Paddling Magazine has been named Print Publication of the Year in the People’s Choice category for the second year in a row at this year’s Outdoor Media Awards, hosted by the Outdoor Media Summit (OMS). The awards are decided by more than 20,000 public votes and recognize the best outdoor media across print, digital, podcast, video and social platforms.
Thank you to our readers for voting for us!
Editor-in-Chief Kaydi Pyette was onsite at the 2025 Outdoor Media Summit in Durango, Colorado, October 27-29, to accept the award in person. The three-day Outdoor Media Summit offered a packed schedule of events, combining one-on-one meetings, breakout sessions, industry discussions and packrafting with Alpacka Rafts.
Other People’s Choice winners include National Parks After Dark and Adventure Diaries (Best Podcast), Dumb Runner (Best Digital Publication), YouTuber Eva zu Beck (Best YouTube Channel), and @WomenWhoExplore (Best Social Media Handle).
In addition to the People’s Choice categories, OMS announced the winners of its Judge’s Choice awards, selected by a panel of industry professionals. Among this year’s honorees:
Best Outdoor Story: Alisa Hrusic for “Awe Can Do Wonders for Your Well-Being—If You Know Where to Look for It” (SELF magazine)
Best Podcast Episode: Aaron Lutze and Dylan Bowman for “Building a Content Strategy Playbook for Events” (Second Nature)
Best Gear Story: Graham Averill for “This is the Gear my Family Used in the Wake of a Natural Disaster” (Outside magazine)
Best B2B Story: Berne Broudy for “Brave New Landscape” (Grassroots Stories)
Best YouTube Video of 2024: Miranda Webster for “10 Rules of Hiking Etiquette I Wish I’d Known Sooner” (Miranda Goes Outside)
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