Couloir Party With Claire Hewitt-Demeyer

Couloir Party With Claire Hewitt-Demeyer

I met up with BlackStrap athlete Corey Van Aken and photographer Cooper Long out in Colorado, they didn’t hesitate to bring me out to their favorite zone. Corey and Cooper shuttled me out on the sn...
Meet The Artist: Erik Abel

Meet The Artist: Erik Abel

  Bold colors, geometric patterns, and botanical profiles capture the eye in Erik Abel’s artwork. Inspired by his love of the ocean, surfing, and travel, Abel’s work articulates the spirit of the ...
Meet Our Artist: Hannah Eddy

Meet Our Artist: Hannah Eddy

"I get my best inspiration when I’m out enjoying nature." Hannah Eddy is an illustrator/muralist who grew up by the ocean in Maine but her love of the mountains brought her out West. She is curr...
Fish For Garbage Blog Cover

Fishing For Garbage on the Deschutes Watershed

August 27th was an exciting day for BlackStrap, as we hosted the first ever Oregon based Fish for Garbage cleanup. We feel privileged to help make a beneficial impact on our local waters. Fish For...
Descend on Bend: A Nomadic Gathering Of Life-Living Enthusiasts

Descend on Bend: A Nomadic Gathering Of Life-Living Enthusiasts

Descend on Bend is an annual four-day gathering of like-minded, creative, life-living outdoor enthusiasts who share the same passion for van life, overlanding, and other vehicle dwellings just out...
Art Talk with Laihha Organna

Art Talk with Laihha Organna

I'm so stoked to be a winner of the Happy Little Art Contest 2 and to have a little something that can keep me connected to Bend. I'm so very excited to be involved with BlackStrap, and super gra...
Meadow Lodge: 7 Days On Top Of The World

Meadow Lodge: 7 Days On Top Of The World

Earlier this winter Blackstrap Marketing Manager, Tim Karpinski, got a message. It was from his longtime friend and Gnu Art Director, Shawn Bishop, saying, “We have a last minute opening in our Ca...
Eastern Boarder's Last Call Finally Turns 20

Eastern Boarder's Last Call Finally Turns 20

It took longer than 20 years for Eastern Boarder's year end celebration Last Call to turn 20, but that seems fitting for an event that was founded on the premise of having absolutely no structure ...
BlackStrap Park Crew Project Woodward Bachelor

Park Crew Project: Woodward Bachelor

The Woodward Bachelor park crew consists of highly devoted, passionate & talented shredders, including day crew members and snowcat drivers. They start each day at dawn in their morning meetin...