Pardon the corporate horn-blowing, so to speak, but it’s not every month that you get two major media awards. This month, Gregory won a 2009 ‘Best of Adventure’ Award from National Geographic Adventure as well as a 2008 “Gear of the Year’ Award f
rom Men’s Journal.
We’re particularly psyched because, here at Gregory, it’s always been about suspension (we know, we know, you’re heard us say it before), and these two awards were bestowed in large part because of the two suspension systems (which are Gregory’s two newest) on the packs that won the awards.
In the case of Adventure, they gave the award to the Miwok, which is a new day pack that uses Gregory’s Bio-Sync Suspension, which is an ‘active’ design in that it help the pack mimic its wearer’s movements. Both suspension and the eight new packs that use it are new for 2009, and all are designed for higher aerobic activites ranging from day hiking to trail running and mountain biking. There are also some running-specific models.
And with regard to Men’s Journal, they were fans of the Z30, which uses Gregory’s Jet Stream DTS Suspension, another ‘active’ suspension. In this case, the suspension responds to what’s in the pack; it becomes more rigid and offers more support as more weight is loaded into the pack, all while allowing air flow across the back for ventilation.
Nice work, everyone. Now go get a glass of champagne.
Great. When are the new packs going to be available in stores? I really wanna try one of these puppies out, and gettin tired of readin about em. Come on, release em already. Release the hounds!!!
Thanks for the interest Andy!
The Z30 is out right now. The Active Trail packs arrive the first of the year and should be in stores in January.
For a guy that finished second in his age a group in the NF Endurance Challenge do you think the Miwok could lead him to first place!!??!!
congrats on the awards, but how do you contact your customer service? The website referred to by google doesn’t work.
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Dave - thanks, I’ll start lookin in January as the Z30 is a little big for my needs right now.
Will - wow, thanks for noticing the NF finish. I sure hope I can do as well next year. Whether I do or not, it was a fun run and a fantastic course. We started very near to where the backdrop photo of this blog is and ran up the coast. The views are incredible.
Tom, sorry you are having trouble. Call 877-477-4292 and ask for George. He can help or direct you if he can’t.