Sockdolager Equipment

Sockdolager Equipment Ultralight Backpacking and Packrafting Gear. Made to order in Oregon.

23/08/2026

Percolatin’ in the Coffee Pot.

If there ever was a case for a packraft as the perfect tool for a landscape traverse, these photos from Tim Kelley on a ...
19/08/2026

If there ever was a case for a packraft as the perfect tool for a landscape traverse, these photos from Tim Kelley on a recent Baffin Island expedition would be exhibit number one. Super psyched to have made a handful of custom Bad Larrys on this trip, and a few pogies and seat bags as well. Well done on a absolutely massive effort.

21/04/2026

Super cool footage from a packraft flotilla running Sockdolager, courtesy of Landon Sawaya. This crew did a self supported trip with 13 packrafts and 2 hardshells during last month's record heatwave. Link to his full trip report is in the comments.

(Footage is a composite edited to look like they are all running next to each other).

23/03/2026

It’s been a wild week in Central Oregon. Record hot temps, not a cloud in the sky, and the Deschutes hasn’t been diverted for irrigation yet. Figured we better get it while the getting is good. It’s a tiny consolation for the nonexistent snow pack, but it did make for a pretty decent week of paddling. Highlight reel is on YouTube.

Throwback to 2016 exploring some Colorado plateau canyons. For a season or two I paddled this now discontinued Aire Bakr...
12/03/2026

Throwback to 2016 exploring some Colorado plateau canyons. For a season or two I paddled this now discontinued Aire Bakraft and affectionately called it the green banana. This is at least partially the predecessor to the very popular Aire Spud IK, but much lighter. I think I need to track one down again for nostalgia sake. It was a fun and fast boat, and super rigid compared to Alpackas before they got the temper assist valve and full length floors (and the packapump.) Be fun to paddle again and compare it to all the latest generation packrafts. Perhaps the biggest knock against it was how hard it was to carry your gear. The tizip really is a game changer. Would be fun to modify one today with better thigh straps and a foot block to see what it could do. Rumor is there is a group of ELF boaters in Idaho who have snatched up all these on the used market and hidden them deep in the Owyhee canyons.

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