Big Agnes, the Steamboat-Springs, Colo.-based outdoor equipment brand, has named its team of ambassadors for 2023. The 10 adventurers embody the brand’s ethos and will represent Big Agnes globally this year.
Big Agnes Co-founder and President Bill Gamber said, “These individuals are not only talented athletes but also great human beings who care about the environment and the community. We are proud to support them in their endeavors and share their stories with our customers.”
The ambassador team tackles a multitude of adventures from paragliding in Nepal and climbing Orizaba to hosting bike-packing trips for Navajo youth and communities on ancestral lands.
The 2023 Big Agnes ambassadors include:
- Ann Driggers – Originally from the United Kingdom, Driggers is a weekend warrior and backcountry bon vivant who lives to hike, ski and paddle but mostly bike pack in the mountains of Western Colorado.
- Ben Weaver – A songwriter and poet who travels by bicycle, Weaver uses music and poetry to strengthen relationships and culture between humans and their local ecosystems.
- Cherrise Tuttle – An avid adventurer who has spent the better part of her life living in the mountains with her wolf-dog, Astro, as her main adventure companion. Tuttle prioritizes projects with social and environmental impact and sits on the board of The Cloudbase Foundation, a global nonprofit dedicated to social entrepreneurship and humanitarian projects.
- Erick Cedeño – Known as the Bicycle Nomad, Cedeño is an explorer and historian. Recently inducted into the 2022 class of The Explorers Club 50, Cedeño is recognized as one of the year’s 50 explorers changing the world who the world needs to know.
- Jalen Bazile – An outdoor facilitator, organizer and outdoorsman, dedicated to creating spaces that welcome and affirm Black, Indigenous and People of Color in the outdoors. Bazile is the founder of Travl Wide, a bike-packing outfitter that helps people develop relationships with themselves, their community and the land around them.
- Jon Yazzie – A full-blooded Dine (Navajo) and aspiring adventure cyclist, Yazzie runs tours through his company Dzil Ta’ah Adventures, providing backcountry cultural experiences through bike-packing and raft-packing, with a focus on mentoring Navajo youth and community engagement.
- Justin Reiter – A retired professional snowboarder, an Olympian, a World Cup Champion, a Vice World Champion, and a 10-time National Champion. Reiter chooses to inspire others in their pursuits of excellence, and he continues his adventurous life in the woods, on his snowboard and in the saddle all over the world.
- Rebecca Rusch – A multi-decade, multi-sport, seven-time world champion, Mountain Bike and Gravel Hall of Fame inductee, and professional athlete – with no signs of slowing down. Rusch’s grit, determination and perseverance have earned her the moniker “Queen of Pain” for a reason.
- Tommy Danger – Danger runs a nonprofit called More Than Just Me, which uses an array of adventures to drive awareness to causes around the world. In his current project, More Than Just Mountains, Danger is climbing the Seven Summits to shine a light on Cystic Fibrosis.
- Trevor Hahn – A dad, artist and outdoor enthusiast on a journey reaching into the unknown with every sense except sight. Hahn strives to be an inclusion advocate, finding purpose in collaborating with others facing barriers to explore.
For information on Big Agnes’ ambassador program, see www.bigagnes.com/pages/ambassadors.
