Built on Passion

Josh sits down with Hemp Daddy’s Therapeutics co-founder Caleb Simpson. Hemp Daddy’s Therapeutics makes CBD or Cannabidiol oil, transdermal cream, and capsules that offer a wide range of both mental and physical health benefits to help with inflammation, depression, anxiety, pain, and a number of other ailments. We’re no strangers to Caleb as he was a founder of Bearded Brothers, one of our earliest brand that we worked with so naturally, we had to find out the motivation for stepping away from bearded brothers and jumping into a completely new endeavor. With more and more studies and acknowledgment of the health benefits of CBD we are beyond interested in its effects and development, especially since Simpson's motivation to start this budding business (no pun intended) came from witnessing the pain relieving and anti-inflammatory effects of CBD first hand.

Josh sits down with Switch Designs founder James Poss. Switch Designs is a brand dedicated to innovating the outdoor luggage and bag space, specifically with their one of a kind boot bag. It’s a rare thing indeed to get excited about boot bags but, wish Switch’s one-of-a-kind (and we really mean there’s never been anything like it) your bag can transform into a backpack to a tote with an extremely and effortlessly simple buckle system. Poss is a long time skier and self-taught design, his first design being a pair of gloves that ended up on top-level skiers. Though that first pair of gloves was merely a high school project, that was enough to stoke passion within him to follow through with building his experience. The inspiration for reinventing the everyday ski bag was simple: He found it ridiculous that no one has designed a updated boot bag since boots are an absolute necessity. From there it was just rolling up his sleeves, getting to work, and after a long prototyping phase Poss and the rest of the Switch Designs team came up with a significantly more flexible and functional bag that looks incredible.

Josh sits down with Cor Surf founder Andy Gosset. Cor Surf is a brand making surf and paddleboard accessories for the core surfer, including board racks, bike trailers, and bags and backpacks. Cor Surf got its humble beginnings when Gosset made a surfboard rack as a better way to store his board. It wasn’t long before he started getting some seriously positive feedback on his rack that he began Cor Surf and launched his first product. Since that first rack Cor Surf has created a ton of other often overlooked accessories to make it way easier to store and transport Surf and SUP boards. Join us as we get a closer look at Cor Surf from the very voice of its founder.

Josh sits down with Evolved Motion founder Emily Schromm. Evolved Motion makes carry goods with an emphasis on fitness, specifically, their EmPack a backpack that transforms into fitness gear. By filling up two water reservoirs you can use the pack as a kettlebell, barbell, or dumbbell. The idea for the EmPack was conceived while Schromm was on the road and was looking for a simple alternative to going to the lackluster gym in the hotel she was staying at. Her solution? Stuffing everything she could into her suitcase thus turning it into a jerry-rigged kettlebell thus, creating the unofficial first prototype of the EmPack. With such a functional, stylish, and straightforward solution to fitness on the go, it’s no surprise that Evolved Motion’s first Kickstarter was a success.

Josh sits down with Drew & Matt and reflect on 2018 and talk about some big things in the pipeline for 2019. Tune in as the ReddyYeti gang discusses what we’ll be doing over the next couple months in Vermont and the complete facelift of the ReddyYeti membership program. It’s been a wild ride this past year and we’re extremely psyched to see the metamorphosis that ReddyYeti has gone through.

Josh sits down with Outdoor Vitals founder Tayson Whittaker. Outdoor Vitals is a company making premium ultralight backpacking gear with the goal of becoming the next great gear company for the next generation. In a lot of different ways, buying one product is better than two; and buying one ultra light product that will outlive and performs other products is a home run. That is Outdoor Vitals philosophy and, although Outdoor Vitals is a young company, Whittaker’s passion for entrepreneurship and the outdoors have lit a fire to build a company like Outdoor Vitals long before it’s launch. With all that in mind, it’s not quite surprising to hear that he launched Outdoor Vitals so quickly after graduating college, and even less surprising at how quickly they’ve grown. We’re thrilled to join Whittaker as he takes a long the journey of Outdoor Vitals beginnings to where things are headed with this outdoor powerhouse into the future.

Josh sits down with Mishmi Takin founder Kapil Dev Singh. Mishmi Takin is a brand making high performance, high quality boots, waterproof jackets and softshells with the focus on making them more breathable. While breathable gear may not be a new idea, Mishmi Takin focuses on producing gear optimized for hot and humid environments and environments often overlooked by bigger box brands on the market. The idea for Mishmi Takin came from the exact place of its namesake; Singh was hiking the hills of Mishmi when he was caught in a downpour and realized his gear just wasn’t cutting it. After a soppy trek back home he was sparked with the idea of making some gear of his own. Singh is also no stranger to the outdoors and gear being an avid hiker and running six marathons to date. Oh, did we mention he has  a background and extensive experience in supply chains and engineering (talk about cut out for the job)? With all that experience, credentials, and passion, it’s clear to us it’s all uphill from here for Mishmi Takin.

Josh sits down with Drift Products founder Dave Rupp. Drift Products makes a streamlined option for traversing the backcountry to help snowboarders, skiers, and winter hikers more mobile in pow. Drift products, like many brands, was born out of necessity but, has pioneered a new product, their drift boards, by combining a snowshoe, cross-country skis, and backcountry skins. The idea was originally conceived in 2012 while Rupp was searching for a quicker and easier way to get into the backcountry with his quiver board and without having to opt for a splitboard. Having grown hand over fist since their successful Kickstarter campaign, Drift’s success has been rapidly growing, raising the burning question of what’s next for this budding brand.

Josh sits down with Drop Brand Manager Chris Gougeon. Drop is a goggle and snow accessory brand that has been around for quite a while (since the late 90’s in fact) however, they recently made a game changing switch to become a direct-to-consumer brand. Why is this important? This means that Drop can deliver one of the best goggle options on the market, a truly premium product at one of the most competitive price points. In this episode, we have the pleasure of dissecting what prompted this change as well as the process of switching over from being a retail driven business to direct to consumer as well as all the ups and downs that went with it.

Josh sits down with TREW co-founder Chris Pew. TREW GEAR makes Direct to consumer, high end backcountry apparel for skiers and snowboards. Over the years TREW has become a household name for the snow industry industry but, originally started around one product, the TREWth Bib, with the business and brand growing around that pioneering piece of outerwear. TREW, the TREWth Bib, all of it was started by Chris Pew, his brother John and, their childhood friend Tripp Frey before they had even left high school. TREW has become quite a recognizable brand, churning out high quality unique outerwear with some of the best breathability on the market. Join us as we take a closer look at what makes TREW tick, how they took their resort/backcountry approach with their products, and their impressive past as well as their bright future.