Yakima EXO System Booklet

Yakima EXO System Booklet

Travel Transformed EXO™ SYSTEM

We Don’t haveWild Sides, We haveWild Souls Our story is more of a journey, because we’ve never been good at sitting still. After all, we don’t have wild sides; we have wild souls. For nearly four decades, our trusted solutions have transformed the way people travel. We’re leaders in our category, packing heritage, safety, design sensibility, and street smarts into every product. Based in the Pacific Northwest, we’ve got the great outdoors at our doorstep. From valleys and peaks to banks and backlands, the grounds we roam make us feel at home. Together with our network of respected retailers, we give everyone the freedom to wander, the right to be unruly, and the confidence to go more rogue.

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Introducing Yakima EXO. Decades of product design, on-the-road testing and pure adventure have led us to revolutionize the humble trailer hitch with a system we’re calling EXO. It’s much more than a singular product. It’s an entire system that pushes your hitch to its full potential as a do-anything, go-anywhere multi-tool. Whether you’re hitting the singletrack, the slopes or your favorite unnamed spot on the map, EXO can answer every need with a full range of accessories, allowing your hitch to store anything you need for virtually any adventure.

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Born To Revolutionize The Art Of Adventure. Your gear list changes from trip to trip - the EXO System is made to switch things up as fast as you do. Multiple attachments give you endless opportunity to take what you need while keeping essentials at-hand and organized. It all rides on back of your vehicle, meaning easy access and efficiency on the road, saving you time and money on fuel. As your adventures evolve, so does the EXO. Take more, takes less, take exactly what you need in one simple package. Start with the EXO SwingBase, then add and adapt to your changing journey. Adventure will throw the unexpected your way. We’re throwing it right back. Master the art of adaptability — with the EXO System from Yakima.

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One System. Countless Ways To Explore.

At Yakima, we’re adventurers ourselves. So we knew the hitch had potential beyond just hauling trailers. After all, we’d seen the creative, makeshift rigs of rogues and vagabonds out for adventure across the country. But we knew there had to be a better, more reliable way. So we got to work on a system that not only leveraged the simplicity and convenience of the hitch, but also allowed more access to the trunk and came at a price point similar to our legendary roof storage systems.

With the EXO system, there’s nothing makeshift about your gear storage. It’s simply the best way to load up and get out with limitless versatility, accessibility and capacity. It’s primed and ready for adventure — just drop the pin on the map, and start the engine.

EXO Modular Hitch System Overview

EXO SwingBase ( BASE )

EXO TopShelf ( SECOND TIER )

EXO LitKit

EXO GearWarrior

EXO GearLocker

EXO DoubleUp

EXO SnowBank

EXO BackDeck

EXO GearTotes

EXO WarriorWheels

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EXO SwingBase

EXO TopShelf

EXOGearTote

EXOWarriorWheels

EXOGearLocker

EXOGearWarrior

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EXODoubleUp

EXO BackDeck

EXO SnowBank

EXO LitKit

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A New Era; EXO ™ System

Yakima Innovations Over the Years We’ve had a lot of ideas since 1979. We’re proud of the ones that have been on the road since then and the new products we’ve pioneered over the years. Below are highlights of modern ingenuity at it’s finest. With every new launch we maintain a commitment to allow people to Take It Easy.

CBX ™ Solar Cargo Box

OnRamp ™ Bike Rack

Fishing Rod Carriers

Heavy-Duty Truck Racks

SkyRise ™ Roof Top Tent

StreamLine ™ System

2021 Travel transformed with

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the release of EXO System. Combining our expertise of gear hauling solutions from bike carrying to everything cargo, we engineered a way to free up the vehicle roof and carry more on the hitch. Opening up more opportunities for adventure destinations and the gear needed when you get there.

2020 We’ve seen homegrown versions of this and modifications to our own boxes for years, but never the real deal. In 2020 we introduced a crown jewel for our brand, the CBX Solar cargo box. The integrated solar panel harnesses the sun’s energy while you are driving or parked, and produces 36 watts / 5 volts of power. Taking home the Outdoor Retailer Innovation award in January 2020.

2020 The bike industry is ever evolving and we’ve been a part of it since the 80s. With the increase in popularity around electric bikes, an inherently heavier bike than normal, we got to the drawing board. The answer is OnRamp. The first hitch-mounted, tray style bike rack with a built in ramp for easy loading and unloading.

2019 Just like vehicle trends, we have our ear to the ground of consumer activities. Fishing has been steadily on the rise for a while now but we needed time to learn. So when we were ready, we launched the DoublHaul, enclosed fly rod carrier, TopWater all-rod box, and ReelDeal open-air, all-rod carrier. ROADSHOWER ACQUISITION In this same year we acquired the small but mighty company RoadShower. It was a natural addition to our family of vehicle mounted Base Camp products. Pressurized water storage was now accessible so consumers could expand their horizons.

2019 As the consumer vehicle markets change we must stay nimble. That’s exactly what we did with the release of our three heavy-duty truck racks. When pick-up trucks were on the rise we answered the call with the OverHaul HD, OutPost HD, and BedRock HD. All built rugged and specialized for their activities.

2017 We didn’t invent the rooftop tent, we just borrowed it from our Australian comrades down under. The U.S. market was anything but saturated with the rooftop tent and we brought it to the mainstream. Gone were the days when an extreme 4X4 was needed. Just about any structurally sound vehicle with a roof rack is now capable.

2016 After 35 years of fitting

vehicles the same way, we decided to reinvent the roof rack. The introduction of the StreamLine roof rack system met the needs of modern vehicles with less SKU’s and aerodynamic crossbar options. Thanks to intuitive engineering, all components are loaded with technical advances.

1979 In 1979 Don Banducci and Steve Cole purchased Yakima Industries from a husband and wife apple orchard owner and transformed their orchard ladder racks into kayak racks. The first Yakima roof rack was a pair of golden round bars.

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