The Rock Fight: Outdoor Industry & Adventure Sports Commentary

If you're an outdoor enthusiast of a certain age, it is likely that Outside has played an important role in your life of outdoor adventure. There was a time when they were the outdoor community's authority, our leader. Outside Magazine provided destinations, products, and knowledge for an outdoorsy lifestyle better than anyone. But that was a long time ago. Over the past few years, Outside has str...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! First up, Justin Housman was supposed to be backpacking through Yosemite National Park but instead he's on THE ROCK FIGHT. Find out what happened. Then we open up the mailbag as Colin & Justin respond to listener feedback and questions. Finally Colin & Justin go through this weeks outdoor headlines including a new...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Outdoor adventure is ingrained in the soul of every listener of THE ROCK FIGHT. And it's our daily adventures that keep the dream of bigger outings alive. Bigger outings like retracing THE PONY EXPRESS from Missouri to California on horseback as journalist Will Grant did in 2019; a journey he recounts in his new book: THE...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today Colin & Justin catch up on their latest and upcoming outdoor adventures, the value of crowded National Parks and a bad encounter at a mountain town outdoor retailer. Then they dig into some recent headlines including new product lines from Outdoor Research & Salewa, run retailers who are getting into the Pic...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Our outdoor community has a stuff problem. Brands keep making way more stuff than we need and there's not a lot of motivation for them to stop. Today on the show, owner and president of GEARTRADE, Aaron Provine joins THE ROCK FIGHT to talk about how outdoor brands, the resale category, the impact brands are creating in th...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Colin digs into the announcement that Outdoor Research is expanding into mountain bike apparel (00:38), how to deal with the folks who like to blare the bluetooth while biking and skiing (10:57) and lastly Colin opens up the mailbag and addresses some rock fights that have been picked by our listen...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! It's time for another outdoor movie review here on THE ROCK FIGHT and today Justin and Colin are watching NATIONAL LAMPOON'S VACATION starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo. They cover what makes this a classic outdoor movie, the best and worst outdoor moments, the best use of gear or apparel and answer the question: D...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Colin digs into a requirement for anyone looking to live an outdoorsy lifestyle: You have to go ROCK CLIMBING! You don't need to be or become a rock climber, you just need to do it at least once in order to gain your outdoorsy street cred. Then Colin gives an update on what's happening with THE ROC...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Are gear reviews anything more than easy content to fill up the pages or websites of outdoor media companies? Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Colin and Justin (one of the outdoor industry's most notable gear reviewers) review the gear review. What's good about them, what needs to improve and do we really have anything left to say...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Colin's friend and former boss Jules Lambries joins to talk about building PROBAR from a tasty new product to a competitive brand during a two year road trip with his family. Then Colin and Jules draft their best sports nutrition teams with categories like bar, gel, beverage and real food. It's a f...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Do you keep running or riding when you get back to your car just because you didn't hit a mileage goal? Yeah, don't do that. Tell the demons in your head it's ok and go get a burrito. Support our sponsors! Head over to Gear Trade to turn your unused gear and apparel into cash money or to pick up that piece of gear you nee...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Can you tell us what the CCC stands for? Before reading THE TREE ARMY BOYS by David Meerman Scott in the latest issue of MOUNTAIN GAZETTE there was a damn good chance that neither could we. But as it turns out, much of the infrastructure that our outdoor community enjoys was built by this initiative from the 1930's. Today...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Does this movie make you want to go outside? If the answer is yes it's the highest acclaim an outdoor film can achieve and it's what Colin & Justin are going to decide today with the 1972 classic ...DELIVERANCE! They'll also cover why DELIVERANCE is included as an outdoor movie, the best and worst outdoor moments in t...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! A few weeks back Apple unveiled Vision Pro, a headset which aims to integrate personal computing and entertainment with your field of vision and mixing your personal reality with your digital reality. Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Justin and Colin talk about their different views on the implication of something like this enteri...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on THE ROCK FIGHT it's a celebration of the TOUR de FRANCE and the reason why many of us started riding bikes or even cared about the Tour in the first place: LANCE ARMSTRONG. Is it possible to separate the feelings we felt in the early 2000's from the fallout of the 2010's? Yes. The answer is yes. Listen to hear mo...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on THE ROCK FIGHT, journalist, author and backpacker Shawnté Salabert returns to offer a rebuttal to Colin's take on the phrase 'Cotton Kills'. She believes there is a real educational value in the expression and Colin needs to stop endangering the lives of new outdoorsy people immediately. Will he acquiesce? Listen...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Wes Anderson's new movie ASTEROID CITY opens tomorrow, so today we're taking a look at one his most outdoorsy movies: MOONRISE KINGDOM ! Colin and Justin talk about the production of the movie, the cast, the gear, the outdoorsy moments and (most importantly) decide if MOONRISE KINGDOM makes them want to go outside. Tell u...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Backpacking pillows are a sneaky underrated piece of outdoor gear that have not gotten the attention they deserve by most outdoor media outlets and gear reviewers. The good folks over at Treeline Review wanted to change that so recently they charged journalist and backpacker Shawnté Salabert with evaluating the 10 most po...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on the show we're throwing some love at the east coast. Editor of Mountain Gazette, Mike Rogge , returns to THE ROCK FIGHT to tell Colin about the new Walking City Trail that recently came to life in the city of Boston , MA. Colin & Mike also talk about what makes the east coast of the United States special from...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! A lot of movies can be considered 'outdoor' but there are some that are first ballot hall of fame, Mount Rushmore style titles that everyone knows as an outdoorsy flick. JEREMIAH JOHNSON is one of those movies. Today on THE ROCK FIGHT, Justin & Colin break down the outdoorsy moments and the gear representation in JERE...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Fellow podcaster and outdoor enthusiast Mr. Adam X from The Out of Collective recently put up a podcast called Mountain Biking Sucks where he offers a bunch of hot takes about cycling. After Colin finished listening to the episode, and swearing at his car stereo, he hit up Adam and insisted on a rebuttal podcast for THE R...

Welcome back to THE ROCK FIGHT an outdoor podcast where we aim for the head! Today on the show Justin Housman reviews the new sandal from legendary surfer Kelly Slater, KLLY . Made with recycled materials and a midsole that is derived from algae, KLLY claims to be creating a cleaner world through the creation of their shoes. Justin has been wearing the flip flops so we start with a straight gear r...

It's time for another rebuttal! Matt Liddle from Snow Peak USA is picking a rock fight with Colin over Colin's takes on camping. First that a bed in a hotel is better than camping out and second that complex camp meals are overrated. Hear both of those episodes of THE ROCK FIGHT here and here . Snow Peak is the authority when it comes to camping so Matt is here to convince Colin he's wrong and tea...

What do you drive? Do your outdoor pursuits influence the kind of car you own? Today on THE ROCK FIGHT Colin & Justin go deep on the vehicles that get us to the trails, mountains and put ins. From the venerable Jeep Cherokee to the over exposed Toyota Tacoma to topics like Vanlife they cover all the car trends that impact your life in the outdoors. Listen to or read THE ROCK FIGHT that started...

Mountain Bike Suspension is Pointless. One of our most popular and divisive episodes in which Colin posits that suspension on a mountain bike is, well, pointless. Since that episode Colin has rediscovered some of the benefits of squish on a bike. Does that mean he's ready to change his tune? Listen to find out! Listen to or read THE ROCK FIGHT that started it all: https://rockfight.co/home/mountai...