PRESS RELEASES
Browse the latest press releases from companies serving the outdoor sports industry. You’ll find news regarding new hires, promotions, products, partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, special announcements, and more.
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June 5, 2019
Toray’s New Nylon Textile Offers Improvements In Water Repellency and Durability With a Lower Environmental Burden
Toray Industries, Inc. announced that using a proprietary composite spinning technology called NANODESIGN®, Toray Industries has created a new nylon textile, one that delivers high water repellency despite using a DWR treatment with a lower environmental cost. The textile’s structure has microscopic slits running lengthwise on the yarn. Water repelling...
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June 5, 2019
Zion National Park Celebrates 100 Years with Zion Forever Film and Concert with Sting and the Utah Symphony
SPRINGDALE, Utah– June 5, 2019 – Zion National Park Forever Project, Zion’s official nonprofit partner, is passionate about its centennial goal to transform allvisitors of Zion National Park and the Greater Zion Landscape into “Keepers” of those sacred lands. The nonprofit’s new “We the Keepers” centennial campaign will kick off...
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June 5, 2019
Uncharted Supply Co.© Launches New Line of Preparedness Products at Outdoor Retailer
PARK CITY, Utah (June 5, 2019) – Uncharted Supply Co.©, maker of industry leading emergency preparedness products, is proud to announce three exciting new products that will debut at Outdoor Retailer Summer Market (booth #24138-SL).The SEVENTY2™Pro Survival Kit, Triage Kit and Rapid Raft offer adventurers, outdoor enthusiasts and preparedness junkies...
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June 5, 2019
DMM Launches Expansion in North American Climbing Market
BOULDER, Col, June 5, 2019 – DMM, the last remaining UK-based climbing hardware manufacturer, announced expansion plans for the North American market today that include a new U.S. office, new sales structure, and focused product assortment to serve specialty outdoor retailers and climbing gyms. DMM North America LLC has recently...
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June 5, 2019
360 Adventure Collective Announces Second-Annual On Snow Demo Schedule
Asheville, NC — June 5, 2019—360 Adventure Collective, a trusted association for outdoor and winter sales reps on the East Coast, has announced On Snow Demo dates and venues providing on-snow testing experiences in New England up through 2022. For 2020 the Collective will return to Pico Mountain for two...
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June 5, 2019
The Conservation Alliance Hosts Successful Backyard Collective Event in Vancouver, B.C.
BEND, Ore. (June 5, 2019) – The Conservation Alliance held its Backyard Collective event in North Vancouver, British Columbia on Friday, May 31. The stewardship project drew 45 volunteers from six member companies, two conservation partners and one local non-profit. The volunteers worked in support of North Shore Mountain Biking...
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June 5, 2019
Liv Cycling Introduces All New Avail Advanced Lineup
NEWBURY PARK, Calif. (June 5, 2019) – Liv Cycling, the company dedicated to getting more women on bikes, has introduced the all new Avail Advanced, its line of endurance-focused road bikes. The compact road frame design creates a lighter, stiffer, smoother ride with a better fit for women who enjoy...
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June 4, 2019
The American Alpine Club to Double Down on Climate Advocacy
Golden, CO (June 4, 2019) — The American Alpine Club (AAC), the country’s oldest and largest climbing advocacy organization, represents an outdoor community whose ethos is inextricably linked to healthy mountain environments and ecosystems. It is time that the Club addresses climate change as a direct threat to the climbing community and...
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June 4, 2019
Klean Kanteen Adds TKWide to Thermal Kanteen Line
CHICO, Calif. (June 4, 2019) – Klean Kanteen, a leader in the reusable drinkware space, continues to raise the bar on thermal performance capabilities with the launch of the new TKWide line. Featuring the unprecedented TK Closure™ system and Climate Lock™ double-wall vacuum insulation to help lock-in temperature for longer,...
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June 4, 2019
Operations, Product Development, Sales and Technical Support Growth: HeiQ announces HeiQ China and HeiQ Taiwan
Celine Huang 黄秀蔚is named Chief Executive Officer for HeiQ Greater China and Ming Wen Liang 梁銘文is named Chief Executive Officer HeiQ Taiwan. Huang, with her background as a general manager of a large player in the same industry brings a total of over 20 years of solid testing lab, agent...