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Since beginning my career in outdoor retail back in July of 2010, the barefoot/minimalist shoe market has blown up. There were some days where it seemed like all I did...

On Saturday, 30 April GOPC kayak fishing team members Bo Anders, Tim Stewart, Drew Haerer, and Mike Callahan joined me for the 1st Annual North Carolina Kayak Fishing Association (NKCFA)...

Late in the summer I decided to enter in my first kayak fishing tournament. I have kayak fished off and on for several years, mostly fly fishing, but have recently...

This photo was taken in February of 1974 (check out the jacket in 2010 below). My math says 36 years ago! That was a Sunday morning, and the Trail Shop...

Usually, you can find me at the Greenville shop, swapping stories, selling cool gear, or drooling over the new sea kayak models and climbing ropes. But, his summer I’m spending...

A Quick Story of the Greatest Manhunt for one Dog… EVER! I’m sure I could easily take up several pages detailing the events of the last week, but ill squeeze...

Staff member Jason Allred caught this brown beauty in the Boone area. Stop by the Winston-Salem Shop to ask him about it and get outfitted for your next fishing adventure....

Brian and I decided to take a trip to the South Fork of the Catawba River to check out the new canoe/kayak access recently opened by the Catawba River Keepers....

by Tim Glover, Charlottesville Manager Will Huffine (Wilmington store) and I got a late start Wednesday (September 16th). We ran south out of Wrightsville Beach looking for false albacore, as...

by Tim Glover, Charlottesville Manager The weather report the day before a fishing trip (September 10th) planned with Rob Arends (Greensboro manager) looked promising with winds forecast North 10-15 knots,...

by Amanda McGuire, Charlotte Shop Every August, the sky gets lit up by the Perseid Meteor Shower. In hopes of getting a front row seat, Charlotte Staff members Amanda McGuire,...

Stone Mountain might be the most accurately named peak of them all: it is a white stone the size of a mountain. And it makes for a great day hike....

by Ward Swann, Winston-Salem Staff Many people don’t see it. Perhaps many people just assume that it is so clear that it bears no remark. But, water behaves differently in...

by Evan Thomas Moore, Winston-Salem Staff Now that you’ve tackled Jomeokee, the Great Pilot, and seen the white cliffs standing silently over the Piedmont Plateau and the raptors soaring around...

by Evan Thomas Moore, Winston-Salem Staff You’ve been itching to get outside all week; the weather has been unbelievable, and your hiking boots in the corner of your closet are...

Due to work constraints, I was unable to join my wife and children on an extended trip to visit grandparents in Tennessee. MLK day was a paid holiday, so I...

Chuck Millsaps, Minister of Culture The faster I ran the more lost I felt. Not that panic lost feeling that causes you to measure gorp and ration water. Just that...

John Flowers No exotic tales here of trips far away places with life hanging by a thread, just a tale of the drive to work on the 19th, the day...