Equip. Explore. Protect. | A blog by dewerstone

It's that time of the year again, Black Friday is fast approaching with its sales, discounts, mass consumerism, throwaway culture...you know, all the good stuff. We'll be real with you, Black Friday just isn't that great, it's far from it.

So we figure, why indulge in it? 

GREENER PASTURES Black Friday is only 99% doom and gloom. There's a 1% out there, a band of brands and businesses taking a stand against it, or at least attempting to turn it in to something more positive. And then there...

WE'RE SAYING NO TO BLACK FRIDAY The It's that time of the year again, Black Friday is fast approaching and the world goes crazy for the 'best deals of the year'. There's huge sales all over the place, mad price...

Enough commercial fishing line is left in the ocean each year to stretch to the moon and back.

The most destructive engineering project planned for the European Alps and opposed by over 30 environmental organisations.

Clearwater River Festival can only described as the loosest kayaking event of the year...

It's only through collaboration and working together that we will make a difference

The Jungle series acknowledges that we as outdoor brands are in debt to nature and it's time to pay it back.

Most of all I like that a small crew of passionate people has managed to create a product that excels at everything it does and that the environmental cost of fashion was not an after thought.

We are incredibly proud to become a Certified B Corp. The process is rigorous, it's a process that's taken sweat, tears & years and we could not have done it without the support of our community and the belief that you show in the brand and what we stand for. 

As 2021 is wrapping up, we thought we'd take some time to reflect back on the year and the things we're most proud of and share them with you, the people that made them all happen.

My favourite thing to do in the world is travelling to a new country to check out new rivers and if I'm honest, my biggest source of motivation to train and be ready to go when opportunity knocks. 

After what's felt like an eternity, we held our first in store talk in almost two years. Who better to kick things off that one of our favourite humans, Sal Montgomery. 

As previous Black Fridays, we decided to shut down our stores, offices and warehouses, we’re just not in to it.

For those who aren't familiar with the Park Jam, it consists of Bren Orton hosting a kayak jam sesh out on the water where anyone can tag along, chill with Bren, try out some whitewater course challenges or just kick back and enjoy a day of shredding on the water.

I couldn’t turn down the opportunity to camp out on this prestigious site, so I set about organising a trip to canoe over for a night and back again the next day.

With the Tour of Britain going straight past the shop I thought it would be a good idea to create my own tour based around the Dewerstone shop.

We're out on the boat, sunglasses off, scuba gear on, ready to drop down to the sea bed.. it almost sounds idyllic, until you know we're hauling up tyres!

It's been almost 8 years since dewerstone first opened its doors. Over the years a lot has changed that's for sure, however one thing hasn't changed, and that is we still screen print every garment in house.

As we move into our 5 years of working with Organic Climbing, we figured we'd take this time to talk about our collaboration and why we ultimately chose to work with them 👊 

We're working directly with the community in Gili T to keep track of, package and deliver our food parcels. But we can't do it all alone, we're working closely with the @chilicommunityhouse to deliver food aid to those most in need 💚