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Jasmin Welter

Jasmin Welter

Jasmin is a journalist born and raised in Germany, where she played competitive basketball for many years. She moved to Chicago in 2012 and first picked up tria...
Matt Pittman

Matt Pittman

Matt Pittman, pitmaster and CEO/owner of Meat Church BBQ, hails from the great state of Texas where his love of BBQ runs deep. Matt grew up cooking and learning...
Alexandra Marvar

Alexandra Marvar

Alexandra Marvar is a freelance writer based in Savannah, Georgia. Find her writing in The New York Times, The Believer, The Guardian, The Nation, The Bitter So...
Rachel Zurer

Rachel Zurer

Rachel Zurer once made her living as a writer and editor, including a five-year stint on the staff at Backpacker magazine. Then she decided she could better fun...
Fjällräven

Fjällräven

In 1960, Åke Nordin founded Fjällräven in the Swedish town of Örnsköldsvik. Since then, Fjällräven has made a commitment to high quality and high-end design, wh...
Curtis Kopf

Curtis Kopf

Curtis Kopf is the co-op’s SVP, Chief Experience Officer and the executive sponsor for the Warrior Inclusion Network....
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Kieran Balazs

Born and raised in Montana, Kieran spent over a decade living in Denver at the eastern foot of the Rockies and now lives in Salt Lake City at the western foot. ...
Andrew V. Morton

Andrew V. Morton

One who is as colorful in personality as a rainbow, Andrew is a sales manager at the Rockville, Maryland, store. He is someone who truly believes the outdoors i...
Charlie Ebbers

Charlie Ebbers

Charlie Ebbers is a freelance writer interested in public lands and wildlife, but he’s also been a researcher on a murder documentary coming soon to Netflix. Fr...
Maureen O’Hagan

Maureen O’Hagan

Maureen O'Hagan is a Portland-based journalist with recent bylines in The New York Times, Red Bulletin, Undark, The Washington Post, Kaiser Health News, and els...