We presented our Spring/Summer ‘10 Pedal Collection at the Interbike tradeshow this past September.
Bike World News recently posted a review of our cycling-specific shoes, bags and socks. Our new Spring/Summer ‘10 pedal styles will be available in January 2010.
Click here to read the Bike World News review of these products.
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Here’s an expert from J the Travel Authority blog review of the Pearl bag:
This week, I tested this messenger-type bag because I had a lot of networking and workshop events, some all day and others at night, that required me to walk around a trade show floor and meet and greet a ton of people while collecting their business cards, giving them mine, taking notes of our meetings and then running to the next meeting or cocktail party where I had to transform into the non-itinerant journalist who would be sipping a glass of Chardonnay at, among other places, the Norwegian Consul General’s residence here in Manhattan.
The Pearl was perfect. When I slung it across my back, I found a zipper compartment — great for pens, business cards and small notebooks — on the left side of the pack (on my back side) but easily accessible while it was still on my back. And, the location prohibited any subway thieves from infiltrating this pocket. Quite an accomplishment. In addition, I stuffed my cell phone into the mesh stretch pocket along the strap, making it also very easy to grab.
To read the entire review, click here.
The Hybrid.Stand contest was a KEEN initiative in 2008 that awarded $150,000 to fund different innovative ideas centered on sustainability. There were three overall categories, Stand Up, Stand Out and Stand For, each having a grand prize of $25,000 and 5 runner-up prizes in the amount of $5,000.
Leslie Freeman was one of three grand prize winners; she won $25,000 to put towards her non-profit organization, Wild Science Explorers. Established in 2000, Wild Science Explorers is an organization which offers river-based science courses providing children with hands-on learning. The organization tries to focus on serving the needs of low income youth who normally would not have the opportunity to participate in such types of activities
The outdoors become their classroom as participants take a 3-6 day paddle trip down the Salmon and Snake Rivers where they study various things including fisheries, stream ecology, water quality and botany, to name a few.
This is what Leslie had to say about how the STAND Award helped Wild Science Explorers:
“The KEEN award has made an incredible difference in the day to day operations of Wild Science Explorers. The award enabled the purchase of all the gear necessary to go down the river. Now that we don’t have to borrow or rent gear, we can focus more on program delivery. This year, we created a unit that integrated fly fishing and aquatic insect ecology in addition to the activities we already do on fire ecology, noxious weeds, Native American history, and geology.
KEEN funds resulted in the purchase of two fully outfitted oar boats, a trailer to haul our gear, a paddleboat and all sorts of river camp equipment. Our program is more sustainable in the long-term because of KEEN. This year our trips went incredibly well—the participants had an amazing time and did a myriad of different activities. We worked with youth from the Boys and Girls Club, Boise Parks and Recreation, Teens Restoring Earth’s Environment and several Boise area high schools and junior highs.”
To learn more about Wild Science Explorers, please visit www.wildexplorers.org.
Every Friday we have a bagel breakfast for the entire office. This Friday we did something a bit different…raising $2,000 for charities near and dear to KEEN employees.
Here is some great footage of the KEEN Japan World Cup 2009, which took place in Toyama.
MUDDY ROOTS MAGAZINE reviews two KEEN styles — the Springwater cycling shoe and the Redmond hiker. Click on the image below to read the entire review.
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From Left, Brenda VanDevelder, Jeff Jimerson, Jonathan Curry, and Kristina Ender listen to keynote speaker James Curleigh, of Portland during the Willamette Innovators Night Thursday evening at the CH2M Hill Alumni center. (Jesse Skoubo/Gazette Times)
Our President and CEO James Curleigh was the keynote speaker at the Willamette Innovators Night, which took place at Oregon State University on November 5th. Willamette Innovators Night (formerly High Tech After Hours) brings together the Willamette Valleys most innovative companies and organizations to share, learn, and connect.