Sharp-eyed mountain enthusiasts, take note: The next time that you see an advertisement for high-end alpine equipment, the depicted athlete may very well be sporting a backpack made by CiloGear. On a recent visit to the backpack-maker’s office and manufacturing facility deep in a rambling warren of a building on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, CiloGear founder Graham Williams showed us a Patagonia ad featuring …
From the sleek Niko camera bag to the ever-spacious Sotnik duffel, San Francisco’s Chrome seems to really be on-point these days. And since they’re best known for their bike-ready commuter bags, the introduction of their latest high-vis line of bags was a welcome one. The limited edition Reflective Camo Collection is made with a special glass-bead-printed fabric that reflects at a distance up to 100 …
A surf-centric blog moonlighting as a retailer of collaborative soft-goods and maker of well-designed accessories for wave riders, Indoek opts for a more creative approach to surfing by highlighting the culture’s many characters, stories and top brands. For their latest venture, the team created a collapsable shelter, inspired by an old friend’s DIY teepee he would bring to beach. The Wave Wam—as they call it—is …
