Karhu loved by Minister for Culture and Sport!
We are about a 100-year old sports brand with no political involvements. But when Finnish Politicians show some loves toward Karhu, we can’t just hide but send the love back! Thank you Paavo for rocking Karhus all year – Seongtaek, Web Manager
Karhu Originals @ Sisustuksen Koodi
Referenssi: sisustuksenkoodi “Karhun omistaa nykyään hollantilainen Huub Valkenburg, joka on pitkän linjan Suomi-fani. Hän tutustui Karhuun 1980-luvulla lenkkarikaupassa työskennellessään ja oli 1986 kyseisen ketjun “vuoden Karhu-myyjä”. 2000-luvun alussa hän alkoi maahantuomaan Craftia ja Karhua Jenkkilään ja 2008 tarjoutui mahdollisuus ostaa tuotemerkki. Eli kuten esim. Artek, pääomistajuus on ulkomailla, mutta merkki tulee aina olemaan suomalainen. Suomessa [...]
Karhu Originals daily morning jog at SXSW
Join Finnish musician Anni (listen to her songs: click here) for a run this week at SXSW in Austin, TX! You might even get lucky and win a pair of shoes. Event FB page: Join About Anni Mattila “Norah Jones and Janelle Monáe went to Finnish sauna.” Anni represents the fresh nordic spirit combined with [...]
Moore to Run in Scottish Moors
The Karhu athlete makes his first and second national teams before he knew it. by Jon Gugala MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – “If Alan Webb had decided to run, then I wouldn’t have gone,” says Karhu athlete Joe Moore. “Thanks again, Alan Webb.” Count this as Moore’s official statement of gratitude to the American [...]
Karhu Originals Tour, Day 6 (Final Day!): Oklahoma One Time
NORMAN, Okla. – When I was in college, I used to travel to El Salvador for vacations during the summer. It was cheap to live, there were good waves to surf, and if you got up at 5, it hadn’t gotten too hot to run past the roaming dogs and scattering chickens and woodsmoke. At [...]
Karhu Originals Tour, Day 5: Jon Gugala Races Five Miles in a Bear Costume; Joe Moore Crushes Texas
Photo: Matt Sands DALLAS, Tex. – There are scraps of notes everywhere—in my phone, scribbled in a notebook—some of which I do not remember the context, or who said what: “’This is a tough one to judge.’” “Bear capris are not slim fit.” “’You need to get some Neosporin or something.’” “’I have no idea [...]
Karhu Originals Tour, Day 3: Bad Luck Bears; Wejo Criticizes Joe Moore’s Parking Skills
DALLAS, Tex. – Thursday’s job was simple: Drive the trailer, aka The Airstream, aka The Bearstream, to Luke’s Locker, a running specialty store 20 miles from where we are camped. There we’d set up in the parking lot to entice those picking up race bibs for the 13.1 Dallas half marathon on Saturday to come [...]
Karhu Originals Tour, Day 2: The Running Business of Killing Ants
Original post: http://app.karhu.com/index.php?do=%2Fblog%2F21%2Fkarhu-originals-tour-day-2-the-running-business-of-killing-ants%2F Author: Jon Gugala Tour page: http://app.karhu.com/index.php?do=/tour/ DALLAS, Tex. – At 7:30 A.M., 2012 Olympic team trials marathon competitor Joe Moore knocks on my tent and says, “Hey, I got a story for you. The trailer is completely infested with ants.” You could tell that this was a moment of duress because Joe [...]
Karhu Originals Tour, Day 1: Texas, a Home for Bats / Jon Gugala
Original post: http://blog.karhu.com/karhu-originals-tour-day-1-texas-a-home-for-bats-jon-gugala/ Author: Jon Gugala AUSTIN, Tex. – Running on Lady Bird Lake my first afternoon after joining the guys on the Karhu Originals Tour, I saw a sign that said, “Texas: A Home for Bats.” I did not know that Texas was a home for bats—had never considered this—until the next morning, the [...]
