What: Once a year, Friedrichshafen turns into a Mecca for bikers. Industry, trade and the press come together at the world’s leading trade fair for cycling. This is where decisions are made regarding which technologies, which trends and which styles are on their way. Don’t miss this opportunity to visit the Osprey stand (B5 – 401) and to get a first preview of upcoming bike packs including hydration, active everyday and performance.
Don’t have plans for Memorial Day Weekend yet? Then you might want to consider putting Mountainfilm on your list. The festival, being held May 28th-31st this year, recently announced some of the selected films that will be screening during the epic four days in Telluride, CO. We’re pretty excited about all of them, but here are a couple of our top picks (complete with trailers!).
With all of the bad environmental news bearing down on us, it’s important to stay inspired and motivated to keep fighting. That’s why we’re psyched to support the Wild & Scenic Film Festival — the largest environmental film festival in the United States.
Wild & Scenic is on tour and may be coming to your neck of the woods. Check the tour schedule and boogie on over to watch some incredible films, then get out and protect our beautiful world!
Here at Osprey, we’re revving up for an awesome spring and summer! Because we’re so excited to be a part of so many great events, we decided to kick off each month with a post highlighting a few of our favorites. Check it out!
Each year hikers, former hikers and aspiring hikers of the Appalachian Trail converge to celebrate at Trail Days. Osprey will be on hand once again to welcome hikers and provide free gear repairs and free pack fittings.
The Rendezvous is the annual fundraising gig for the New River Alliance of Climbers. It’s a fun and friendly 3-day celebration of climbers, climbing and the New River Gorge. Gather with friends, relax, compete, play, laugh and climb in the laid back atmosphere of Southern West Virginia. Osprey will be there to provide free pack demos and some sweet gear giveaways. And as always, watch out for that Timmy O’Neill!
A grassroots 12-hour mountain bike relay race on a stellar network of single-track known as Phil’s World. The race course twists and turns through juniper trees, intermittent technical spots and fast descents — all in the shadow of Mesa Verde. All proceeds benefit Montezuma County Partners.
Mountain Film in Telluride, Colorado — May 28 to May 31
Currently in its 32nd year, the Mountainfilm Festival is a four-day, six-senses experience of art, adventure, culture and the environment. It attracts filmmakers, photographers, conservationists, mountaineers and explorers from around the world. The theme for this year’s festival is “Extinction.”
The spirit celebrated at the festival may be of a vital eco-system or a fragile one. It may be of an endangered culture or of one courageous soul. It may be of a grassroots sustainability movement or of the struggle of a species on the brink of extinction. In whichever case, it is always a spirit that is unique, important and eminently laudable.
For a taste of what will be playing at the festival, watch the trailer for 180º South featuring Timmy O’Neill and Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard.
Thirsty for adventure? Maybe looking for some inspiration? Well, you’re in luck — 5 Point Film Festival starts tomorrow, April 29, and runs through May 2 in Carbondale, Colorado.
On the edge between desire and fear, between the known and unknown, is a place deep inside us all where the spirit is transformed — pushed beyond its limit by our deliberate commitment to usher in something new and original. In this soulful place we are catalyzed to learn, expand and engender newfound understanding to inspire others on their journeys. It is this spirit, this thirst for adventure that the 5Point Film Festival celebrates and shares with the community and filmmakers that gather for its annual Festival in Carbondale.
Here at Osprey, we’re all about exploring wild places to find new adventures, and protecting those special places so that future generations have the opportunity to do the same. And that’s why we’re proud to sponsor Mountainfilm. Leading up to the the festival in May, Mountainfilm is launching a photo contest to capture what the mission of the event is… Check it out.
Mountainfilm is dedicated to educating and inspiring audiences about issues that matter, cultures worth exploring, environments worth preserving and conversations worth sustaining. That’s our mission statement and we think it nicely captures what we’re about. We wonder what it may convey to others.
To help us find out, we’re launching a contest leading up to our 2010 festival to find photos that communicate either all or any part of our mission statement. What kind of photos do we expect to find? Anything from inspiring adventure photos to landscape shots of beautiful natural spaces to portraits of people taking action and working for positive change. The contest theme is broad because we want to see all the ways that our mission may speak to you.
As incentive to enter our Mountainfilm Photo Contest, we’re offering a chance for a little fame and fortune. Every week leading up to the contest, we’ll be featuring a photo on our blog, The Conversation. We’ll also be giving away prizes each month of the contest to photographers whose images especially resonate with us.
This month, we’re giving away three Osprey Talon 44 packs! And because there’s no better way to be inspired by the Mountainfilm mission than actually being here, for our grand prize we’ll be giving away a VIP festival package including lodging! Visit the Mountainfilm blog to learn more and check out the other sweet gear up for grabs in the coming months!
Entering is easy! To submit, upload your photo(s) to the Mountainfilm Flickr Pool. Make sure your photo has a title and a description. We look forward to seeing your work and, we hope, seeing you in May!
This month, we’re giving away three 
