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The Enhanced Games Are Coming, Shark Attacks Doubled In 2023 & What To Do About Airline Waste?
Colin and Justin Housman celebrate Justin's return from vacation by breaking down some recent headlines to come out of the outdoor...
Feb 10, 2024


The State of Outdoor Podcasts with Emily Holland
Today podcast strategist Emily Holland sits down with Colin to talk about all things podcasting. Despite being less than 20 years old,...
Feb 9, 2024


Trail Advocacy For Dummies & What To Do About Poor Trail Etiquette with Susie Murphy of the SDMBA
Colin welcomes the Executive Director of the San Diego Mountain Biking Association, Susie Murphy, to provide a deeper understanding on...
Feb 7, 2024


Lululemon's New Shoes & Icebreaker Misses Their Plastic Removal Deadline
Colin gives his thoughts on the public messaging of two headlines to come out of the outdoor industry last week. First up is the news...
Feb 5, 2024


Finding Optimism In The Mainstream Media Meltdown with Mike Rogge
Colin sits down with Mountain Gazette's Mike Rogge to breakdown the meltdown happening in mainstream media. Over the past few weeks names...
Feb 2, 2024


The All-Drug Olympics: When Dreams Become Reality
To celebrate the announcement of the Enhanced Games, we reflect back on this now predictive segment of SNL's weekend update from 1988. We...
Feb 2, 2024


PsyNet's Campfire Tales: Wildlife Conservation Groundhog Edition
PsyNet's Campfire Tales: Wilderness Conservation Groundhog Edition* Prompt 007: In honor of the annual right of February 2nd, we asked...
Feb 2, 2024


The Peak Of Stanley & Solving The Mountain Town Housing Issue
Mountain Gazette's Kyle Frost is back for his weekly appearance on the show to break down the latest from his newsletter. First Colin and...
Feb 1, 2024


The 2024 Outdoor Industry Design & Trend Report with Struktur Society's Michelle Rose
Michelle Rose joins Colin to talk macro outdoor trends for 2024. Michelle is a design executive who has worked at brands like The North...
Jan 30, 2024


Avoiding The Joy Void In Your Outdoor Industry Career
After more than 20 years of working in the outdoor industry Colin has some advice for those with aspirations of climbing the ranks of an...
Jan 29, 2024


REI's Latest Layoffs, The EXPLORE Act, Going Outside Causes Cancer & Are We All Just Cheaters?
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Colin and Justin Housman take their weekly turn through some of the...
Jan 27, 2024


The Colorado Wolf Controversy & Solo Stove Fires Their CEO
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Kyle Frost returns to the show to talk through recent outdoor...
Jan 25, 2024


Local Resident Goes 'Double Melly'
Local Portland, OR writer and cyclist David Boerner achieved the rare ‘Double Melly’ last week in preparation for a recent weather event...
Jan 24, 2024


The PFAS Problem, Circularity On The Rise & This Week In Greenwashing with Environmental Journalist Sophie Benson
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Colin sits down with environmental journalist Sophie Benson to check...
Jan 24, 2024


This Is Antwon On 2024's Biggest Outdoor Apparel Trend
Are you subscribed to This Is Antwon's YouTube channel? If not you're missing out on amazing analysis of how outdoor and outdoor...
Jan 23, 2024


RF Management Addresses DRAFTgate
This morning's issue of Your Mom (Rock Fight's newsletter) was labeled DRAFT, which has confused some of our readers. RF management is...
Jan 21, 2024


How The Outdoor Recreation Roundtable Is Building And Unifying Our Outdoor Community
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) we're diving back into the world of the outdoor economy. In November...
Jan 16, 2024


Wolverine Punts Sperry To Authentic Brands & How Outdoor Brands Lose Their Authenticity
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Colin reacts to the news from last week that Wolverine has sold...
Jan 15, 2024


Are Sponsored Climbers More Like Taylor Swift or Casey Neistat? It's Climbing Corner with Kris Hampton!
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Kris Hampton returns for another edition of Climbing Corner! Colin...
Jan 10, 2024


Historic Paddlers Get Arrested, Strava Loves Gen Z & California's Historic Swell
Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Colin and Justin Housman talk through the following headlines to come...
Jan 6, 2024
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