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Growing up in Caldwell, Idaho, Kylie Fly has spent her entire life surrounded by rugged outdoor adventure. Another thing surrounding her was a lot of people—eight family members, to be exact. And two of those people are her identical triplet sisters.We’re big fans of Kylie for...

Christian McLeod is an adventure and surf photographer from Sligo, Ireland, who spends pretty much all of his time on the road. If you’re looking for him right now, maybe check the South Island of New Zealand. Or perhaps he’s already off to the US West coast for his upcoming L...

If there was ever a time in your life to shamelessly self-promote, it’s now.That quote is from our earlier post on Kickstarter success factors, titled The Crowd Goes Wild. Not exactly infinite wisdom there. But it does sum up how we marketed our very first Kickstarter campaign...

It began with familiar faces: adventure photographers Greg Annandale and Alex Buisse. If you’ve been following Peak Design for awhile you probably know Alex from our Pro Team, as well as our photo workshop at the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy. He’s a busy guy in the world of mounta...

Scott Kranz grew up in Hastings, Minnesota, just south of the Twin Cities. As a company founded by a fella from Plymouth, we respect that. But that’s just the beginning of what we respect about Scott.Unsure of what he wanted to do post-college, Scott opted for law school. 3 ye...

Thanks to El Niño, the Sierras have actually seen some snow this winter, which means you can inevitably find at least one Peak member working from Tahoe at any given time. Peak’s Director of Business Development, Annie Nyborg, headed up recently for some snow fun and to check ...

Well, it’s not easy either. Designing products and launching them on Kickstarter takes a ton of work, and there is ample room for miscalculations, mis-steps, and good old fashioned ball-dropping.This shit is hard. Do not underestimate the complications.That little gem of a quo...

Lawrence Lander (Peak Design’s resident graphic designer/brand strategist/classic country crooner) is no stranger to the desert. A youth and adolescence in his native Texas ensured plenty of time traipsing around the Trans-Pecos and American Southwest, a camera never far out o...

We’re not good actors and we’ve never been in a Wes Andersen film. But thanks to our recent attendance at Photo Field Trip, we kinda know what living in a fantastical world of color, adventure and adorably vintage typefaces might be like.This February, for the 3rd time ever, P...