Today we're diving into the gear that's redefining how anglers, campers, and travelers explore the back roads from rooftop tents that's set up in 30 seconds to aluminum cargo boxes built to haul everything from fly rods to skis.

Today's guest is the general manager of Intrepid Camp Gear, a company that's breaking away from the cookie cutter white label gear you see everywhere and redesigning every piece from the ground up this is the webfly swing podcast where I

show you the best places to travel to for fly fishing how to find the best gear and resources to

prepare for that big trip and what you can do to give back to the fish species we all love

sloane hyatt is going to share the background on Intrepid Camp Gear and all the good stuff

they have going there today. You're going to find out how they do it. You're going to find out what

separates these rooftop campers apart. And we're going to get a few great stories, including

a bear encounter with the bear jumping in the back of his pickup while the tent was set up on top of the car. This is a great story today. Great to have Sloan on here. Let's get into it. You can find Sloan and Intrepid at intrepid campgear.com. How you doing Sloan? Dave, I'm doing great. Thanks for having me. I'm excited to be here. Yeah, yeah, it's great to have you on here.

I'm really excited to talk today about something you've been working on for a decent amount of time

and some amazing products out there. We've had one podcast we did with one of your, you know,

ambassadors, somebody that uses your product. And they were talking about, it's kind of the half. It's basically a car topper tent that basically is not a full size. And it was really interesting because I didn't know all the details. We talked about that. But today I want to get into more just on some of your other product lines, what you do at Intrepid, Camp Gear and all that. But before we get there, take us back.

How are things going this time of year?

It's, you know, we're in the holiday season is right around the corner.

Are you still working hard getting ready for Black Friday?

Yeah, yeah.

We usually hit a pretty big slowdown right after Labor Day.

This business is pretty seasonal.

We're trying to develop some products that make it a little bit less seasonal. But particularly during September and October, it's a lot of prep for Black Friday. There's a ton of work that goes into it. It ultimately ends up being probably our biggest month of the year, close to it because of that. So a lot of prep. And I always like to say that my job is the most

difficult like during this season leading up to Black Friday. And then the second it hits,

that's usually whenever I go on vacation because I don't really have much to do for the next

month and a half or so. So it's always pretty great. Yeah, exactly. Nice. Nice. And maybe let's just start a little bit on Intrepid.

Maybe talk about, we mentioned that a little bit, but what is, what is it you guys do there and how do you do things a little bit differently maybe than others in your space?

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