Jason Balazs

Jodi grew up in the mountains of Colorado and has spent her whole life in the outdoors. She is a self proclaimed explorer whose mission in life is discovering all the far reaches of the planet. She is the proud mother of three beautiful children and two terrific step children. She is passing on the same passion to them that she has for the outdoors. Jodi got her Bachelor's of Science degree in 1992 and is currently working towards becoming an ACE certified personal trainer. She eventually wants to get an advanced certificate to work with cardiac and obese patients. She loves weight lifting, cycling, scuba diving, skiing, camping, photography, backpacking, and pretty much anything that takes her in the outdoors.

Curtis Johnson

Raised in the mountains of Colorado, Curtis has devoted over 36 years in the outdoors. He has lived, hunted, and explored it all, to include Alaska, Idaho, Washington, Utah, and Wyoming. Graduating from the University of Idaho, Curtis is currently an Engineer for Union Pacific Railroad in Wyoming.




 

 

Greg Jacobsen

The son of an Army officer, Greg was raised to love the outdoors and grew up skiing, camping, hunting, and fishing with his family. Now an Army officer with a family himself, he continues the tradition by passing his knowledge on to his wife Liz, and daughters Alex-12 and Samantha-9. The entire family loves hiking, fishing, camping and skiing together. Alex, his oldest daughter, passed the Hunter's Education Course at 10 years of age and now wing shoots with her father at every opportunity. Her father recently indoctrinated her in the art of fly fishing as well, while Liz and Samantha consistently out fish them both with spinning reels. Trying to outfit an entire family with camping gear, camouflage clothing, shotguns, fishing rods & reels, waders, skis, and snowboards is quite a challenge but Greg manages to stay on budget and always gets the best equipment for the job.

 

 

Doug Claycomb

Doug’s the old timer of this group, born and raised in Pennsylvania and has been hunting since he was legally old enough and then some. At 51 years of age, he has hunted in numerous states from the eastern states to western states. A total outdoors man that has enjoyed hunting everything from small game to big game. Weathering whatever Mother Nature brings his way, he believes a bad day in the outdoors is better than a good day at work. Enjoys camping, hiking, four wheeling and dirt biking. With 22 years in the Navy he is separating in the spring of 2009 with a BA in Health Care Management. He’s motto is “every day is a good day, some days are just better than others”. 

Darryl has hunted the East and West coast and is an avid bow hunter. He has worked with outdoor manufactures for several years in camping, hunting, fishing, clothing, and archery. Darryl is a competitive archer who competes in the IBO and ASA tournaments and is a current member of the National Field Archery Association ( NFAA), Colorado State Archery Association (CSAA), Colorado Bow Hunters Association ( CBA). Being and avid outdoorsman, he knows what will work for other hunters and what will not. He also has a high standard for quality. He will only give the hard facts about each product so that at you can make the best choice that is right for you.

Rhonda Johnson

 

Rhonda is a part time Elementary school worker, Cub Scout leader and mother of two living in the desert of Wyoming.  Rhonda has resided in the gold rush town of Skagway, Alaska where hiking and biking opportunities were in abundance.  She learned to love the outdoors in the beautiful state of Alaska. Quality gear is needed for the great outdoors and Rhonda is always looking for a bargain and a great product. Rhonda enjoys traveling, running, biking, hiking and camping.  She was born a city girl and has loved getting to know the outdoors these past 14 years introduced to her by her husband. She understands how important it is to have the right gear to get the job done!  Bring on the adventures!

  

 
 

 

 

Trevor McConnell

Over the last decade Trevor "Bubba" McConnell has been a three season backpacking guide: developed outdoor leadership curriculum, traveled to numerous countries for backcountry skiing and mountaineering, became a well published photographer, earned a position as a white water rafting instructor, became an AMGA (American Mountaineering Guide Association) trained rock and ice climbing guide, mountain bike guide, ski instructor, a trainer for young professionals in the Challenge Course industry, a Swift Water Rescue Technician and currently guide full time throughout the central portion of Colorado’s high country.  During all of this, he developed a vibrant attention to what I want from a technical standpoint as well as what his clients want from their equipment. It is with great pleasure that he begins a new relationship with Outdoor Product Review to enhance the community of users both technical and general with un-biased reviews on today’s best outdoor equipment.