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KORS 2012 New Stuff Round-Up!
By Jon on 10/08/2012 16:28:53
All the newest and latest 2013 kit direct from Kendal plus sock monkeys with blades... ?
Kendal Outdoor Retail Show Round-UpKendal Outdoor Retail Show Round-UpJust back from the small but perfectly formed Kendal Outdoor Retail Show where selected brands showcase their new 2013 kit to retailers and journos and here's a pictorial whisk through some of the more interest...
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KOR, It's A New Water Bottle
By Jon on 06/10/2009 16:04:11
It's new to the UK, with striking looks and ethical credentials, but how much...?
There aren't many water bottles that might have a claim on being anobject of desire, but the new to the UK KOR bottle has apretty good crack at it with striking looks, 'health safe' materials,charity support and some interesting design features
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An Appetite For Stripy Hats...
By Jon on 19/08/2010 12:30:12
I can resist anything except a Nepali-made, ethically sound and rather gorgeous stripey hat...
Anyone who knows me will be aware of my tragic predilection for stripy hats – I'm incorrigibly shallow, so despite the assorted outdoors gear bling at last year's KORS show in Kendal, I had eyes only for one thing, a Snugbug hat in a beguiling mix
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Grivel Gets Poles For 2009
By Jon on 15/08/2008 15:22:36
New poles with an interesting external closure mechanism from the axe and crampon specialists.
Another hot snippet from the Kendal Outdoor Retail Show (KORS) isthat snowsport specialist Grivel is about to get intopoles in a big way.Apparently the company recent bought a very large trekking polefactory and, as of next spring 2009
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Scarpa Launches New Rock Boot
By Jon on 03/09/2008 13:30:06
New middle-grade shoe combines performance and comfort for UK feet...
Scarpa hasannounced a new rock shoe,the Force,which is claimed to combine performance and comfort and is aimedsquarely at normal, middle-grade climbers rather than top-end cellardwellers.We saw the new shoe at the recent KORS outdoors show
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Brasher Redesigns Supalite For 2010
By Jon on 14/08/2009 14:39:07
Brasher's iconic lightweight walking boot gets a full makeover for 2010.
We're just back from KORS- the Kendal Outdoor Retail Show - a small, but perfectly formedoutdoors trade show in Kendal and we'll bring you some more winter 2009and spring 2010 previews early next week, but to whet your appetite, wethought you might
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New Stuff From Inov8
By Jon on 19/08/2008 16:00:06
Lightweight footwear brand has more innovations up its sleeve.
More news from KORS - the Kendal Outdoor Retail Show - where wewere introduced to Inov8's latest, erm, innovation, the newfor this autumn x-talon 212 which is claimed to be 'theworld's lightest elite racing shoe'.As with all Inov8 shoes, the number
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Hi-Tec 2010 Scoop!
By Jon on 18/08/2009 13:04:51
New walking boots and shoes with added ion mask from Hi-Tec next year.
More 2010 future previewstuff, this time from last week's Kendal Outdoor RetailShow - KORS - where we hooked up with the guys from Hi-Tec for a look attheir new walking boots and shoes for next year.The main themes again are their lightweight V
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Brasher - New For 2009
By Jon on 19/08/2008 17:17:26
We check out the latest arrivals on Planet Brasher.
brasher kors 2008We've just a sneak preview of Brasher's spring 2009 footwear andwe thought you might appreciate a quick look at some of what's new -once again it looks less and less like the traditional brown Brasherboot...Lithium XCR - 'fast
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Petzl Unveils £260-Headtorch
By Jon on 15/08/2008 15:06:11
Out very soon, the very expensive Ultra plus an upgraded version of the Myo XP...
We're just back from the KORS 2008 outdoors trade show in Kendal,where Petzl were showing off not just one, but two new headtorches that'll be hitting the shops soon, very soon in the caseof the new Myo RXP and quite soon in the case of the
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