backpacking with kids

By Mary Kavanagh and Laura Morrison, for CNN Travel

Every traveler needs cool stuff. Everyone else needs December gift ideas. Behold, CNN Travel 10-step solution to both problems.

The season of joyful tidings is more often a season of panic… Continue reading

At the end of the year, we often spend some time reflecting. It is always important to know (1) where you come from and (2) how far you have come. As Piggyback Rider, we went in search of where we… Continue reading

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Piggyback Rider child carrier is a back-back repeat winner of the RedTri Most Awesome Award for Outstanding Outdoor Gear, besting some big names like The North Face, Kelty, Merrell, and Camelbak.

TOTAL VOTE COUNT: 206,650

Piggyback Rider has already won… Continue reading

The Mom Show does a featured post.

I have recently learned about a product called The Piggyback Rider kid carrier! Basically, this is a child carrier that allows your child a “piggy back ride” whenever you’re out walking!

One of the… Continue reading

This is an updated blog and review from Ruff Ruminations from their Calgary Zoo Ranch tour with the Piggyback Rider kid carrier.

You can start by checking out what I had to say at Family Fun Calgary, our first… Continue reading

You know what we’re all for? Anything that helps get kids outside and away from the screen (computer or TV).

For that, and given the time of year, we applaud programs like this one in Vermont that lets young hunters… Continue reading

This year the Calgary Zoo offered Inspire members the opportunity to visit the zoo’s ranch just outside of the city. The Devonian Wildlife Conservation Centre currently houses moose, elk, caribou, deer, whooping cranes, sand hill cranes, Przewalski’s horses and Vancouver… Continue reading

Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2012 covers C4 Waterman and Piggyback Rider double decker stunt. These two are real pro’s.

Check it out here…

 

The Refs are back.

There is enough banter on the internet, talk radio and television about the path that the NFL is on now that the games are in the hands of replacement refs. At present, it is no longer… Continue reading

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BETHESDA, Maryland – The Piggyback Rider® burst into the outdoor industry last summer with a unique kid carrier made to promote active outdoors transport. It won “Best New Product” at the Summer 2011 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market show and nabbed… Continue reading

The Piggyback Rider Backpack is the latest way to carry your child on your back. The newest models add more storage capabilities to the Piggyback Rider system, which lets your child essentially stand on your back.

Introduced last summer, the… Continue reading

Piggyback Rider® has your back at Summer Outdoor Retailer

Loaner models available for those attending trade show

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BETHESDA, Maryland – Attendees bringing their kids to this year’s Outdoor Retailer Summer Market trade show in… Continue reading

Piggyback Rider kid carrier announces the 2012 JoePro Ambassador Team

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Bethesda, Maryland – The PiggyBack Rider® – an innovative child carrier that promotes active outdoors transport – has named a JoePro Team, a mix of professional outdoors… Continue reading

Head and Shoulders Above

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It’s romantic, the thought of being an inventor, and it’s seductive, the dream of getting rich quick. But the reality of creating an innovative product and bringing it to market is exhilarating in entirely… Continue reading

Good Morning America (@GMA) features the Piggyback Rider kid carrier for Father’s Day.

Matt Bean, contributing editor for Men’s Health magazine, appeared on “Good Morning America” to share summer gadgets and gear that father’s everywhere will love.  Robin… Continue reading

It’s a scenario that parents of toddlers know too well: A day at the zoo, in the city, getting through the airport or an afternoon on the hiking trail starts to take its toll on tiny legs, and the toddler… Continue reading

Get Out There Magazine video review

Active families with young children will be interested in this review of the Piggyback Rider, an innovative child carrier for kids at least 2.5 years old and under 60lbs/27kg. Our reporter Craig and his… Continue reading

Sometimes Dads need a break too. Give him a reason to relax this June with this great bundle devoted to giving dad a little ME time! The Piggyback Rider creates a mutually enjoyable, effortless More…

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Piggyback Rider » After debuting its innovative kid carrier at the 2011 Summer Outdoor Retailer, the Piggyback Rider came to the winter show with an expanded line. At the top of the new line is the deluxe child carrier featuring… Continue reading