Journal

Water Repellency Maintenance There comes a time in an outdoor backpacks life when it needs a Water Repellency ‘re-fresh’. Most outdoor backpacks are treated with coatings commonly referred to a …

Punctures Nobody likes a puncture in their backpack, but thankfully there are products on the market that can resolve the issue with so little effort you won’t have time to get upset. My favo …

Zipper Care by Ian Millar Zippers are a key backpack component, one that has yet to meet its revival when it comes to effectiveness and performance. Shimoda Designs uses YKK zippers as they hav …

An Explore 30 on the way to Togakushi Shrine. Photo by Ian MillarThis hallway of trees leads visitors to a shrine situated at the base of Mount Togakushi in Nagano, Japan. The mountain is very stee …

ACTION X PRE-ORDER UPDATEThis message is for anyone who has pre-ordered Shimoda Action X products through our US website: www.shimodadesigns.com/en/home, or any other retailer hosting a pre-order (B&H …

Words and Images by Sven Martin My real job has me chasing summers around the globe following the international Mountain Bike race season. I live out of a bag from April until November each ye …

Sterling Lorence’s Shimoda Explore 40A nice little web surfing discovery today, one the great lens men to ever shoot the sport of mountain biking - Mr. Sterling Lorence is a Shimoda customer.Click on …

Team Shimoda’s Jay Patel recently published an article on What to look for in a Camera Bag.  Click below to find out more. https://visualwilderness.com/fieldwork/what-to-look-for-in-a-c …

1 Year With An Explore 60Lizzie Shepherd recently published a review highlighting her experience using the Shimoda Explore 60 for the last year. She is also a contributor to our Women’s Development Te …

The latest episode of Shimoda’s Team Talk features one of the most respected mountain bike photographers in the industry Sven Martin.#Team ShimodaEnjoy. …

Team Shimoda’s Matt Horspool recently landed the cover Australian Photography. His image showcases some incredible light in a self shot image he captured while visiting Rocky Creek Canyon, Australia.C …

Winter Landscape Photography in the Czech Republic Images and Words by Vaclav Krizek Towards the end of January, my friend Martin Rak and I had plans to go for a winter landscape photoshoot. Si …

Vertical video for the vertically inclined. Team Shimoda's Mashon Mashon takes us out for a day in his life. Airplanes, Split-boards, powder snow, mountains and of course cameras... Mason uses the Exp …

The Shimoda Explore 60 recently took the top honor of Best Hiking Camera Backpack on Shotkit.com! This post first appeared on Shotkit.com - click for full article Dimensions: 24 x 11.4 x 11 …

Team Shimoda’s Varina Patel has made an in depth video explaining what’s inside and how she packs her Shimoda Explore 40. …

Mount Fuji Sunrise by Ian Millar Recently I was looking at a customers website and saw a blog article titled Influences - Part 1. by Karl Holtby. If you visit the link you can read Karl’s …

Just perfect. Photo by Sven Martin Team Shimoda member, World Cup UCI/EWS mountain bike photographer and all around accomplished human Sven Martin recently did an overnight mountain bike adv …

In our latest episode of SPLIT SCREEN we chat with veteran action sports photographer Mattias Fredriksson. We talk about the evolution of print magazines, his closing in on 500 cover shots and how he …

In our second episode of SPLIT SCREEN we Skype with landscape photographer Mark Denney. Mark recently left his career to pursue landscape photography full-time. It was a bold move to make and I wanted …

The Explore 30 has been out for just over a week now and we have received our first review by none-other than Carryology.com, the web’s finest resource for the ‘carry’ obsessed. Click below to fi …

This is our first episode of Customer Spotlight. For it, we visited landscape photographer Fadi Hage while he was setting up his first gallery exhibition in Montreal. I hope you enjoy it.We have more …

Levi Allen of Team Shimoda - has been testing the Atomos Ninja V and looks to be a real beauty…Follow Levi on Instagram…. hereVisit his Youtube channel… here …

We have just launched a new web series dedicated to replying to customer questions that are best answered with a video. The series is called MAIL BAG and can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/ …

Written and photographed by Vaclav Krizek Everyone has their own ideas about Ireland; some go for the Whiskey and pubs... while some go for the stunning nature and powerful seascapes that attr …