Paddling Life – OMS Showcases the Year’s Best Gear
January 30, 2026
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At October’s Outdoor Media Summit (OMS), a three-day event featuring keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, and networking tailored for outdoor writers, PR and marketing professionals, and outdoor brands along the Animas River in Durango, Colorado, we got a look at a slew of new outdoor products that make your life easier and better outdoors and on the water. From a New Gear Campout testing products into the evening at Purgatory Ski Resort, to a “Speed Date” format trade show where brand managers walked us through the ins and outs of their new gear, here are a few of our favorites, some available now and some coming out next spring.
Read the full write-up in Paddling Life online.




