challenge the big dog!
Monday, May 23rd, 2011 Waterproof, the oh-so sacred art of keeping you dry. Companies used to spend money on innovation, proprietary fabrics, the search for better, smarter. From a evolutionary point of view – variations is good, more in the melting pot, more ideas = better and smarter, we evolve. Back in the day, the [...]
Kingfisher… spotted one?
Thursday, June 30th, 2011 Do you like the BBC? Do you like natural world documentaries? Well we’d like our very own TP, designer and natural historian, to take you on a little walk, he talks about the Kingfisher, its history, it’s rad! Finisterre Kingfisher from Finisterre on Vimeo. The Kingfisger is so rad, that we’re [...]
EDC: Every Day Carry
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 The Etobicoke has catapulted itself into out most successful jacket in our little companies history, why you ask? Because is just works, it’s the perfect Every Day Carry, as Thomas Hall puts it. Thomas Hall has been with us for a few years now, one of our finest Product Testers to [...]
Did you know?
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011 that buildings kill a BILLION birds a year – we’ve got to stop this maddness. Upon the arrival of our Kingfisher, lightweight sweat and our appreciation of such an amazing bird and British success story… comes the following article, from Tree Hugger, can we just please slow down! Kingfisher, we love you, for more [...]
K-9 Approved…
Monday, March 21st, 2011 Miller is a Finisterre Wolf Pack member. He’s the trusty companion of the Hannan’s and was able to test our Bise, as it required a bramble and mud test, conclusion: passed with flying colors and the fit – perfect! Wolf Pack Hoooooooowwl!!
they pack and deliver like UPS trucks
Monday, July 26th, 2010 Ian and Tim packed for a six week stint in the Indian Ocean and have delivered magazine covers, stories and images to last us into the winter. We just got an email in from Ian this morning, on one of his backside encounters with the reef – wouldn’t even dream of [...]
Trooping it
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 The images below conjured up some pretty imaginative thoughts around the coffee table this morning. While we had clear skies and 18 degrees c out of the wind – bank holiday, Ian and Tim had some volcanic ash, some ice bergs and below freezing nights. The boys have now returned from [...]
Etobicoke = Travel Pillow
Tuesday, May 25th, 2010 A couple of our customers were asking us for a video demonstrating how the Etobicoke packs aways into a pillow, perfect for camping, festivals and cool evenings. We havn’t filmed one yet, so we put the word out asking for a home video, and Shayne via twitter kindly sent us over this little [...]
Three boys, nine thousand miles and no idea.
Wednesday, May 26th, 2010 Some break dancing somewhere in Eastern Europe. Dave, Jeff and Steve came to us a couple of years ago, we knew Dave from a piece he wrote on Finisterre and the rest – history. Dave and the boys wanted to chase an experience, raise some money and take a car over [...]
Product Testing – Long john style
Friday, April 30th, 2010 Ambassador/cold-water nomad/mate – Ian Battrick takes both his surfing and our product to some of the coldest places on earth. Seen below, is a little image, taken by Tim ‘the man’ Nunn, also an ambassador. The boys are enjoying a little glacier time in…. Iceland. Above, Ian is sporting our Merino Eddy [...]
