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KEEN Inc. KEEN, Inc. manufactures hybrid outdoor and casual products, including footwear, bags and socks. Founded in 2003 with the launch of the Newport sandal known for its patented toe protection technology, KEEN creates innovative and comfortable products that transition seamlessly from work to play, and enables people to pursue a Hybrid lifestyle: create, play and care. Through its Hybrid.Care giving program, KEEN supports social and environmental organizations around the world. The company recently launched the KEEN Recess Revolution, encouraging adults to take 10-minute outdoor “Recess” breaks every day to re-energize at work and be healthier and happier. Named one of “America’s Best Places to Work” by Outside magazine, KEEN is headquartered in Portland, Ore. KEEN products are available in more than 5,000 retail locations in 60 countries. Discover more about KEEN at keenfootwear.com, facebook and twitter. To learn more about KEEN recess, visit recess.keenfootwear.com. |
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Osprey Independent since 1974 and anchored by the design genius of company founder and owner, Mike Pfotenhauer, Osprey Packs has long set the standard for creating innovative, high quality gear carrying equipment. Our collection includes backpacks, pursuit specific packs, hydration packs, active everyday packs, and a full line of travel packs and bags. Located in Cortez, Colorado at the corner of the rugged San Juan Mountains and on the edge of vast sandstone canyon country, this landscape provides a constant inspiration and a superb testing ground for our products. We also maintain a product development office in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam ensuring face-to-face relationships and transparency with our suppliers. Every Osprey ever built reflects our company’s commitment to protect the wild places our customers explore while using our products. For more information about Osprey, visit www.ospreypacks.com. |
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Lifefactory Lifefactory fuses modern design sensibility, eco-friendly composition and exceptional utility to produce a full line of Safe, Simple and Smart products. Safe: We rely on trusted core materials such as glass and silicone. Our materials are certified to be free of all known harmful substances including BPA and phthalates. Simple: All products are easy to use and dishwasher safe–no instruction manuals needed. Smart: Interchangeable tops and reusable bottles come together to form a complete system. Lifefactory is privately held and headquartered in Sausalito, CA. |
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Icebreaker Launched in 1994, Icebreaker was the first company in the world to develop a merino fibre layering system for the outdoors. It was also the first outdoor apparel company in the world to source merino directly from growers, a system it began in 1997. There are now 10 distinct pure merino fabrics in the Icebreaker system, covering underwear, mid layer, and outerwear. Icebreaker is sold in more than 2,000 stores in 24 countries throughout Europe, Asia, Australasia and North America. Based in Wellington, New Zealand, Icebreaker uses only pure merino hand-picked from 120 high country stations in the country’s Southern Alps to create edgy outdoor clothing that combines nature’s work with human technology and design. The company is committed to sustainability, ethical manufacturing and animal welfare. In 2008 the company launched “Icebreaker Baacode,” a pioneering supply chain transparency and traceability program. Each Icebreaker includes a unique Baacode, which enables customers to trace the garment online from rearing the sheep through to each stage of the supply chain process. Learn more at icebreaker.com |
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Snow Peak It is a great honor to experience and enjoy the richness of nature, finding that when we experience the natural world we find happiness and a sense of fulfillment. Snow Peak’s journey began in 1958, when founder Yukio Yamai, an accomplished mountaineer, created his own line of superior gear out of the dissatisfaction with available products. Snow Peak strives to create products that inspire people to enjoy the outdoors, seeking harmony between people and nature, and to manufacturer with such high quality standards that you may pass on your equipment to the next generation. This is where all of Snow Peak designs are born. |
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Alite Designs We’re a small group of rabblerousers that wants you to go outside more. Since our home base is San Francisco we know first hand that city living is a lame excuse for being cooped up. Magical outdoor fun is all around us, no matter the location. And we make a bunch of cool stuff that helps you get out there! |
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Moving Comfort Established in 1977 with the first women’s running short, Moving Comfort designs and develops best-in-class sports bras, fitness apparel, and accessories for women, delivering performance for her workout and style wherever life takes her. Headquartered in Bothell, Washington, near Seattle, Moving Comfort is a division of Brooks Sports, Inc. Visit movingcomfort.com for more information, and follow all brand updates on Twitter (@movingcomfort) and Facebook (/movingcomfort). |
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Yakima Yakima is the world leader in the design and manufacture of cargo management equipment solutions for outdoor enthusiasts. Yakima’s products include vehicle racks for bikes, boats, ski equipment and gear, a line of cargo boxes and bags for a variety of needs, plus high performance multi-sport trailers. Yakima is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. For more information, visit yakima.com |
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Whispbar Whispbar is the quietest, most efficient integrated roof rack system in the world. Created by a Rolls Royce aeronautical engineer, its sleek, aerodynamic design is the result of decades of design and engineering. Yakima acquired Whispbar in 2010 and launched it to the US market in 2011. whispbar.com |
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Biolite BioLite develops and manufactures advanced energy products that make cooking with wood as clean, safe, and easy as modern fuels while also providing electricity to charge small devices like cell phones and LED lights off-grid. Headquartered in Brooklyn, NY, the company was founded in 2009 by Jonathan Cedar and Alec Drummond. BioLite is the recipient of numerous awards including the 2011 St. Andrews Prize for the Environment and the 2010 Sustainable Brands Innovation Open. Discover more about BioLite at biolitestove.com, facebook.com/biolitestove and twitter.com/biolitestove. |
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El Naturalista Based in Pamplona, Spain, El Naturalista was founded in 2002 by General Manager Pablo de la Peña. He had a concept in mind while creating the company – he wanted to create a global shoe brand inspired by nature – comfortable and still fashionable. The final product that El Naturalista offers is young footwear, comfortable and in accordance with the values of nature as well as with its own brand values. El Naturalista is present in 34 countries all over the world with stores in Taipei, Berlin and Helsinki. |
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Blundstone Founded in 1870, Blundstone is a Tasmanian based footwear manufacturer with an unrivalled technological base and a long history in technical innovation. The company’s in-house engineering resources are focused on developing improved processes, and building the plant and tooling necessary to implement them. Blundstone: Australian for Boot. |
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SteriPEN SteriPEN™ is the only portable water purifier that uses ultraviolet (UV) light to destroy waterborne microbes. Whether your source is a woodland brook or an overseas hotel tap, SteriPEN purifies clear water by destroying viruses, bacteria and protozoa—including Giardia and Cryptosporidium—in seconds. Carry a SteriPEN to disinfect water wherever you travel, hike, camp or trek. It’s the fastest route to pure, safe drinking water anywhere. |
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Light & Motion Two Stanford students in a garage in Palo Alto, CA founded Light & Motion in 1989. It has since grown into a premier vertically integrated manufacturer of outdoor recreation products. The product line consists of underwater imaging equipment and high-end bike lights. |
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Innate Based in Vancouver, Canada, and surrounded by the beauty of water, forests and mountains. Innate products are designed to be part of the active and healthy lives of people who set their own boundaries and make their own choices. Innate is dedicated to sustainable and transparent business practices. We believe in letting you know where and how our products are made, so you can make responsible choices. |
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Cocoon COCOON, the leading brand globally for lightweight sleep systems for travel and outdoor adventure, TravelSheets, MummyLiners and sleeping bags are the result of life-long travel experience. The COCOON story started in 1989 with a bulky, sewn-together cotton sheet that almost caused the founder of Design Salt to be swept away in a Balinese river while washing it. Since then COCOON products have seen a lot of improvement and perfection. They now come in numerous specially developed, high quality fabrics and a wide variety of functional details make them ideal companions for adventurers, travelers and mountaineers worldwide. |
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