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You don’t need to be a superstar!

Be a superstar Isn’t it great when people test your gear, so you don’t need to be a superstar? There’s your 50m waterproof watch that someone deep-sea dove to prove it didn’t leak. Your…

Of visionaries and nerds

A reliable formula If there were a reliable formula for innovation it might go something like this; Visionary + Nerd = Innovation. Lennon and McCartney follow this formula as do Morcombe and Wise and…

Your Top 5 National Trails

Over the past two years we’ve seen a lot of trails. So, ever helpful, SplashMap’s films are a great resource for choosing your Top 5 National Trails. These shorts feature solo trail blazers, couples,…

Get Tangible

Geographical Magazine’s Enduring Love for the tangible leads them to review SplashMaps. We offer to print award-winning maps throughout September 2019

Our kind of summer!

Our home country experienced one of the wettest and hottest summers on record! Soaring temperatures and torrential downpours made for an unreliable season. Unsurprisingly, that’s our kind of summer and our customers, retailers and…

Hot in Germany

Hot in Germany It’s been a hectic week at Europe’s largest gathering of the Outdoor industry. My heart-felt thanks to all who visited our Austrian/ German/ UK team on the SplashMaps stand. We loved…

Bagging Peaks and National Trails

Walkers are a persistent bunch. Photos from Personal, Annual, Life long and bucket list challenges arrive all the time. The titles and formats of maps say almost too much about our challengers!

Outdoor by ISPO

So why this show, and why this year? Well, it makes sense – now that we sell on 4 continents – to be part of a more international show. Afterall, Outdoors by ISPO, (Munich, June 30th – July 4th) is Europe’s biggest outdoors trade event

Top Ten Tips for a Mixed Group Hike

Old friends What is it about old friends?  Mine all have different interests but somehow we met in a big pool of other people and the gravity of friendship has held us together. They’re…