Stand-Off at Outdoor Retailer: The Outdoor Industry Takes a Stand
Last month, Black Diamond founder Peter Metcalf had strong words regarding the relationship between Outdoor Retailer, the premier industry trade show that takes place twice a year in Salt Lake City, and their hosts in Utah. “If they don’t want to change their...
TrailBlazers: A Letter From Gary Humphrey
RailRiders Adventure Clothing does what it says. Yes it’s the toughest clothing on the planet. Designed by people who know the outdoors. I had to laugh at RailRiders' comment on my FaceBook Gary Humphrey link about my show, ‘we weren’t super involved- check out the...
A Look Inside the Design Process: Too Tough Trunks
By Zach d’Arbeloff When I arrived at RailRiders in September of 2014, I knew little about the machinations behind our product line. Although I had spent most of my life wearing our product along with years in the outdoor industry, the garment manufacturing and design...
Walk the Masar: Leon Returns to the Trail
Not all adventures are pulled off without a hitch, and how we deal with adversity can be one of the biggest factors in the success of any expedition. Such is the lesson learned by our “Walk the Masar” crew, Leon McCarron and Dave Cornthwaite. After setting out in late...
The Adirondack 100 in Winter: Erik Schlimmer’s Quest
Erik Schlimmer, member of Team RailRiders and founder of the Trans Adirondack Route, has completed a monumental task: hiking the 100 highest peaks in the Adirondacks, all during winter. Already an accomplished 46er (the term for those who hike all 46 of the...
Oh The Stories She’d Tell: Saying Goodbye to My First Car
By Zach d'Arbeloff There is something uniquely American about hitting the open road, tank full of gas. Maybe it is our country’s wide open spaces, sprawling highway system, or the plethora of places to go. Perhaps it is the mindset; the affirmation of the ideals upon...
Walk The Masar: New Expedition from Leon McCarron
Press Release 23rd November 2015 Leon McCarron is back again for his third official RailRiders-sponsored expedition! One year after departing for the Rio Santa Cruz in Patagonia, Leon is heading out again on an intriguing new project. In early December 2015, British...
Gary Humphrey: Adventure on the Serengeti
To be multi skilled in the film industry on the Serengeti plains is ‘no bad thing.' Running safety, scouting forward, covering medical emergencies and recovering vehicles: it means that my team is on its own, thinking on our feet and always problem solving. In the...
New Adirondack Book Released: My Adirondack Shares Tales of the Wild Side
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – With six million acres of lakes and mountains, the Adirondack Park of Upstate New York is a big place ripe for big adventures, and few have adventured more there than author Erik Schlimmer. Highlights of his adventures include climbing more...
In Memory of Bill Katovsky
Around 15 years ago, RailRiders ran into a problem. At the Outdoor Retailer show, North Face had just released a product line that was a virtual carbon copy of the innovated synthetic outdoor products that RailRiders had been selling for around a decade. Offering...
Jury Duty: Not as Bad as You Think
(Featured Image: an approximate feel of what our courtroom in Woburn, MA was like. Ours was less fancy. As a quick reminder, the trial is a matter of public record and now that it is concluded I am fully allowed to discuss it. However, I will keep details extremely...
Why I Love Being a Horse and Carriage Driver
America’s cities were once congested with horse-drawn carriages and delivery wagons. Today, you can relive our pre-automobile past by taking horse-and-carriage rides in cities like New York City and Chicago. One of the H&C drivers in Chicago is Megan Gray (nee...
Anicca Bags: Custom Bags by Jeremy Holmstead
I first met Jeremy Holmstead atop Mary's Nipple, a hikeable area at Grand Targhee Resort, in Alta, WY, where we were both employed by the mountain. As I was huffing and puffing to the top, he was taking off, charging down the steep, lightly wooded powder field. He was...
Gnarly Mountain Biking: TGR’s unREAL featuring Brandon Semenuk
We enjoy mountain biking. It is a fun sport. But it is videos like this that constantly remind us that there are many people that do things that we cannot. This guy is one of them. One of the world's premier slopestyle riders, Brandon Semenuk, took on this course in...
Support the Pan-Mass Challenge: Bike to Erase Cancer
Next week, RailRiders Founder & CEO John d’Arbeloff will ride the 36th annual Pan-Mass Challenge (PMC) with his daughter Margaux. The annual fundraiser is a 192-mile bike route from Sturbridge to Provincetown, doable in sections, for the express purpose of raising...
