The Rock Fight: Outdoor Industry & Adventure Sports Commentary

Today on THE ROCK FIGHT, an outdoor podcast that aims for the head, we dig into the following 3 outdoor headlines from the past week (time codes included for your listening pleasure): First up is the story that Mammut is pulling out all of the stops to get their North American business over $100m by 2028 (00:58) Outdoor Retailer Winter Market reveals a tiny floor plan for the upcoming show (05:30)...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT, an outdoor podcast that aims for the head. Today we not only have another outdoor movie review for you, we have an outdoor movie review of the greatest outdoor movie ever made: ALL IS LOST! Why does this 2013 JC Chandor movie that stars Jeremiah Johnson himself, Robert Redford hold the best outdoor movie of all time championship belt? Listen to this episode of THE R...

Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head) Colin & Justin take on the latest outdoor headlines from the past week! On the agenda: Crocs releases a cowboy boot for Crocs day (1:55) SmartWool partners with thredUP for a new secondhand initiative (7:20) Eddie Bauer revises their logo so a cursiveless generation can read it (11:50) Killian Jornet has a big week in the moun...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast that aims for the head. Last week there were two outdoor rebrands announced. Trail running shoe brand Inov8 dropped the hyphen (it used to be Inov-8) as well as changed their mark and outdoor stalwart Mountain Hardwear updated the consumer experience on their website by leaning into their heritage. Today on the show brand and tradeshow critic Booth...

Welcome to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast that aims for the head and today it's THE MOUNTAIN TOWN TAKEDOWN! There are some things that people who move to mountain towns really need to do differently and THE ROCK FIGHT is here to help! Today we'll tell you the three rules you need to follow if you live in a mountain town or if you aspire to live in a mountain town. Listen and share with the moun...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT, an outdoor podcast that aims for the head. Today Colin & Justin dig into recent headlines to come out of the outdoor industry and community including the recent theft of a shipment of Bedrock Mountain Clogs, Columbia trying to make Overlanding shoes a thing, a deadly grizzly attack in Canada and the runner who tried to cheat their way to a 21st place finish at a...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT! An outdoor podcast that aims for your head and folks, today is the rock fight of the year. Back in March Colin & Justin responded to UK outdoor brand Rab's launch of Cinder , their self described 'adventure cycling' line with an episode of the show that discussed the challenges of branching into a new category and the inherent marketing BS that comes with promot...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT, an outdoor podcast that aims for the head. THE MEG surprised Colin by fulfilling it's destiny as a true outdoor movie and making him want to go outside. Can it's recently released sequel, THE MEG 2: THE TRENCH do the same? Check out this episode of THE ROCK FIGHT to find out! Please follow THE ROCK FIGHT and give us a 5 star review wherever you get your podcasts. Ha...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast that aims for your head! Today on the show Colin & Justin weigh in on recent headlines to come out of the outdoor industry and community. The boys break down the Guinness Book of World Records stripping Reinhold Messner of two records, Erin Ton's controversial FKT, Whoop's new AI product and the latest outdoor retailer to have (most of) their d...

For an industry built on the accomplishments of skinny white men standing on mountain tops, furthering DEI efforts in the Outdoor Industry has been, let's say, challenging. Brands try to say and do the right thing but long lasting efforts to create change and represent different races, genders and those with disabilities in an industry that supports transformative outdoor experiences have had a to...

It's been a year since Colin entered Running Retirement. What has he learned? Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for your head) Colin reflects on his 48th birthday which coincides with when he had to give up running and offers 5 lessons he's learned over the last 12 months. Listen to why Colin retired from running here . Please follow THE ROCK FIGHT and give us a 5 star review w...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for the head)! This is part 2 of our weekend release extravaganza! On this episode Justin offers a review of his new bike, the Hudski Doggler as the boys make plans for an upcoming Bay Area bikepacking trip. Then they take a look at new products from Chaco before getting into recent stories about outdoorsy people who got into trouble inc...

Today on THE ROCK FIGHT it's part 1 of a two part Justin Housman extravaganza! On part 1 a listener weighs in on our recent episode recapping Houdini Sportswear's announcement about their new circular store in Stockholm. If you missed that you can listen to it here . Justin and Colin dig into the 'too much stuff' issue facing the outdoor industry and give examples of brands who are starting to pro...

On Tuesday of this week outdoor apparel brand Houdini announced that it was opening a new store in Stockholm that would allow 'customers to choose how they access their garments' with options to rent, subscribe or purchase new or secondhand Houdini sportswear. This move by Houdini further points out the issues the larger outdoor apparel world faces in the amount of product that gets made and the w...

Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for your head) Colin gives his thoughts on the 2018 giant shark movie THE MEG which stars Jason Statham as...eh, who cares who Statham is starring as in this movie...that's not what THE MEG is all about! Does THE MEG make Colin want to go outside (the mark of a good outdoor movie)? Can Colin offend anyone who likes Warren Miller films (please s...

Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast that aims for your head) Colin resumes his rock fight with Lowa's new ATR line of trail runners that are now available to purchase (listen to his conversation on THE ROCK FIGHT with Peter Verry here ) questions why we value big accomplishments like what has been in the news recently ( UTMB course records by Courtney Dauwalter & Jim Walmsley and an FK...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast that aims for your head! As we close in on 100 episodes it's time to have a look back at some of the original hot takes that kicked off the show last December and today is all about getting your feedback. Listen as Colin checks in on three of the OG rock fights and then send your thoughts to myrockfight@gmail.com or dm us on Instagram or Threads ....

Cycling figured it out with the Gran Fondo. A gathering with no pressure and a celebration of the activity and the community. So why don't we have the equivalent of the Gran Fondo for every other outdoor adventure sport? Running in particular relies on races for the runners to gather even if only a small percentage of racers can actually win any given race. Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Colin talks abou...

Two weeks ago Colin & Justin gave their thoughts on Puffin Drinkwear (listen to that episode here ) and how the brand that makes cute coozies for your beer should really offer some sort of performance advantage if it was going to operate like an 'outdoor brand'. After receiving listener feedback on the topic Colin decided a deeper dive was necessary. Today on THE ROCK FIGHT (an outdoor podcast...

When all of Colin's outdoorsy friends and former colleagues were rushing to see The Dead & Company this past summer it became obvious that the old guard of the outdoor community is on life support. A new soundtrack is required for the outdoors. It's time to say goodbye to jam bands and adopt punk as the musical genre that defines who we are as a community and industry! Join Colin and find out...

Today on THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast that aims for the head, Colin talks about a summer spent in the gym with his family, how working out indoors with his wife and kids provides the same feelings you get from a day on the trails and how outdoorsy parents can be just as bad about mountain sports as overly invested team sports parents can be about soccer or football. You also don't want to mis...

Today on The Rock Fight Colin and Justin address listener feedback from last weeks show including a listener spotted correction and a sport that is challenging Pickleball's dominance in the 'anyone can do it' category. Then the guys run through outdoor headlines including Justin's recent review of the Specialized Turbo Levo e-mountain bike on Adventure Journal's blog , Skratch Labs entering the in...

On today's episode of THE ROCK FIGHT Colin & Justin crack open a mailbag of listener rock fights and run through a slate of outdoor headlines including Moots new 750d gravel bike, the abomination that is Puffin Drinkwear and potentially the last ever ROCK FIGHT trip to Pickleball Corner. Have a question or comment for a future mailbag episode? Send it to myrockfight@gmail.com or send a message...

Today on the show Adventure Journal's Justin Housman returns from a weekend in the wilderness to give his thoughts on Scout, the outdoor trip planning AI Chatbot featured in a recent episode of the Outside Podcast , and discussed by Colin here on THE ROCK FIGHT. If you haven't already listened to that episode of THE ROCK FIGHT check it out here . On this episode Justin and Colin talk about how the...

If I asked you where you go hiking you'd probably rattle off a bunch of trails that snake up mountains, past streams and are generally all dirt. But if I told you there was a growing movement within the outdoor community to take hiking to the streets? Today on THE ROCK FIGHT journalist Miles Howard sits down to talk about Boston's Walking City Trail and HIKING EVERY CITY, his initiative to get urb...