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Adam Ruggiero is the Editor in Chief of GearJunkie and host of the GearJunkie Podcast. He cut his teeth as a freelancer, and then news reporter for the site in 2015.

Along with founder Stephen Regenold and Editorial Director Sean McCoy, Ruggiero graduated from the University of Minnesota School of Journalism. He was the recipient of the 2022 Outdoor Media Summit “Editor of the Year” award, and regularly co-hosts the industry’s “Gear Guide” at both summer and winter Outdoor Retailer trade shows.

In addition to accurate and impartial news reporting, and compelling, original storytelling, his interests include camping in all climates and conditions, track cycling and bikepacking, all forms of fitness, the resplendent majesty of coffee, and sports of every kind.

Paul “Man of Leisure” Pabst was a longtime ESPN producer and is the executive producer of the Emmy-nominated sports talk radio hit, The Dan Patrick Show, and a Professor of Practice at Sacred Heart University’s Communications Department. Behind the scenes, the New Englander is a self-avowed gastronomical expert in gameday and tailgating fare: hot dog stands, clam shacks, Irish pubs, and of course, good breweries.