{"id":127003,"date":"2021-06-13T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T07:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/?post_type=global&#038;p=127003"},"modified":"2021-06-13T16:56:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T07:56:17","slug":"swift-campout-2021","status":"publish","type":"global","link":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/global\/swift-campout-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"SWIFT CAMPOUT 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YA&#8217;LL KNOW WHAT TIME IT IS.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126669\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0de3fe97-96b2-8e07-c118-fcc58e7b9658-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0de3fe97-96b2-8e07-c118-fcc58e7b9658-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0de3fe97-96b2-8e07-c118-fcc58e7b9658-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0de3fe97-96b2-8e07-c118-fcc58e7b9658-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/0de3fe97-96b2-8e07-c118-fcc58e7b9658.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nSWIFT CAMPOUT 2021 has been announced!<br \/>\nI know that most of the readers are already familiar with this annual event, but I will briefly explain what it is.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every year \u201cSwift Industries\u201d, the handmade bike bag company in Seattle hosts an event where people all around the world goes out to camp all at the same time in the longest day of the year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s event was held in September due to the pandemic, but it looks like they&#8217;re back to their original schedule. The date of the event is going to be <strong><em>June 19th (Saturday) &#8211; June 20th (Sunday).<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s truly an amazing event where you get to connect with all kinds of people from all kinds of region through #swiftcampout on the internet. You might even make new friends through the hashtag or at the actual camp sight.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/swiftcampout.com\/\">HERE<\/a> for the entry!!<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re not sure that the Blue Lug crew will be able to get together and go out for an awesome adventure since there&#8217;s still new cases of COVID here, but we&#8217;re pretty excited to see what ya&#8217;ll are up to. We&#8217;ll for sure keep an eye out for #swiftcampout.<\/p>\n<p>This is how last year was like for us btw.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u3010SWIFT CAMPOUT 2020\u3011\u4eca\u5e74\u3082\u6700\u9ad8\u3067\u3057\u305f\uff01\u5168\u4e16\u754c\u540c\u6642\u30ad\u30e3\u30f3\u30d7\u30a4\u30d9\u30f3\u30c8\u3002\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/X9jgIbzrkpE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Sure was hella fun. Good times&#8230;gooood times.<\/p>\n<p>Now, the rad part about this event is that Swift comes out with some limited bags. Yes, of course we have all the collection in the building. Let&#8217;s take a look.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126677\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a8a6f78-471e-f035-83da-9cdec61aa2c5-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a8a6f78-471e-f035-83da-9cdec61aa2c5-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a8a6f78-471e-f035-83da-9cdec61aa2c5-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a8a6f78-471e-f035-83da-9cdec61aa2c5-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/5a8a6f78-471e-f035-83da-9cdec61aa2c5.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nFor the 2021 campout collection, Swift has gone all purple.<br \/>\nThe whole collection has this beautiful light purple\/Mulberry X-PAC with a nice trippy mushroom patch.<br \/>\nThere are four item in total for this year and We&#8217;ll go through all of it in this blog.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126676\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/60bdf542-e98e-f9f4-2ad8-8d2e38a34df3-900x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/60bdf542-e98e-f9f4-2ad8-8d2e38a34df3-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/60bdf542-e98e-f9f4-2ad8-8d2e38a34df3-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/60bdf542-e98e-f9f4-2ad8-8d2e38a34df3-1179x786.jpeg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/60bdf542-e98e-f9f4-2ad8-8d2e38a34df3.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nThis is the<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/swift-industries-campout-2021-catalyst-pack-x-pac-mulberry.html\"><strong> Catalyst<\/strong><\/a>, it&#8217;s exactly like an XS size version of the Zeitgeist bag, which is possibly Swift&#8217;s most popular bike bag.<br \/>\nApparently, there has been a whole lot of people who wanted smaller Zeitgeists and Swift has made it happen. Dropbar users are going nuts on these bags. Our boys Digital and Issue grabbed these as soon as they came in.<\/p>\n<p>And now, this one was banger. People were constantly talked about this next bag even before the release.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126675\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2fdbb113-82c0-de48-fdb8-352a014bd2b1-900x600.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2fdbb113-82c0-de48-fdb8-352a014bd2b1-900x600.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2fdbb113-82c0-de48-fdb8-352a014bd2b1-640x427.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2fdbb113-82c0-de48-fdb8-352a014bd2b1-1179x786.jpeg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/2fdbb113-82c0-de48-fdb8-352a014bd2b1.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nWe give you, the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/swift-industries-campout-2021-kestrel-handlebar-bag-x-pac-mulberry.html\"><strong>Kestrel<\/strong><\/a> handlebar bag.<\/p>\n<p>The sizing of this thing is perfect. Not too small, not too big.<br \/>\nOther bike brands like<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=outer+shell\"><strong> Outer Shell<\/strong> <\/a>and <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/brands\/realm.html\"><strong>REALM<\/strong><\/a> has made this kind of bags but it&#8217;s the first from Swift Industries.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126674\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08aaf1f9-b3e8-7720-4576-f75e4eb67d0c-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08aaf1f9-b3e8-7720-4576-f75e4eb67d0c-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08aaf1f9-b3e8-7720-4576-f75e4eb67d0c-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08aaf1f9-b3e8-7720-4576-f75e4eb67d0c-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/08aaf1f9-b3e8-7720-4576-f75e4eb67d0c.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nThe Kestrel has more great features like this attachment points. You could combine the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=side+kick\"><strong>Side Kick Pouch<\/strong> <\/a>and the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=rando+pocket\"><strong>Rando Pockets<\/strong><\/a> from Swift Industries. Could this replace<a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=paloma\"><strong> Paloma<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s spot&#8230;!?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s also something new. <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/swift-industries-campout-2021-every-day-caddy-x-pac-mulberry.html\"><strong>The Every Day Caddy.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126673\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dca10714-7897-8107-e39e-0c53df4f8bf4-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dca10714-7897-8107-e39e-0c53df4f8bf4-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dca10714-7897-8107-e39e-0c53df4f8bf4-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dca10714-7897-8107-e39e-0c53df4f8bf4-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/dca10714-7897-8107-e39e-0c53df4f8bf4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nIt looks like a normal saddle bag you would often see, but you know Swift always surprises us don&#8217;t we?<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126782\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0980-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0980-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0980-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0980-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/IMG_0980.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nAs you can see, the inner part of the bag is removable. This will give a much faster access to your equipment when you are off from your bike. This feature also becomes handy when you need some kind of repair or maintenance ride\/tour.<\/p>\n<p>You can fit a repair kit and just pop out the inner, sit down and start repairing when you have some mechanical problems during your travel. We feel so many possibilities for this Every Day Caddy.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m pretty sure our staffs will get their hands on these since they look like they could also be a great bag for daily use.<\/p>\n<p>And now, last but not least&#8230;<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126787\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/8a6dc097-b618-34ad-5864-14da09211530-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/8a6dc097-b618-34ad-5864-14da09211530-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/8a6dc097-b618-34ad-5864-14da09211530-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/8a6dc097-b618-34ad-5864-14da09211530-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/8a6dc097-b618-34ad-5864-14da09211530.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><br \/>\nYup! We made &#8216;em again! The <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/swift-industries-campout-2021-omamori-wood.html\">&#8220;<em>Omamori<\/em>&#8220;<\/a> a.k.a. the Japanese Lucky Charm! We changed things up a little bit and made them with wood.<\/p>\n<p>We have been making these Omamoris ever since we gave them as a gift to the Swift crew when they came to Japan.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126786\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16dc82da-9852-8fe5-4902-f90c82f48187-720x720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16dc82da-9852-8fe5-4902-f90c82f48187-720x720.jpg 720w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16dc82da-9852-8fe5-4902-f90c82f48187-480x480.jpg 480w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16dc82da-9852-8fe5-4902-f90c82f48187-786x786.jpg 786w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/16dc82da-9852-8fe5-4902-f90c82f48187.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><br \/>\nWe&#8217;re hoping that you guys dig this new version.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-126788\" src=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c9320495-06c3-104e-9cd5-e8052edb5ef0-900x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c9320495-06c3-104e-9cd5-e8052edb5ef0-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c9320495-06c3-104e-9cd5-e8052edb5ef0-640x427.jpg 640w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c9320495-06c3-104e-9cd5-e8052edb5ef0-1179x786.jpg 1179w, https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/c9320495-06c3-104e-9cd5-e8052edb5ef0.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like I said, we&#8217;re not sure we&#8217;ll be camping out this year, but we&#8217;re really hoping that you guys would have tons of great times and come back to your homes safe and sound.<\/p>\n<p>Everything shown in this blog is already up on the <a href=\"https:\/\/global.bluelug.com\/\">ONLINE STORE.<\/a> If you need some gear for your trip, we got your back.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks ya&#8217;ll!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":126794,"template":"","tags":[],"better_featured_image":{"id":126794,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1280,"height":960,"file":"2021\/06\/catalyst.jpg","sizes":{"thumbnail":{"file":"catalyst-640x480.jpg","width":640,"height":480,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":42434,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/catalyst-640x480.jpg"},"medium":{"file":"catalyst-900x675.jpg","width":900,"height":675,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":70321,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/catalyst-900x675.jpg"},"large":{"file":"catalyst-1048x786.jpg","width":1048,"height":786,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":88457,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/catalyst-1048x786.jpg"},"post-thumbnail":{"file":"catalyst-800x600.jpg","width":800,"height":600,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","filesize":58310,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/catalyst-800x600.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0","keywords":[]},"filesize":193135},"post":null,"source_url":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/catalyst.jpg"},"acf":{"online-store-search-keywords":"campout","search-result-sort-order":"created_at","search-result-sort-by":"asc"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global\/127003"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/global"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/global"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=127003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelug.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=127003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}