John Bresee

He was a co-founder of Backcountry.com, one of the first internet-based outdoor gear retailers in 1996 while living in Park City, Utah.

[2] Bresee and Jim Holland sold Backcountry.com to Liberty Media and John C. Malone in 2007.

[3] He was also director of e-commerce for Cellmania,[citation needed] an infrastructure company for mobile commerce applications funded by Motorola.

He later became a managing editor and writer for Powder Magazine.

Additionally, his work has appeared in Skiing, Outside, Newsweek, and Gravity.