GORUCK ORIGINS LETTER Special Forces sent me to cities, mountains, jungles, and deserts, by day and night, in every condition imaginable throughout the United States, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. I surrounded myself with the best, a standard I grew to expect, and I trusted my teammates, my instincts, and my equipment. We never …
Gitman Bros. makes old school shirts in the coal miner’s town of Ashland, Pennsylvania. I was lucky enough to get the 30 minute tour — then I was invited, all smiles, to hang out as long as I wanted. I found people curious as to why I would want to visit — but then without …
Cornhole is a big deal in Ohio, and it’s growing every which way, nationwide. Probably because it’s perfect at sporting events, backyard BBQ’s — and everywhere people like to get together and drink beer. Which is just about everywhere I like to be. So I started looking for a place to get a custom set …
I own a lot of flags, and they’re all Annin — which I never knew until I found an old one and started looking at the others I had. So it was a pleasure to tour the Annin factory in Virginia — with red, white and blue everywhere it’s hard to go wrong. Annin does …
GR1 takes 3.5 hours of labor to build. Per GR1 — and that’s when it’s done efficiently by sewers who have spent months learning how to do it. We often get asked what machine spits GR1’s out. Before we got into manufacturing, I would have asked the same question. I also would have wanted to …
I grew up in Florida a mile from where Survival Straps makes all of its gear. Hometowns being what they are, coupled with a healthy love of high-quality USA Manufacturing, I am a huge fan of their stuff, their people, and what I’ve come to better understand, their mission to do good. Parachute 550 cord …
