January 21, 2022

GRAYL Receives 2021 Outstanding Partnership Award from The Conservation Alliance, Nominated by Washington Wild

Seattle, WA (January 21, 2022) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ Earlier this month, Seattle-based GRAYL®, maker of innovative water filters and purifiers, purpose-built for limitless adventure, received a 2021 Outstanding Partnership Award in recognition of their partnership with Washington Wild, a Conservation Alliance grantee. Since 2018, the partnership between Grayl and Washington Wild...

January 20, 2022

Outdoor Prolink Professionals Donate Over $84,000 Throughout 2021

BOULDER, Colo. (January 20, 2022) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Outdoor Prolink, the pro purchase program created for outdoor professionals at the heart of the industry, asks that their members  give a micro-donation at checkout when making purchases on the outdoorprolink.com store. As an extra incentive, Outdoor Prolink matched donations on Giving...

January 17, 2022

Sports Illustrated’s Fittest 50 2022

Each year Sports Illustrated accepts the challenge and ranks the best-conditioned athletes in the world, consulting the expertise of trainers, exercise physiologists and performance experts with experience across the college, pro and Olympic levels of sports. The panel evaluates athletes on the following criteria: performances over the last 12+ months; demands and risks...

January 11, 2022

Highest Altitude Fitness Class verified by Guinness World Records

Lausanne, Switzerland /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Guinness World Records has verified the World's Highest Fitness Class held prior to the ALTITUDE OCR World Championships, the World's Highest OCR, held September 19th, 2021, on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania as the new Highest Altitude Fitness Class World Record, at an elevation of 5,714m (18,746 ft) above...

January 10, 2022

Highest Altitude Obstacle Course Race verified by Guinness World Records

Lausanne, Switzerland /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Guinness World Records has verified the Altitude OCR World Championships, the World's Highest OCR, held September 12th to 21st, 2021 on Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania as the Highest Altitude Obstacle Course Race World Record, achieving an elevation of 5,985m (19,731 ft) above sea level. The ALTITUDE...

January 6, 2022

The Conservation Alliance Announces the 2021 Outstanding Partnership Awards

BEND, Ore. /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - The Conservation Alliance announces the recipients of the organization’s 2021 Outstanding Partnership Awards: Bank of the West, Grayl, and Obōz. The yearly award recognizes Conservation Alliance member companies whose efforts directly support grantee organizations working to protect wild places throughout North America. All Conservation Alliance...

January 6, 2022

Monuments Of Cycling Announce Largest Ever One-Day Gravel Prize Purse for Belgian Waffle Ride CA

San Diego, CA  - January 6, 2022/OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Monuments of Cycling (MoC), a premier cycling events producer best known for its iconic Monument of Gravel, the Belgian Waffle Ride (BWR), announced on Tuesday the prize purse for the BWR CA on April 30, 2022 will be the largest ever...

December 16, 2021

The Conservation Alliance Announces New Confluence Program Grants

BEND, Ore. (December 15, 2021) /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - This week, The Conservation Alliance announced the Confluence Program grantees: Apache Stronghold, Monumental SHIFT Coalition, Southeast Alaska Indigenous Transboundary Commission, and Valentine Conservation Community Project. Each of these four groups will receive $50,000 in grant funding in December 2021 and another $50,000...

December 11, 2021

15 Brands Raised $78,000 for the Protection of Wild Places

BEND, Ore. /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - Last month, 15 business members of The Conservation Alliance raised more than $78,000 to support the non-profit’s efforts to protect wild places in North America. During the week of Nov. 8-15, Backpacker’s Pantry, BUFF, Juniper Ridge, Nuun Sport, La Sportiva, Osprey, Sea to Summit, Snoplanks,...

December 11, 2021

NEMO’s OSMO™ Recycled Tent Fabric Named One of the Top 100 Greatest Innovations of 2021

{Dover, NH} /OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ - A revolutionary new fabric from the award-winning designer of outdoor gear and accessories, NEMO, has been named one of the greatest innovations of 2021 by Popular Science. NEMO’s OSMO™ fabric, debuting in 2022 in two of the brand’s best-selling tents, is a proprietary composite weave...