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Best Local Gear Company: Runner Up (Blue Ridge Outdoors Magazine)
Blue Ridge Overland Gear is proud to be one of two Runners Up for the 'Best Local Gear Company' in the Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine annual 'Best of the Blue Ridge' regional awards. This year over 62,000 votes were cast by readers of the magazine!
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From Overlanding to Emergency Preparedness: Basic Gear For Any Crisis
Being overland travel enthusiasts we are uniquely prepared for natural disasters. By building rigs and outfitting ourselves for trips into remote areas our ability to sustain ourselves off-grid means we can also sustain ourselves when we’re home and the grid goes down. What gear can you easily use in a time of crisis?
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Stop the Bleed: Trauma Response Workshop (March 20)
Join John Fury (of Fury Training Concepts) on March 20, 2021 for this important workshop to equip you with basic skills for life saving trauma response. Stop the bleed curriculum was created by experts in public safety to teach students to help increase the rate of survival of people with severe bleeding.
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Modular By Design | Part 1: Velcro
In this video CEO, founder, and Chief Builder, Matt Akenhead, explains why it is easy to customize and adapt your gear storage in your overlanding rig or off-road trailer with the Blue Ridge Overland Gear system. In this first part of a two part series, he explains why we use Velcro (hook and loop) so obsessively. Happy organizing!
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How A Bag Is (American) Made
For those of you who can't stop by the shop (because you are too far away) and who may not be familiar with our production process, we wanted to give you a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how one of our iconic bags are made. Check out the video to see what American made means to us...
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Into the Outdoors: Curing Nature-Deficit Disorder
In light of all this, we recently launched a fun family challenge for 2021 that can give you and your kids one more reason to go exploring outdoors together. We want 'Sasquatch Was Here' to be an inspiration and encouragement for instilling in your kids a deep love of exploring the natural world - it's not just fun, it's essential!
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Share Your Adventure! Tag Us On Instagram
If you are on Instagram, take a moment to make a post about how you are using our gear organizers in your overland travels. Simply tag us with: #blueridgeoverlandgear
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Custom ID Panels Are Back!
Now that our Custom ID Panels are back - you can get back to obsessing over making sure everything is labeled - and knowing where every piece of gear is in your vehicle. Because even though they taught you in school that labels are bad - out there in the wild it's a necessity for finding your gear when you need it.
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BROG 2020 Rewind
The year 2020 was like riding a roller coaster with no harnesses. At times exciting, other times terrifying, but overall we covered lots of ground. Join Dean and C.T. for this week's Bonfire as they present our annual Blue Ridge Overland Gear Rewind - recapping all the fun we had in 2020. Thanks for being a part of the journey!
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UK Shipping Notice
Because of these changes we made the difficult decision to suspend all shipping to the UK while we sort out the details of what Brexit means for American small businesses like ours, who sell globally. We apologize to our UK friends and customers and look forward to serving you again in the near future.
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From All of Us: Have a Wild Holiday!
From all of us here at Blue Ridge Overland Gear headquarters in rural Virginia, USA: thank you for allowing us to serve you during one of the craziest years in modern history. Thank you for supporting quality American manufacturing, and thank you for taking our gear on your adventures.
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Rust To Glory: Scout Traveler Revamp (Vehicle Walkaround)
We caught up with Andrew Blanchard at the 2020 Roof Top Tent Rally at the James River State Park. He was kind enough to show us his rust-to-glory revamp of a 1977 International Scout II Traveler. He is definitely a fabricator and engineer at heart.
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