Each Outdoor Retailer (twice per year) kicks off the day before with an Open Air Demo. We’ll show you a few items over the next few hours with full coverage starting tomorrow.
Archive for 2014
OR Open Air Demo
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014Haley Strategic – Venti 100 Shot Wake Up Drill
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014In this video, Travis Haley goes over his warm up routine when at the range. It’s designed to help improve performance by focusing on fundamental processes and to prevent getting into training ruts.
Air Force Paratroopers Place 3rd at Rhode Island LeapFest
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014As a retired USAF Paratrooper, I am always proud to see my fellow jumpers in blue do well. Love those OCP uniforms. Let’s see the rest of the Air Force swap over as well. Congratulations!
According to the TACP Association, members of the 18th ASOG, 18th WX squadron (and one TACP) placed 3rd (out of 55 American and international teams) at last weekend’s annual International jump competition in Rhode Island. They made four total jumps with static line chutes and were graded on accuracy and time.
They missed second place by 4 seconds, and first place by 9 seconds.
(Pictured: MSgt Misiak, TSgt Allen, SSgt Romero-Napolitano, MSgt Williams. Photo from TACP Association)
Great TACP Recruiting Image
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
Base Camp X – Fire Piston
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
The Base Camp X “Prometheus” Fire Piston is an old world technology that uses air friction to ignite tinder, creating an ember for fire building. The Fire Piston is made from hand turned hickory, with the pressure relief valve, lanyard loop, and internal shaft made from brass. Each Fire Piston comes with a supply of char cloth tinder and a hand cut leather lanyard. If you’re curious about how the Fire Piston functions, the below video shows it in action.
basecampx.com/shop/fire-piston
Officer Survival Initiative – Plate Pocket Trauma Kit
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014
Designed by current and former TEMS medics, Law Enforcement trauma care instructors, and other first responders, the Plate Pocket Trauma Kit is a low-profile trauma kit designed to be carried in the trauma plate pocket of concealed soft body armor. It combines several TCCC/LEFR-TCC compliant components necessary to treat life threatening traumatic injuries as experienced by today’s LEOs and warfighters. Additionally, the PPTK is resealable, allowing for a degree of customization for individual requirements.
Available in Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced configurations, with the option to add a Nasopharyngeal airway and HALO chest seal. Made in the USA.
www.officersurvival.org/collections/personal-aid-kits-1/products/plate-pocket-trauma-kit
Military Apparel Veteran Joins the 37.5 Technology Team – Dave Bywater To Head Up West Coast And Government Accounts For Cocona Natural Technologies
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014This is awesome news to me. I only have I known Dave for years I’ve been a huge fan of the Cocona fabric technology for almost as many. This is a great team up and I’m looking forward to see what Dave has in store for us in his new position.
Dave Bywater, who built the Military, Special Forces, and Wildland Fire business at Massif Mountain Gear, is now heading up all Military, Wildland Fire, and West Coast accounts for Cocona Natural Technologies, maker of patented 37.5™ Technology.
“It is an honor to be reunited with Dave, he is one of the finest men I know”, noted CEO Jeff Bowman who previously worked with Bywater at Massif. “Dave will help take our customer service to the next level.”
A lifelong user of high-performance gear, Bywater grew up climbing in Utah and spent 16 years as a Grand Teton National Park Employee. As part of the elite Jenny Lake Climbing Rangers, he routinely performed helicopter short-haul rescues as well as high-angle rock, ice, and snow rescues. Bywater received the Department of Interior Valor Award for an extreme rescue on Mt. McKinley. He has also been a Wildland Fire Fighter on engine and ground crews.
Bywater has more than 10 years of experience in the high-performance garment and textile industry and was most recently Vice President of Government Sales at Massif. Instrumental in developing and securing the company’s most successful programs such as the Army Combat Shirt and the Flame Resistant Environmental Ensemble, Bywater was also responsible for getting Massif’s flame-resistant garments approved for use in every branch of the US military.
“I’ve spent my career both using high-performance gear and getting the best equipment possible into the hands of people with the world’s most dangerous jobs,” said Bywater. “I’m excited to work with 37.5 technology, which, among other benefits, can help mitigate heat stress so you can focus on the job at hand—whether that’s training for an event, performing on a team, or protecting the country. The technology has an incredibly broad range of applications and the opportunities are limitless.”
Bywater will be at the 37.5 Technology booth at OR in August 6th through 9th. For inquiries, please email dave@cocona.com.
SSD Exclusive – OCP Side-by-Side Photos – Scorpion W2 & MultiCam
Tuesday, August 5th, 2014SSD obtained these photos of Scorpion W2 and MultiCam fabric after the US Army released photos of the new new Army Combat Uniform in Operational Camouflage Pattern. Considering both are called Operational Camouflage Pattern by the US Army we thought it would be a good idea to give you an idea of how similar the patterns are. Can you guess which is which in this photo?
