Verified podcast interviews, YouTube appearances, and media features covering outdoor entrepreneurship, ultralight backpacking, fastpacking, trail running, product design, and building Outdoor Vitals.
Outdoor Vitals: Breaking New Trail On A Mission To Live Ultralight. A polished field-based feature from a Zion trip with Tayson and the Outdoor Vitals team, including direct quotes on gear, product testing, and the mission behind the brand.
View featureOutdoor Vitals. A business and manufacturing profile with Tayson quotes on direct-to-consumer growth, Kickstarter, membership, product strategy, and the evolution of Outdoor Vitals.
View featureSUU to Outdoor Entrepreneur — Tayson Whittaker. An alumni feature covering Tayson’s finance background, founding SUU’s Entrepreneurship Club, and building Outdoor Vitals from his college foundation.
View featureOutdoor Vitals Founder & CEO Tayson Whittaker. A recent founder interview about building Outdoor Vitals intentionally, product philosophy, and the realities of growing a gear company the hard way.
Watch interviewTayson Whittaker | Outdoor Vitals. A local-founder video interview that reinforces Tayson’s entrepreneur story and Outdoor Vitals’ roots.
Watch interviewA Chat With Outdoor Vitals — Tayson Whittaker Founder Talks Gear and Business. A positive founder conversation focused on gear, company-building, and the Outdoor Vitals story.
Watch interviewTayson Whittaker, Owner of Outdoor Vitals. An older outdoor-space founder interview useful for showing the depth and history of Tayson’s media presence.
Watch interviewTayson Whittaker Speaker Profile. Industry recognition profile positioning Tayson as founder and CEO of a privately owned, self-funded, direct-to-consumer ultralight backpacking brand.
View profileOutdoor Vitals: On a Mission to Bring You Ultralight Performance with an Ultralight Price Tag. A strong founder-and-brand profile with direct Tayson quotes on the $500 start, field-tested design, Southeast Asia manufacturing relationships, and the 100 Mile Challenge.
View feature100-Miles Solo in Grizzly Country with Tayson Whittaker of Outdoor Vitals. Tayson discusses his 100-mile solo hike in Wyoming’s Wind River Range, hunting stories, ultralight tradeoffs, and changes in the outdoor industry.
View featureTayson Whittaker of Outdoor Vitals. A conversation on how Outdoor Vitals started, the mission to educate and empower people outdoors, and the gear behind the brand.
View featureTayson Whittaker — Outdoor Vitals. A backpacking-focused conversation covering gear, passion, frostbite, thunderstorms in the backcountry, and “the Three Types of Fun.”
View featureOutdoor Vitals Creating Accessible, High-Performance Outdoor Gear. A positive 10-year-anniversary feature covering Outdoor Vitals’ founding, growth, mission, and impact helping people connect to the outdoors.
View featureOutdoor Vitals founder, Tayson Whittaker is Driven to Make Better Gear for Getting Outside. Outdoor Vitals origin story, growing up outdoors, gear development, and business background.
View featureFastpacking: How to Cover More Ground in Less Time with Tayson Whittaker. Gear strategy, hydration, nutrition, efficient mountain travel, and the fastpacking mindset.
View featureThe Intersection of Trail Running, Backpacking and Fastpacking. Trail running, backpacking, fastpacking, and the Outdoor Vitals founder story.
View featureOutdoor Vitals EXPOSED: Why I DON’T use their gear + their Annoying YouTube Ads. A direct discussion of gear criticism, advertising, and brand perception.
View featureHow I grew Outdoor Vitals from zero to millions with Tayson Whittaker. Outdoor Vitals growth, consumer brand building, and long-term profitability.
View featureWhat’s your beard worth? — Tayson Whittaker, Founder and CEO of Outdoor Vitals. Outdoor Vitals, trail running, Bryce Canyon 100, and outdoor life.
View featureHow I Started A Multimillion Dollar Backpacking Brand. Founding Outdoor Vitals, self-funded entrepreneurship, and backpacking brand growth.
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