Posts under ‘Uncategorized’

A little glimpse into the past of Backbone Media’s Steve Metcalf, back when he worked on the other side of media, back when he had hair…

The Meeting, “the premier gathering of snowsports filmmakers, athletes, sponsors, media and fans”, went down in Aspen/Snowmass this past weekend for the seventh year. When I first went in 2005 with the Freeskier crew, The Meeting was only getting started, and, back then, for me it was basically just a reason to go party in [...]

The common wisdom is you get what you give. Which is great and all. But in this day and age there needs to be new adage that allows you to get even a little time to give anything at all, especially when your voicemail is full and email overflowing. Another favorite saying is if you [...]

We are all busy. Ironically, too busy, in fact, to even ponder such heavy questions like “why are we in this business anyway?” Luckily, rather than have to sit ponderously, I was reminded why by an email from Andrew Bisharat over at Rock & Ice. Andrew organized the Rifle RendezSPEW Clean Up, and his thank [...]

Over the past month a number of Backbone clients have been a part of Fast Company’s 30 Second MBA online program. If you are looking insight and advice from industry leaders ranging from Mark Zuckerberg, Tony Hsieh and Conan O’Brien on topics such as Innovation, Faith in Business and Creative Management check it out. View [...]

  A recent trip to the Dolomites in Italy lent some insight to the mature and varied European outdoor market. With my family, we traversed the Brenta Range staying in rifugios and hiking, climbing and doing via ferratas point-to-point. We then cruised around Cortina for a few more days near Cinque Torri. If you like [...]

Last week I was fortunate to come along on the Black Diamond Equipment S12 Access Series Pack Press Trip, where our group of 20 spent two days in the backcountry of Aspen Snowmass hiking through some of Colorado’s most scenic terrain. Our contingent consisted of four members of the Backbone crew (Penn, JLD, Justin and [...]

Kinda kidding but not really. En route home from a recent trip to the Selkirks, I was able to schedule an 8AM meeting last Sunday @ DIA with none other than my esteemed business partner Nate Simmons. Nate was on his way to Seoul and then Bejing for work with Polartec. The timing was fortunate [...]

Reports from the Scufoneda Festival in Moena Italy include new snow yet warm temps. Nate and Fielding are over there hosting media as Polartec sponsors the event. Reports from AK are that it has been a tough winter, yet recent snow has been improving conditions. We are headed there Sunday for a Black Diamond event [...]