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CJ Whitaker from Pingora talks about their running packs. Pingora are based out of Utah, and use recovered "dead stock" surplus fabric to construct their packs.
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Hi, this is Dominic Layfield for Road
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Trail Run. I'm here at the running event
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uh in San Antonio, Texas at the Pingora
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booth and Pingora, new company out of
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Salt Lake. I'm here with uh CJ Whitaker
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who's going to take us through their new
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running packs.
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Hey, I'm CJ and uh we designed the Flow
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Trail Run series uh with a focus on
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balance, comfort, and stability. Um, we
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tried to eliminate bounce as much as we
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could. Um, and I'll explain how. Uh,
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first we made a
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a harness system that keeps all of your
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gear in one spot. Really big pockets
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organized to work with with each other
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so you can put stuff behind the flask,
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etc. Um, even quick access pockets in
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the harness. And non-adjustable sternum
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straps so that all your gear stays
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centered on your body. This also keeps
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your gear outside of your armpits so you
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have a lot more dexterity and balance
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while running. So in addition to our
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balance harness system, our reservoirs
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attach on the outside of the bag with a
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static fabric which allows for really
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awesome compression. So when you adjust
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the bag with micro with the micro
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adjustment here, it compresses the
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reservoir or whatever you have in that
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pocket to maintain bouncefree running.
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Our fabric is um super lightweight. The
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n the 40 denure uh high tenacity nylon
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is overrun fabric which means um some
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other brand cancelled the fabric before
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it left the uh fabric mill which allows
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us to use it rather than creating more
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fabric. This lowers our um carbon footp
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foot footprint in a meaningful and
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measurable way. Um the other fabrics
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were designed with just pure performance
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in mind. Um, our gripion on the bottom
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here keeps the bag centered. Um, again,
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further eliminating bounce and creating
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a bag that you don't fight with. Um,
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pockets um, convenient for um, last
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minute items. Here are larger bags. Very
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large gusseted front pockets allow for
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stuffing of jackets um, even small um,
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puffy vests. Comes in three sizes. So,
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we got the one L
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the 5 L and an 8 L.
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And inside the bags,
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we even have a jacket storage. So, in
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some races when you have um have to
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carry emergency gear or whatever, you
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can
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pack that in the top compression on the
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inside of the bag to keep the rest of
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the contents free. It easy to access. Um
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the two large sizes have 500 mil
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capacity flasks uh pockets on the inside
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also.
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Um so that's our flow trail series. Um
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they're each around 200 g so plenty
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lightweight. Um and they're super
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comfortable to run with. Most runners
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say this feels like you're getting a
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hug. And um everyone loves how
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bouncefree they are.
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And tell me about the pricing.
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The pricing. Yeah,
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I'm the product design guy. Forget about
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the pricing. Uh Mike, can you help me
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out with pricing? We're on camera.
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Oh,
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150 to1 180.
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150 to180.
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Thank you so much.
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I'm always in Asia developing products,
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so I forget the product pricing. No.
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Yeah.