Sutton Bacon's guest appearances

Sutton Bacon

Channel Mastery

The Outdoor Biz Podcast

Wes Allen

Liza Amlani

Darren Bush

Kristin Carpenter

Gareth Richards

Keith Bornholtz

Nick Sargent

Ray Lewis

Jen Gurecki

Mark Koep

Bob Woodward

Chris Dickerson

Peter Williams

Bryan Martin

Bob Rogers

OwlTail

Kenji Haroutunian

Sutton and Kenji tell us how the idea for the show came to life and some of the coolness we’ll see in Park City this summer. Facebook Twitter InstagramThe Outdoor Biz Podcast   Please give us a rating and review HERE   Show Notes  The Big Gear Show Darren Bush Kenji Consults Nantahala Outdoor Center Outdoor Industry Association Lance Camisasca Outdoor Retailer The Outdoor Press Camp Paddlesports Retailer Rutabaga Paddlesports A16 John Mead Park City Grassroots Outdoor Alliance Connect with Kenji and Sutton kenji@thebiggearshow.com sutton@thebiggearshow.com info@thebiggearshow.com Facebook Instagram Linkedin    Snippets 04:11 - 04:26 More curated, More focused events 09:31 - 09:12 Inspiration for an Outdoor Show Outdoors 11:27 - 11:47  The Demo is Awesome

Sutton and Kenji tell us how the idea for the show came to life and some of the coolness we’ll see in Park City this summer. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rick_saez" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/rick.saez/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a><a href="http://www.theoutdoorbizpodcast.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Outdoor Biz Podcast</a>   Please give us a rating and review <a href="http://bit.ly/2t572XN" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>   Show Notes <a href="https://www.thebiggearshow.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">The Big Gear Show</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/canoelover" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Darren Bush</a> <a href="http://www.kenjiconsults.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Kenji Consults</a> <a href="https://noc.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Nantahala Outdoor Center</a> <a href="https://outdoorindustry.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Outdoor Industry Association</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lance-camisasca" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Lance Camisasca</a> <a href="https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwiv-fCvi5XxAhUoGK0GHUkzAHMYABAAGgJwdg&amp;ae=2&amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;cid=CAESQeD2-2yH7U2IS4AU4ihe5qWTfC63ggG8C20l1T2pmeFchfjjDgrRNQtWU40WxDAlhJtX3jOgxUY2GtKA3q-JK5Yl&amp;sig=AOD64_03-kvIL53TIKcNfSHOzZ5XanLqWQ&amp;q&amp;adurl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjJi-mvi5XxAhXSqp4KHZYpDp0Q0Qx6BAgCEAE" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Outdoor Retailer</a> The Outdoor Press Camp Paddlesports Retailer <a href="https://www.rutabaga.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Rutabaga Paddlesports</a> A16 <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-mead-14b755b" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">John Mead</a> <a href="https://www.visitparkcity.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Park City</a> <a href="https://www.grassrootsoutdoors.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Grassroots Outdoor Alliance</a> Connect with Kenji and Sutton <a href="mailto:kenji@thebiggearshow.com" rel="noopener">kenji@thebiggearshow.com</a> <a href="mailto:sutton@thebiggearshow.com" rel="noopener">sutton@thebiggearshow.com</a> <a href="mailto:info@thebiggearshow.com" rel="noopener">info@thebiggearshow.com</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheBigGearShow" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/thebiggearshow/?hl=en" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-big-gear-show/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Linkedin</a>   Snippets 04:11 - 04:26 More curated, More focused events 09:31 - 09:12 Inspiration for an Outdoor Show Outdoors 11:27 - 11:47  The Demo is Awesome

The Big Gear Show with Sutton Bacon and Kenji Haroutunian EP 280

I had the opportunity to sit down with Sutton Bacon and Darren Bush, the founders of Paddlesports Retailer and now, the Big Gear Show. This episode is co-produced by Verde Brand Communications, the leading source of multi-channel specialty brand communications, and SNEWS, the source for outdoor active lifestyle industry news.  This show is positioned for “Main Street, not Wall Street,” and invites hardgoods manufacturers (no apparel), from outdoor, bike and paddlesports for the first time ever. It makes sense, all of these categories of outdoor active lifestyle do share a shopper. But the Big Gear Show is disruptive and is - not surprisingly - inspiring a lot of direct conversation in the outdoor active lifestyle communities.  In this episode, you’ll get to hear straight from the founders why they believe so much in this audacious launch, why they’ve brought together outdoor and bike, why they’ve hired on two past trade show directors in bike and outdoor to lead the charge, and their take on the opportunity for specialty hardgoods manufacturers to endear today’s connected shopper. We also get into why Sutton and Darren believe that adding another trade show to an already-clogged calendar of regional shows, the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance shows, Eurobike, and the Outdoor Retailer show makes complete sense. The Big Gear Show is slated to launch this July in Salt Lake City and offers a chance for retailers, inventors, dreamers, big and small to connect with the north star, the shopper.  We invite you to listen to this episode with an open mind, and also, to please share it to build the conversation online. You can weigh in at the LinkedIn pages of  SNEWS and Kristin Carpenter, the host of the Channel Mastery podcast and the founder/CEO of Verde Brand Communications.  Sutton Bacon is the former leader of the Natahala Outdoor Center, and the co-founder of Paddlesports Retailer with Darren Bush, who is the creator of the successful paddling-specific consumer event, Canoecopia, and the owner of specialty paddlesports retailer, Rutabaga.

I had the opportunity to sit down with Sutton Bacon and Darren Bush, the founders of Paddlesports Retailer and now, the <a href="https://www.thebiggearshow.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Big Gear Show</a>. This episode is co-produced by <a href="http://www.verdepr.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verde Brand Communications</a>, the leading source of multi-channel specialty brand communications, and <a href="https://www.snewsnet.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">SNEWS</a>, the source for outdoor active lifestyle industry news.  This show is positioned for “Main Street, not Wall Street,” and invites hardgoods manufacturers (no apparel), from outdoor, bike and paddlesports for the first time ever. It makes sense, all of these categories of outdoor active lifestyle do share a shopper. But the Big Gear Show is disruptive and is - not surprisingly - inspiring a lot of direct conversation in the outdoor active lifestyle communities.  In this episode, you’ll get to hear straight from the founders why they believe so much in this audacious launch, why they’ve brought together outdoor and bike, why they’ve hired on two past trade show directors in bike and outdoor to lead the charge, and their take on the opportunity for specialty hardgoods manufacturers to endear today’s connected shopper. We also get into why Sutton and Darren believe that adding another trade show to an already-clogged calendar of regional shows, the Grassroots Outdoor Alliance shows, Eurobike, and the Outdoor Retailer show makes complete sense. The Big Gear Show is slated to launch this July in Salt Lake City and offers a chance for retailers, inventors, dreamers, big and small to connect with the north star, the shopper.  We invite you to listen to this episode with an open mind, and also, to please share it to build the conversation online. You can weigh in at the LinkedIn pages of <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/snews-the-leader-in-outdoor-fitness-and-adventure-industry-news/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> SNEWS</a> and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kcarpediem/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kristin Carpenter,</a> the host of the Channel Mastery podcast and the founder/CEO of Verde Brand Communications.  Sutton Bacon is the former leader of the Natahala Outdoor Center, and the co-founder of Paddlesports Retailer with Darren Bush, who is the creator of the successful paddling-specific consumer event, Canoecopia, and the owner of specialty paddlesports retailer, Rutabaga.

117: Sutton Bacon and Darren Bush, Big Gear Show