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Following days of vehement backlash from angry consumers, Backcountry today released a statement about its ‘backcountry’ trademark lawsuits against small brands. Nearly one week after reports revealed Backcountry.com had filed numerous lawsuits against other brands for using the word “backcountry” in their name, the Utah-based online retail giant finally broke its silence. “We have heard

PrimaLoft’s new manufacturing process will remove a major step in production and replace it with something greener. Today, insulation company PrimaLoft introduced P.U.R.E., a new technique that will reduce the manufacturer’s carbon emissions by as much as 48 percent. P.U.R.E., short for “produced using reduced emissions,” moves to eliminate heat from the production process. The

Hinting at the upcoming Bronco production model, Ford’s Bronco R race prototype debuted in the desert to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Rod Hall’s historic Baja 1000 win. And it has us drooling. If you have any interest in off-road vehicles, you know the Ford Bronco is coming back for 2020. And you also know

The outdoor apparel industry lost an icon on Sunday morning. Gert Boyle, known for her gritty presence as ‘one tough mother’ in Columbia commercials, died at the age of 95. Gert Boyle lived an amazing life. Born in Augsburg, Germany, on March 6, 1924, she was just 9-years-old when Adolf Hitler came to power. Most

Red Bull skier Jesper Tjader unveils a host of tricks that, frankly, we’ve never even imagined. Do you know what a Body Slide to Spin Out is? Or a triple-S to triple-kink rail combo? Neither did we. That’s because they came from the mind of Swedish freeskier Jesper Tjader. And now, 4 years after Tjader blew up slopestyle skiing with

Designed to create ‘less drag and more speed,’ the new Nike Vapor Goggles could change the way you swim. We jumped into the pool with the pros and put them to the test. Last week, I had an amazing opportunity to visit the Nike Headquarters in Beaverton, Oregon. There, I got to meet the masterminds