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- Gregory Goes There
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- Live Your Adventure – Eddie Bauer blog
- Mountain Running – La Sportiva blog
- Necky Kayaks
- Ocean Kayak
- Powder Journal – Kastle
- Rio Products
- Tao of Toad – Horny Toad blog
- Teton Gravity Research
- The Boa Blog
- The Current – Sage Blog
- The Running Front – Newton Running blog
- The Valley Sun – Sun Valley blog
- Trimble Outdoors
- Yeti Blog
Category Archives: Trip Reports
Media Trip to Catalina Island – November 9-11, 2012
As late-autumn snows swirled above the mountains around Backbone headquarters in Carbondale, account managers Elinor Fish and Mavis Fitzgerald escaped to Catalina Island, 22 miles off the Los Angeles coast for a media trip co-hosted by the Santa Catalina Island … Continue reading
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Hooked on Canyoneering
Before this year, I had never been canyoneering before. But, an awesome trip to Grand Canyon in May changed all that. Rich Rudow of Trimble Outdoors is a badass canyoneer. Most canyoneers cut their teeth in the well-known canyons of … Continue reading
Posted in Backbone Adventures, Trip Reports
Tagged Canyoneering, Grand Canyon, Trimble Outdoors
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Media Trip to the Middle Fork of the Salmon
Coming out of a summer almost no rain and far too many threatening wildfires, especially in Idaho, we were a bit leery about leading six journalists to the Middle Fork of the Salmon for a cast and blast trip with … Continue reading
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Don’t Call it a Retreat
When I started working at Backbone over five short years ago, our bi-annual get togethers consisted of eleven of us having a small BBQ at a partner’s Carbondale home. Good food, sparkling dinner conversation (lots of jokes about how young … Continue reading
Posted in Backbone Adventures, Climbing, Colorado, Fishing, Musings, Trip Reports, Uncategorized
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Backbone in the Big Apple
“Any proper trip to NYC should start with dinner a real Italian pizza joint.” Or so says John DiCuollo. To kick off our annual spring media trip to the Big Apple, JLD pointed us to Arturo’s in the West Village. … Continue reading
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Tagged Backbone Media, New York City, showroom
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The Networ(th)k
Much is being written lately about fans vs. revenue in social media. It is a classic sales vs. marketing storyline/showdown. Companies exist to sell products but they won’t succeed in today’s markets unless they cultivate and work to attract customers … Continue reading
FreeTouring with Black Diamond Equipment in the North Cascades
Now, repeat after me: “We are not a tele skiing company. We are not an alpine skiing company. We are not a backcountry touring company. Black Diamond Equipment is a SKI company, comprised of passionate SKIERS dedicated to making a … Continue reading
Posted in Backbone Adventures, Client News, Skiing, Trip Reports
Tagged alpine, Aspect, backcountry, BD, Black Diamond Equipment, Carbon Megawatt, Crescent, Current, Drift, FreeTour, Justice, mountain, powder, Revert, revo, sidecountry, ski, Skiing, Starlet, Stigma, tour, touring, www.blackdiamondequipment.com
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It All Adds Up
Fall is our slow time. Time to relax. Unless you think about it. Fall planning gets cranked up and a quick look at our Google Calendar tells a different story. In the last month~ish, Backbone has been in Boulder multiple … Continue reading
Revo Costa Rica Media Trip
This past week, I had the pleasure of heading out on a media trip on behalf of Revo Sunglasses to the gorgeous Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. The location was unbelievable, the food was five-star, the activities were bucket listers, … Continue reading
Posted in Backbone Adventures, Surfing, Trip Reports
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Backbone China, NYC and Boston
Here are a few quick travel updates from Backbone as we prep for: (a) Riding our bikes (b) Entering sales meeting season (c) Patiently awaiting the corn harvest (d) All of the above If you answered (d) – all of … Continue reading
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