Press Releases & Media Coverage

1/10/2023	Run The AtlasYouTube recap of a Pacifica Adventure Day – featuring AO
12/18/2022	Subaru DriveSubaru’s online magazine includes Adventure Out in the Country’s best survival schools!
10/3/2021	Lookout Santa CruzSanta Cruz Surf School Guide
6/24/2021	San Jose MercuryWatersports Highlight on SC County – featuring AO!
5/21/2021	NBC NewsAlive In the Wilderness on NBC with AO lead survival instructor Jack Harrison
7/11/2018	7×7 MagazineCalifornia’s Best Surf Schools – Featuring Adventure Out!
5/9/2018	EventBriteHere’s How to Camp in the Bay Area
4/12/2018	CNN TravelCNN Report on survival themed bachelor parties!
12/18/2017	Adventure.com Adventure Out’s Survival Classes featured on Adventure.com as a top holiday gift pick
11/08/2017	Indigenous Ability BlogQ&A Interview with Cliff Hodges and Mark Hatmaker
10/25/2017	Outside Magazine Our survival classes make Outside’s GO LIST!
8/5/2017	Sunset Magazine Adventure Out Pacifica Surf Camp is the best in the West!
7/11/2017	New York Post Adventure Out’s San Francisco Surf Camp is one of America’s Top Watersports Activities!
7/20/2016	Event Santa Cruz Cliff gives the keynote address at the Great Outdoors Entrepreneur event
4/12/2016	San Francisco Chronicle Travel Section Write-Up on Survival Skills Classes in the Santa Cruz Mountains
8/21/2015	7×7 Magazine Survival Skills Classes in Marin with Jack
8/20/2015	Times Publishing Group AO Instructor Jessica Rodgers Saves A Porpoise While on the Job!
7/23/2015	Dick’s Sporting Goods AO founder Cliff Hodges details basic camping info for DSG customers
1/15/2015	The National Geographic Channel Cliff Hodges hosts Remote Survival on the National Geographic Channel!!!
10/7/2014	AAA of California AO featured in AAA’s guide to Rock Climbing in California
8/18/2014	Santa Cruz Sentinel Survival Instructor Jack Harrison discusses his background and survival teachings
8/18/2014	The Health Bridge Podcast AO CEO Cliff Hodges speaks on the concept of Needs vs. Wants
1/17/2014	Roots Rated – The Founding of Adventure Out A fresh look at the early days of Adventure Out
6/1/2013	Marin Magazine – The Comfortable Cavement Adventure Out’s Survival School is recommended by the North Bay’s premiere magazine
8/23/2012	California Academy of Sciences – Survival NightLife Adventure Out’s Survival School takes over the Academy of Sciences for the evening!
7/1/2012	Xola.com – Adventure Out Surf Camp Video Spend a day at Pacifica State Beach with Adventure Out’s world class surf camp!
5/1/2012	Xola.com – Adventure Out Survival Video See an excellent recap of Cliff Hodges teaching his 1-day intro to Survival class.
4/1/2012	Smart Meetings Adventure Out featured in this reknowned meeting planner’s guide.
2/1/2012	Outside Television Mtn Biking Instructor Shawn Griffin gives a lesson and demo on basic mountain biking technique.
1/26/2012	Patch.com Survival Instructor Jack Harrison takes a Patch journalist through Marin’s new survival program.
8/13/2011	Outside Magazine Cliff Hodges – CEO of Adventure Out is profiled in the annual “Best Jobs” – apparently, he has one of the 65 best jobs in the world! Go Cliff!
6/22/11	7×7 Magazine The popular Bay Area weekly gives a “Beginner’s Guide to Bay Area Surfing” and picks Adventure Out is THE school to learn from!
4/19/2011	Monterey County Herald Adventure Out programs are detailed to the residents of Monterey County.
3/9/2011	Santa Cruz Weekly Quest For Fire! Adventure Out Survival Classes teach skills from an Indigenous Perspective.
1/23/2011	GTv Good Times TV covers the 2011 Nexties and interviews Cliff Hodges – founder of Adventure Out.
1/22/2011	2011 Santa Cruz Nexties Award Interview Owner Cliff Hodges discusses the history and mission of Adventure Out as a recipient of the coveted Santa Cruz Nextie Award for 2011.
1/20/2011	Santa Cruz Good Times Adventure Out and Cliff Hodges are an the cover of the Good Times to celerate Hodges’ winning of the coveted 2011 Santa Cruz Nextie award!!
12/5/2010	MTV Adventure Out owner Cliff Hodges is featured as the “Expert Survival Coach” on MTV’s hit TV show MADE.
9/1/2010	Popular Mechanics Popular Mechanics spends the week with Adventure Out owner Cliff Hodges and details the experience of a true Stone Age hunter.
5/30/2010	The Jeff Wise Blog The reknowned adventure writer spends an afternoon with Cliff Hodges discussing primitive hunting.
3/1/2010	Technology Review Magazine Adventure Out owner Cliff Hodges is profiled in the Alumni Spotlight section of MIT’s world reknowned Technology Review.
3/1/2010	Travel & Leisure Magazine Adventure Out’s Lost Coast Backpacking Trip named as one of the ‘World’s Top Adventure Trips’.
5/3/2009	San Francisco Chronicle Chronicle Magazine article on the Adventure Out Wilderness Survival classes and the affect of the economy on such forms of education.
2/1/2009	Fortune Small Business Magazine 4-Page magazine article and pictorial on the Adventure Out Snow Camping and Winter Survival class in North Lake Tahoe, CA.
8/30/2008	About.com Adventure Out Snow Camping listed in Exotic Camping Guide.
7/1/2008	San Diego Magazine Adventure Out Baja Surf Camp Feature.
5/31/2008	San Francisco Examiner Adventure Out leads the Baby Boomer generation into the wilderness.
1/11/2008	San Mateo County Times Adventure Out Owner Cliff Hodges interviewed in article about wilderness survival.
7/1/2007	San Francisco Magazine Adventure Out wins Best of the Bay award! Best Outdoor activities for young people!
5/30/2007	East Bay Express Adventure Out Big Sur Surf & Survival trip profiled as a weekend getaway.
12/17/2006	Santa Cruz Sentinel Wilderness Survival Spotlight! Adventure Out Owner Cliff Hodges takes Julie Jag, Outdoor Editor, into the woods for a day of survival training.
12/6/2006	KTVU Fox Mornings on Two Tom McElroy, Adventure Out’s lead wilderness survival instructor, appears on Mornings on Two with Ross McGowan.
12/5/2006	ABC Channel 7 News Adventure Out Owner Cliff Hodges demonstrates fire-by-friction for the Channel 7 news team and discusses survival techniques.
8/10/2006	Santa Cruz Good Times Read this exciting cover story in the Santa Cruz Good Times about the history of Adventure Out!
5/28/2006	San Francisco Chronicle Adventure Out and owner Cliff Hodges are profiled in the Sports Section of the Sunday Edition of the San Francisco Chronicle!
7/22/2004	Surfpulse Adventure Out and Billabong host Summer Surf Camp Tour in Santa Cruz
5/2/2003	East Bay Business Times Entrepeneur Profile: Venturing into a new adventure, Jude-Ann Smith
4/18/2003	Skate, Swim, Surf, Fly Working a workout into your real life, by Gina Arnold
3/4/2003	San Francisco Chronicle Santa Cruz tries to tame surfing wars – Brochure spells out unwritten etiquette for dropping in on a wave
7/8/2002	KRON 4 NEWS GAO Hits the Waves with KRON4’s Liam Mayclem
6/18/2002	Surfpulse Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, by Dane Larson

Adventure Out Press Releases:
9/23/2008	Mountain Biking Clinics and Guides in Santa Cruz, CA
1/4/2008	Pre-Book at AdventureOut.com and Save on All 2008 Adventure Programs
10/16/2006	Adventure Out to Donate 1% of Revenue to the Environment
8/3/2006	Huge Wetsuit Clearance Sale at http://www.adventureout.com
5/9/2006	Billabong Surf Camps in San Francisco with Adventure Out
5/1/2006	Wilderness Survival Skills Program in Northern California with Adventure Out
4/1/2006	Adventure Out Selected by Allbusiness.com as a Top 6 Business for 2006
7/22/2004	Adventure Out and Billabong host Surf Camp for Girls in Santa Cruz 7/24
5/2/2003	Entrepreneur Profile: Venturing into a new adventure, JudeAnn Smith
4/3/2003	AO Launches a New Website with Trips and Activities for Men and Kids
3/18/2003	AO Promotes Peace, Love, and Good Surfing For All
11/6/2002	AO Featured at the Women’s Continental Breakfast Club
8/8/2002	AO Introduces the Express Pass and the Express Pass Partner Program
7/8/2002	AO Hits the Waves with KRON4’s Liam Mayclem
7/1/2002	AO Teams Up with Universal Pictures to Promote Blue Crush
6/14/2002	AO Lauches its Women’s Surfing Clinics and Surfing Day Camps

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