Tag Archives: Dick's Sporting Goods

Dick’s Sporting Goods Outdoor Adventure Tour Host Says Goodbye

By Brian Brawdy | Published: November 17, 2008

For the last 3 years it has been my pleasure hosting the Dick’s Sporting Goods Outdoor Adventure Tour. This past weekend, our final event took place in the Nashville, Tennessee area. It is an unsurpassed professional pleasure working with the team from Dick’s Sporting Goods and Mobile Media; a group of young people dedicated [...]

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Chimney Rock Park in Lake Lure, NC is a True Gem

By Brian Brawdy | Published: November 9, 2008

Hosting the second to last weekend of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Outdoor Hunting Tour put me in Asheville, North Carolina. About 1/2 an hour southeast of the store is an amazing park, Chimney Rock. As Parks go, this one has it all. Miles of hiking trails with huge elevation changes, rock climbing, a small cave named [...]

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Yet Another Impromptu Adventure for the Mobile Base Camp

By Brian Brawdy | Published: September 27, 2008

My day started waking to the sound of rain pounding the Lance Camper roof. The Greenwood Campground in Woodford, Vermont was a spectacular place to build a campfire the night before. Thick evergreens directed the wood smoke upward to a small, star-filled opening in the canopy. It is a great benefit being off grid. Never [...]

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Green RV on CBS Saturday The Early Show

By Brian Brawdy | Published: September 21, 2008

A 4:30 AM call time makes any morning an early one. My first stop of the day was the CBS Saturday Early Show in New York City. This is one of the most professional and passionate crews I’ve worked with. Erica Hill and Chris Wragge took a quick tour of the Mobile Base Camp. We [...]

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Brian Brawdy and KDKA’s Dave Crawley tour the “Green RV” in Pittsburgh

By Brian Brawdy | Published: September 12, 2008

I had the pleasure today to meet Dave Crawley of KDKA CBS in Pittsburgh and give him a tour of the “green RV.” He recently celebrated his 20 year anniversary at KDKA. In advance of the Dick’s Sporting Goods Outdoor Adventure Hunting Tour this weekend, just up the road in Butler, I stopped by to [...]

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A hat trick of hurricanes (well, almost). Hanna, Ike and Josephine.

By Brian Brawdy | Published: September 6, 2008

On the drive from Death Valley National Park to a Dick’s Sporting Goods Outdoor Adventure Hunting Tour appearance in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, the rig was running low on rainwater. With the clouds building into the sunset, I turned on the Nexrad weather radar system on the Garmin GPSmap 5208 inside the Mobile Base Camp, in hopes [...]