder, Colo.—Backcountry Access (BCA) announces the release of a new video dubbed “Snowmachine,” filmed in winter 2021 in Alaska’s Northern Chugach Range. The seven-minute short film documents the steps BCA and its ambassadors are taking to further avalanche awareness within the Alaskan snowmobile community. “Snowmachine” is now
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