Patagonia Out the Back

OUT

THE

BACK

Patagonia Photography Portfolio Review + Panel Discussion

Come meet the Patagonia Photo team to learn about our legendary photo program and share your portfolio with us. Photo Director Heidi Volpe and several photo editors will be offering 20-minute sessions to review your work and share best practices. Feel free to sign up for more than one slot!

Join us afterward for a panel discussion with a talented group of local photographers and athletes. Eric Bissell, Ken Etzel, Miya Tsudome, Ben Ditto, and Drew Smith will be in conversation to talk about their work and how it comes to life with Patagonia.

There will also be an opportunity enter our raffle to win a 1-hour meeting with Jane Sievert and Heidi Volpe, the former and current directors of the Patagonia Photo program.

Location:

Kate’s studio
156A S Main St,
Bishop, CA 93514

Time:

10am-12:30pm portfolio review

12:30pm-1:15pm panel discussion

Ticketing:

Free / RSVP

RSVP

Patagonia Photography Portfolio Review + Panel Discussion

Come meet the Patagonia Photo team to learn about our legendary photo program and share your portfolio with us. Photo Director Heidi Volpe and several photo editors will be offering 20-minute sessions to review your work and share best practices. Feel free to sign up for more than one slot!

Join us afterward for a panel discussion with a talented group of local photographers and athletes. Eric Bissell, Ken Etzel, Miya Tsudome, Ben Ditto, and Drew Smith will be in conversation to talk about their work and how it comes to life with Patagonia.

There will also be an opportunity enter our raffle to win a 1-hour meeting with Jane Sievert and Heidi Volpe, the former and current directors of the Patagonia Photo program.

Location:

Etzel Visual Arts

156A S Main St,
Bishop, CA 93514

Time:

10am-12:30pm portfolio review

12:30pm-1:15pm panel discussion

Ticketing:

Free / RSVP for panel discussion. Portfolio review sign ups in person.

RSVP

Asado for Cochamó + Photo Gallery

Join us in celebrating one of the biggest environmental wins in Chilean history!

After years of tireless work, a group of climbers, conservationists, scientists and community members called Conserva Puchegüín bought Fundo Puchegüín in December 2025, protecting Cochamó Valley and this biodiverse mecca of South American granite forever. There will be music by Par Avion, games, raffles, vendors and a traditional asado barbecue, plus a silent auction for photos from the Cochamó Valley gallery inside The Rambler.

The asado is free, but food tickets are limited. Be sure to RSVP below. And don’t worry if the asado sells out—you’re welcome to grab food at The Rambler and join the festivities!

All proceeds will be going to Friends of the Inyo, Bishop Climbing Rangers, and Bishop Area Climbers Coalition.

Location:

The Mountain Rambler Brewery
186 S Main St,
Bishop, CA 93514

Time:

6pm till late

Ticketing:

RSVP required for food but anyone can join

RSVP

Sept 10–13

Cardiff

California

Don’t get caught inside!   

Join us for a few days of storytelling, wetsuit repairs, BWRAG events, ambassador panels, warm food, cold beers and good ole times in the back lots of some spaces we love.

Surf
Ambassadors

Greg Long

Paige Alms

Ocean
Ambassadors

Greg Long

Paige Alms

Andrew Reinhart

FREE REPAIRS

ANY BRAND!

Friday, April 3

Trail Clean up with Friends of the Inyo & the Bishop Climbing Rangers

Friends of the Inyo (FOI) and the Bishop Climbing Rangers will lead a trail stewardship project before the evening programing.

Location:

Happy Boulders on Chalk Bluff Road

Time:

Meet up 830am-12pm (NEW Start time!)

RSVP

Free Wall Beta Talks at the Bishop Movie Theater

Join Timmy O’Neill to get the beta on our climb ambassadors’ evolving tactics for cutting-edge multipitch objectives, and how we designed the Free Wall Kit to meet them.

Josh Wharton and Lor Sabourin will be sharing how they take on their most challenging climbs by integrating recovery during their attempts and screen films about a couple of their recent hard climbs. Advanced R&D Designer Eric Noll and Alpine Product Line Manager Kate Rutherford will join to show how our designers and ambassadors worked together on the Free Wall Kit to help climbers find comfort in uncomfortable places.

Doors open at 6pm with a Patagonia designer meet and greet from 6–7pm, where you can try on the Free Wall Kit and enter for a chance to win pieces from the kit and other climbing gear. Par Avion will be playing too!

All proceeds will be going to Friends of the Inyo, Bishop Climbing Rangers, and Bishop Area Climbers Coalition.

Location:

Bishop Movie Theater

Time:

Doors 6pm, Seated event 7-9pm

RSVP

Friday, April 3

Trail Cleanup with the Bishop Area Climbers Coalition

(Bishop Area Climbers Coalition (BACC) trail clean up during the day or Cultural Center Owens Valley Paiute Shoshone Cultural Center Guided Tour)

All details TBD

RSVP

Free Wall Beta Talks at the Bishop Movie Theater

Time:

Doors 6pm, Seated event 7-9pm

Join Timmy O’Neill to get the beta on our climb ambassadors’ evolving tactics for cutting-edge multipitch objectives, and how we designed the Free Wall Kit to meet them.

Josh Wharton and Lor Sabourin will be sharing how they take on their most challenging climbs by integrating recovery during their attempts and screen films about a couple of their recent hard climbs. Advanced R&D Designer Eric Noll and Alpine Product Line Manager Kate Rutherford will join to show how our designers and ambassadors worked together on the Free Wall Kit to help climbers find comfort in uncomfortable places.

Doors open at 6pm with a Patagonia designer meet and greet from 6–7pm, where you can try on the Free Wall Kit and enter a chance to win the whole kit and other climbing gear. All proceeds will be going to Friends of the Inyo, Bishop Climbing Rangers, Bishop Area Climbers Coalition.

RSVP

Location:

Bishop Movie Theater

Time:

Doors 6pm, Seated event 7-9pm

Sept 10

THURSDAY

Film Premiere & Talk Story with ambassadors | 6:30 PM @ Patagonia

Our VP of Product Marketing, Ingrid Wantuch, kicks off the event with a welcome message.

Plenary Session

Speaker presentation by our Co-Founders Timothy Staples and Jeffrey Hunt.

Sept 10

THURSDAY

Happy Hour

6:30 PM–7:30 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF PARKING LOT
AND THE SHANTY COCKTAIL LOUNGE’S DECK

LIVE MUSIC BY AUSTIN BURNS

SCREEN PRINTING - BYOS

TABLINGS WITH BWRAG AND un MAR DE COLORES

Film Screening

space is limited, come early, leave happy

7:30 PM

AT Patagonia Cardiff Parking Lot

watch the new psi film "the inflation point" by stab magazine

TALK STORY

8:00 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF PARKING LOT

Q&A WITH GREG LONG, PAIGE ALMS, PATAGONIA'S PSI VEST DEVELOPER ANDREW REINHART AND STAB MAGAZINE

GEAR RAFFLE

8:30 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF PARKING LOT

WIN AN FCD SURFBOARD AND NEW REGULATOR® WETSUIT

Sept 11

Friday

Pre-Surf WorkOut w/ Paige Alms

7:30AM–8:30AM at Patagonia Cardiff courtyard

Yoga mats provided. Space is limited

RSVP

WETSUIT REPAIR AND DRY-ONS

11:00 AM–4:00 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF PARKING LOT

TRY ON A SUIT, GET ONE REPAIRED AND HAVE A BEER WITH US!

FOILING TIPS AND GEAR TALK HAPPY HOUR WITH PAIGE ALMS

5:00 PM–6:00 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF

besta wan pizza and patagonia provisionS beer provided

Sept 12

Saturday

WETSUIT REPAIR AND DRY-ONS

11:00 AM–4:00 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF PARKING LOT

try on a suit, get one repaired and have a beer with us!
(clean and dry suits only please)

MINI BWRAG BREATH WORK COURSE
W/ GREG LONG

9:00 AM–10:30 AM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF COURTYARD

MINDFUL BReATHING AND SURF APNEA TRAINING LED BY GREG LONG
(YOGA MATS PROVIDED)

RSVP

DING REPAIR WORKSHOP W/ PAIGE ALMS

11:00 AM-12:00 PM AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF COURTYARD

TUTORIAL ON PATCHING DINGS WHILE ON A SURF TRIP

RSVP

Sept 13

Sunday

WETSUIT DRY-ON

10:00 AM–2:00 PM

AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF COURTYARD

TRY ON A SUIT AND HAVE A BEER WITH US!

FCD BOARD DEMO

11:00 AM–4:00 PM
AT PATAGONIA CARDIFF COURTYARD

TRY BEFORE YOU BUY

Sept 11

Sept 12

Sept 13

Saturday, April 4

Mental Training, Coffee + Burritos with Lor Sabourin

Grab a breakfast burrito and coffee and learn how to care of your mentals with Lor Sabourin at Eastside Sports. They’ll be hosting a casual conversation about mental training for projecting, multipitch climbing, and how to take care of yourself as you prepare for your hardest objectives.

This event is free but limited to 30 guests.

RSVP

Location:

Eastside Sports

224 N Main St,

Bishop, CA 93514

Time:

8am-10am

Patagonia Climbing Film Festival

Pop into the Bishop Movie Theater any time between 11am–2pm to catch one of Patagonia’s climbing films. We’ll be screening 7 of our classics, plus our latest field reports from Josh Wharton, Lor Sabourin and Dörte Pietron.

Mountain of Storms
Stone Locals
Rotpunkt
They/Them
What the Hands Do
Jirischanca
In Sequence

Tickets are free! Show up any time you’d like, but check out our run schedule to make sure you don’t wander in the middle of a movie.

RSVP

Location:

Bishop Movie Theater

Time:

Doors 6pm, Seated event 7-9pm

Ambassador Climb Time

Head out to your favorite climbing zone to link up with our ambassadors. Josh Wharton, Lor Sabourin and [TK ANYONE ELSE?] will be out in the Buttermilks and at Pine Creek Canyon and would love to climb with you!

Patagonia Photography Portfolio Review + Panel Discussion

Come meet the Patagonia Photo team to learn about our legendary photo program and share your portfolio with us. Photo Director Heidi Volpe and several photo editors will be offering 20-minute sessions to review your work and share best practices. Feel free to sign up for more than one slot!

Join us afterward for a panel discussion with a talented group of local photographers and athletes. Eric Bissell, Ken Etzel, Miya Tsudome, Ben Ditto, and Drew Smith will be in conversation to talk about their work and how it comes to life with Patagonia.

There will also be an opportunity enter our raffle to win a 1-hour meeting with Jane Sievert and Heidi Volpe, the former and current directors of the Patagonia Photo program.

Location:

Kate’s studio 156A S Main St, Bishop, CA 93514

Time:

10am-12:30pm portfolio review

12:30pm-1:15pm panel discussion

Ticketing:

Free / RSVP

RSVP

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