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Discover the Edges.

A private index of vetted outdoor creators, and the place brands and creators do the work together.

The premise

Most talent discovery is noise. Spray-and-pray databases, algorithm-driven recommendations, zero context on brand fit. ROVA is built differently.

01

Curated

Every profile is reviewed by the founders before it goes live. No algorithmic spray, no paying to appear. The index is small on purpose, so it can be trusted.

02

Verified

Creators connect their own social accounts. Brands read the figures from the source, mapped to a taxonomy built only for outdoor.

03

Activated

Marketplace offers and pitches happen where you found the creator. From the brief to a shortlist to the first piece of work, without leaving ROVA.

Where the work happens.

Find the right creators, brief them and see their real numbers, all inside ROVA. Next: a home for your own athletes.

01

Talent Discovery

Search a hand-vetted index of outdoor creators by discipline, sub-trait and region. Every profile is reviewed before it goes live.

SnowBackcountryEMEA3 creators
  • Ines Valdera

    Snow, Backcountry

    Austria

  • Tor Aaland

    Snow, Ski

    Norway

  • Maren Kolb

    Snow, Backcountry

    Switzerland

02

Post an Offer

Set out the work in detail: UGC, sponsored posts or product testing, the deliverables, who posts, usage rights and how many creators. Those who fit request to join, and you choose.

Northline Outfitters

Winter shell, field tested

Type
UGC content creation
Deliverables
2 videos, 6 photos
Who posts
Brand only
Usage
12 months, paid social
Creators
4 spots

Requests to join

MRAccepted
JTAccepted
AKRequested
SLRequested

03

Figures from the source

Creators connect their own social accounts, read-only. Brands see numbers straight from the platform, with a daily history.

  • Instagram48.2kfollowersConnected
  • YouTube12.9ksubscribersConnected
  • TikTok31.4kfollowersConnected

Instagram, last 30 days

From the creator’s connected account

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Athlete roster portalsComing soon

A private portal for your athlete team. Each athlete gets a ROVA profile that helps them land deals, and your sports marketing team organises and tracks the roster by discipline, region and traits.

Northline Athlete Team

Private to your team
All disciplinesEMEAAlpine
  • LBLena BrandtRock + VerticalEMEA
  • KMKai MorenoTrail + MountainAMER
  • ASAiko SatoSnowAPAC
  • RCRhys CalderWaterEMEA

Each athlete keeps a ROVA profile of their own, open to other brand deals.

10 disciplines.
49 sub-traits. One taxonomy.

Every outdoor pursuit mapped with consistent tags, so a filter actually means something.

Travel

CampingVanlife / Overlanding+1

Rock + Vertical

BoulderingSport / TradBig Wall+2

Trail + Mountain

Snow

SkiSnowboard+2

Water

SurfingKayakingSailing+2

Fish + Hunt

Fly FishingDeep Sea FishingFreshwater FishingBig Game+3

Craft + Story

Photo / VideoWritingConservationEducationalCultural Reviewer+4

Wheels

Road CyclingMountain BikingGravelMoto+3

Fashion

Street / UrbanGorp / Tekwear+1

Anatomy of a profile

What makes a talent pop.

Discipline gets a brand into the right sport. The layers underneath are what make one creator stand out from all the others.

01 · Discipline

What do they do?

Where every search starts, and where most platforms stop. Trail + Mountain on its own describes thousands of creators.

First light on the ridgeCascades · 5:40 am
Under the glacierLong-form film · 12 min
Forty miles, one pushRace recap · Photo set
1 / 3Illustrative profile

Juniper Hale

@juniper.hale · 84K

Trail Running
  • Discipline
    Trail + Mountain
  • Sub-traits
  • Region
  • Archetype
  • Content styles
  • Ways of working

The influence graph

Visualized Cultural Gravity

Defining beyond their sport.

Every outdoor community has a quiet centre of gravity: the creator others watch and study, who is rarely the loudest or the biggest account. When creators like each other’s work, they draw the map of who moves whom, so a brand sees where influence actually flows, something follower counts never show.

Alpine skiFreedivingVanlifeAdventure photoFly fishingSurfSki touringGravelPackraftingMountaineeringSea kayakingSplitboardingBoulderingBikepackingBig wallCAN SELF-PRODUCEELEVATED AESTHETICUNITED STATESLONG FORMPERFORMANCESELECTIVE ROSTERJH

Illustrative. Branches are traits Juniper shares; around them, creators in other sports.

10

Outdoor disciplines

49

Sub-traits

117

Ways to be found

Access

By invitation
only.

ROVA is private. Brands request access, and creators apply or join through another creator’s referral.

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