Overland Expo West in new mag

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Showtime33

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Just wanted to let everyone know there's a cool write up with lots of pics of the overland West Expo in the November issue of fourwheeler magazine.

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Chazz Layne said:
Interesting they waited for November to cover a May event.
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TEN is so far out on content it's ridiculous. I gave up trying to contribute to their magazines because they were 9 months to a year out with their content schedule. Left little to no room for any recent events. Not to mention how askew their actual print/distribution schedule it. Is it too much to ask to get an August issue in, you know, August? o_O
 
Chazz Layne said:
Source Interlink's rebranding, an attempt to appear more friendly and less like the soulless bastards they are: "The Enthusiast Network."
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There are some serious Zulu foxtrot attitudes in the major publication conglomerates, although there are also some really great people. One reason I like smaller mags are the people and the sense of community they often foster. Especially from the author/photographer standpoint.

It is cool that an overlanding event is being covered, even if it is limited and late. Some positive publicity is wonderful for the adventurist community, however I am concerned with what happens if overlanding becomes the new "jeep bro" fad.
 
WUZombies said:
It is cool that an overlanding event is being covered, even if it is limited and late. Some positive publicity is wonderful for the adventurist community, however I am concerned with what happens if overlanding becomes the new "jeep bro" fad.
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Too late. Overlanding became mainstream awhile back. Now you see RTT's and "Overlandium" everywhere, even in 4Wheel Parts and Off Road Warehouse.

Rags like 4Wheel and Off Road and Four Wheeler have been featuring "overland" builds for a few years now.
 
Dave said:
Too late. Overlanding became mainstream awhile back. Now you see RTT's and "Overlandium" everywhere, even in 4Wheel Parts and Off Road Warehouse.

Rags like 4Wheel and Off Road and Four Wheeler have been featuring "overland" builds for a few years now.
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REI had a photo the other day on their facebook page featuring the TEPUI rig inside their flagship store, and if you were at Expo west you could look around and see it everywhere. It has certainly changed a lot just in the short time I have been going
 
As someone who had a minor part in popularizing the term (in the U.S.), I just laugh off the inevitable overuse and bandwagon-jumping. It's part of the growth curve. I'm thinking of starting a new magazine called Tactical Overlander.

I stick to my oft-repeated definition:

Sleeping bag and tent in the back of a pickup = camping
Sleeping bag and tent in the back of a Range Rover = overlanding
Sleeping bag and tent in the back of a Land Cruiser with your name stenciled on the door = expedition.
 
I didn't think people still read print magazines, particularly those that seem to tailor their articles to advertising budgets from the companies' product they are testing. Just once I'd like to read that XXX product sucks the big weenie, not worth the packaging it comes in!:rolleyes:
 
Jonathan Hanson said:
As someone who had a minor part in popularizing the term (in the U.S.), I just laugh off the inevitable overuse and bandwagon-jumping. It's part of the growth curve. I'm thinking of starting a new magazine called Tactical Overlander.

I stick to my oft-repeated definition:

Sleeping bag and tent in the back of a pickup = camping
Sleeping bag and tent in the back of a Range Rover = overlanding
Sleeping bag and tent in the back of a Land Cruiser with your name stenciled on the door = expedition.
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Tactical Expedition would be in a Land Cruiser with tactical pants, tactical lights and MOLLE webbing on everything?

I love it! "Tactical Overlander" is going to have to be worked into something snarky a character says in the book that I'm currently writing. :)

I have a serious problem with not giving a single **** about name brand gear or buying what the "cool kids" are using, I just want to go do stuff and have fun with my family. I would think I'm odd but the reality is probably that many others in our generalized group are similarly minded.
 
Dave said:
I don't always HAVE to have name brand this or that. But sometimes this or that is the only thing I like ;)
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There's a big difference.

In every activity/subculture I've been a member of there was always a cool kid group and entry into the group was dependent on owning the "group standard" equipment, clothing, gear, vehicles...whatever. Sometimes the stuff was top notch and useful, sometimes it was stupid, nearly always it was expensive. :D
 
I'm hard on equipment, been known to substitute/use things that they were not intended for, subsequently destroying them or having them decreed as no longer fit for use by the Boss. I have a history of this, as a 16 year old with my first car, I decided to change the oil. Mom had a giant Tupperware salad bowl (the real stuff from back in the day) that made a perfect drain pan...or so I thought. That damn drain pa...err, salad bowl, was $20 in late 1970's money, ask me how I know. Stories similar to this are why Walmart and Coleman are my friends for camping gear.

Coming from a rock crawling back ground, as a group, we were more parts and tools oriented. Dinner was a can of Spaghettio's cooked over a campfire with the top cut off of the can using the screwdriver and hammer method. (another example of tools and their uses without even trying to think of another example)
 
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