Hornbeck Boats & Outdoor Supply

Special Announcement! Hornbeck Boats & Outdoor Supply will only be open for a half day, from 1:00pm - 6:00pm this coming Thursday 9/3/2026

Josh has been criss-crossing the Midwest this summer delivering boats and offering demos. He made a stop in , where Leigh participated in Ladies of the Lake '26 on Lake Superior. Josh tried his first pasty and agreed with the local opinion: beef and rutabaga are the best combo. Next stop: Bluffs2Backwaters in for some camping and quality time on the followed by the show in .

Today he's at our home base in beautiful northeast before he heads east until Boats and Bluegrass in Winona Sept. 24-26.

This is great news for the BWCA!

The Boundary Waters just received the strongest statewide protection in its history!!

The Boundary Waters just received the strongest statewide protection in its history.

This morning, Governor Tim Walz signed an executive order to keep copper-sulfide mining out of the Rainy River Headwaters. The watershed that flows directly into the Boundary Waters.

Here's what it does:

🚫 DNR and the Pollution Control Agency must stop all environmental review and permitting work on sulfide mining proposals in the watershed
🚫 No new state mineral leases
🚫 No new surface leases for tailings or mine waste
🚫 No DNR cooperation with federal environmental reviews
✍️ And it directs the DNR to draft legislative language prohibiting copper-sulfide mining in the watershed

Read that last one again. Minnesota's governor just told his agency to write the ban.

It has been a hard year for the Boundary Waters. Congress stripped federal protection from 225,000 acres of public land surrounding the wilderness. Fire devastated country many of us have paddled our whole lives.

The mining industry and its political allies will fight this. They have the lawyers and the money, and we should expect them to use both. That fight is coming.

But today we're thankful for decisive action. Thankful for you. Thankful to have a place like the Boundary Waters worth defending. 💙

Josh will be in Winona, MN for Bluffs2Backwaters this weekend (8/21-23)! He'll be camping, paddling in events, and bringing along a trailer of Hornbecks for anyone who wants to demo. You can learn more about the event here:

Bluffs2Backwaters — Recreation Alliance of Winona Register for Paddling Series Dam2Dam - 18 mile River Run - 10 Mile River Run - 5 mile Paddle Your Buns Off Community Paddle Bridges and Boathouses: Community Paddle August 21-23 2026Celebrate the Outdoors. Celebrate Community.Bluffs2Backwaters is Winona’s signature recreation festival, a multi-day...