09/01/2026
In 2024, literally outside became a member of REI Path Ahead Ventures Ascent cohort — a program built to support founders from historically underrepresented communities in the outdoor industry.
Through Path Ahead, we’ve met founders whose ideas, backgrounds and approaches to the outdoors continue to inspire us. So today, and throughout the rest of our time in the shop, we’re introducing you to some of the people behind the Path Ahead brands we’ve brought into our space — starting with Gabriel and Temi Earth.
Currently based in Berkeley, California, Gabriel is a lifelong skier, climber and outdoorsman with a PhD in materials science from UC Davis. His work focused on natural fibers and biopolymers made from agricultural crop residues — a foundation that shaped the way he thinks about materials, production and the future of apparel.
That combination of scientific research, time outside and curiosity about how things are made became Temi Earth: a clothing brand built around making better products through more thoughtful processes.
“Made slowly, on purpose.”
Temi Earth creates world-class apparel locally and transparently, with an emphasis on innovative materials that are better for both people and the planet.
We’re proud to have select pieces of Temi Earth in the shop. Give them a follow! And check out the website at temi.earth
📸: z marciniak
