While a mild winter seems to be leaving most regions with a lackluster snowpack this year, the Northwest was blessed with a heavy snowfall over the holidays, providing a more than ample range of terrain to test the limited edition 2013 T1.5 Hyped! and 2014 T1.5 from Nitro snowboards….
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Sponsorisé par Swatch & The North Face, « White Noise » est un documentaire magnifique de 20 minutes réalisé par TimeLine Films sur le snowboarder Xavier de La Rue. Avec des images en noir & blanc, de descente et de timelapse nocturne, découvrez ce film dans la suite sur l’une des figures du snowboard.
Designer Navik Lal presents a fabulous new look at the protection of the wrists of the hardcore snowboarder. This is Morph Armour, made to create a protective barrier around your wrist while you retain near-full mobility throughout your arms so you can continue to be the sports beast you know you can be. This solution takes on what Lal notes is one of the most common mishaps in the snowboarding world, making the 88% of the snowboarding population think twice about how much of a hinderance safety has to be.
Morph Armour is a wrist protection device – or pair of devices, if you’re wearing them on both arms, of course. With this armor you’ve got 2 splints with multiple segments joined by what Lal calls “living hinges.” This moving polyethylene splint is moulded to the contours of your arm for a personalized fit, with an 8 degree angle on the hinge point of 6 individual sections for an overall wrist movement range of a lovely 96 degrees.
Each of the units is affixed to your arm with an 8 point lace system so it’s not going to slip off while you’re burning up the slopes, and a removable neoprene insert works to give you extended comfort through cushioning. This unit is still currently in its conceptual phases but very well may be a real live product sooner than later!
Designer: Navik Lal
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Johannes Ostergard et Richard Prendergast ont réalisé pour la marque Burn cette vidéo de snowboard appelée « Black Snow ». Tournée de nuit, cette vidéo nous propose de découvrir les exploits de Gulli Gudmundsson capturés à l’aide de lumière noire, LED et lasers à l’intérieur du dôme SnowWorld LandGraaf.
Turn your iPhone into a waterproof wide-angle POV camera
As enthusiasm for compact personal POV cameras like GoPro and Contour continues to grow, iPhone accessory innovator Mophie recently released their solution to the dedicated camera system, Outride. The mountable case and app turns your iPhone into a protected video camera, allowing you to use your most readily available and familiar device for capturing the excitement.
Using multiple mounts the rugged, waterproof case can be affixed on a wide range of surfaces—surfboard, skateboard, bike—with minimal risk of damage to your device. The lightweight polycarbonate housing also features an integrated wide-angle lens with 170 degrees of capture, while the free Outride app lets you view footage, make edits and share videos through various social channels—meaning more than just your nearest friend can see the aftermath of the inevitable “watch this” moment.
Set to drop mid-September, Outride will be available directly from Mophie online for between $130 and $150.
The Flow Caiman snowboard binding may be a more minimal approach than other designs on the market, but don’t be fooled, it packs greater functionality into a light design that aims to keep riders from constantly making pit stops to make adjustments. Every component has been redesigned to help the rider get in and out quickly and adjust the bindings without screwdrivers. See how it works!
Key Features:
Suspension system built into the base that provides cushioning
Highback and baseplate within the same structure so they don’t need to be adjusted indpendently
Collapsible binding that becomes nearly flat, allowing more boards to be stacked within a small space
Preset settings for stance and angle
Designer: Josh Cantor
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Tracing the sport’s past and present in a pair of complementary books
Written, edited and designed by professional snowboarder, graphic designer and filmmaker David Benedek, the new two-volume book “Current State: Snowboarding” marks three years of hard work across 450 pages. Interviews with some of the sport’s most prolific characters, such as Jake Burton, Terje Haakonsen, Shaun Palmer and Peter Line, are included alongside images from the past three decades. This massive tome attempts to show the current—if still a little blurry—state of snowboarding, from personal narratives to ambitious, hand-drawn infographics that trace the evolution of freestyle tricks. We had the chance to ask Benedek a few questions about the limited run of his new publication.
I always like the idea of having a separated visual layer that basically illustrates the written content. The lower book is mostly all text while the top one works like an additional photo book. Also, this way I didn’t disrupt the flow of imagery and could obviously play a lot more with design ideas, which was really fun. The content of both books correlate from beginning to end, but they work perfectly fine as individual books, too.
(Laughs) That’s just a random number I ended up with. I never set out to make a 450-page book either, but at some point I just had to quit interviewing people to save myself from total insanity—even though I am not entirely sure that worked.
I basically made a selection of people who I thought represented different eras and areas of snowboarding’s past 30 years—people who influenced what snowboarding culture is, or will be in the future. It’s a very subjective selection, of course. In a way, those people represent a large part of what I feel snowboarding is.
Well, I actually have a publisher in Japan, but I realized pretty quick that in most parts of the world I wouldn’t find someone to share my… well, very un-economic ambitions with this book. Since the production costs are pretty ridiculous and I didn’t want to make too many compromises, I figured it would be best to go direct, which has been working out really well.
Out of the 2,000 printed copies of the book, more than half were pre-ordered and the other half are selling out fast. To purchase a set or for more information, head over to Current State, where you can also watch the making-of video for some behind-the-scenes action.
Three innovative outdoor accessories that make the future now
While the purity of a lo-fi outdoor adventure can be a blissful experience, innovations in on-mountain tech offer enhancements that increase both fun and knowledge. Last week in Whistler I channeled my inner cyborg and tested three devices that are making the future now by informing, recording and entertaining throughout the day’s activity.
Not often can a single product really change the game, but the Recon Mod Live goggle comes close. The goggle is equipped with the world’s first GPS micro optics display specifically designed for a snow sport use. The incredibly small, unobtrusive device displays clear and easy-to-read graphics in real-time—tracking your speed, vertical stats, altitude, location, distance traveled and even temperature. Paired with an Android phone, the Mod Live even will display text messages and incoming call alerts in the heads-up view.
A bluetooth remote wristband allows the user to navigate the dashboard displayed on the LCD screen in the goggle. Paired with a Contour+ camera, the Recon Mod Live acts as a viewfinder for setting up the correct trajectory of your PoV shot. Plus, once the day is done all the day’s stats can be uploaded to the Recon HQ to see just how you did.
Capable of shooting—and live-streaming—full 1080p HD video, the Contour+ is outfitted with the largest lens of any comparable camera and has an f/2.8 aperture with 170 degrees of vision. To avoid that muffled sound synonymous with PoV cams, the Contour+ is equipped with an external microphone jack to capture accurate sound. While the camera isn’t new, it remains my go-to PoV shooter and now being able to see the viewfinder in Recon’s goggles it’s even more usable than ever.
Always an enthusiast for on-hill entertainment, Burton makes your tunes more accessible with the Mix Master Glove. The waterproof leather glove allows the user full control of an iPod or iPhone with gloves on thanks to a few exterior buttons on the back of the left hand. The remote communicates wirelessly with the dongle plugged in to an iDevice, so you’re free to adjust volume, pause, play and switch between tracks with the tap of your finger.
The inaugural garment from Mission Workshop’s limited-run Advanced Projects Series
Best known for their waterproof cycling rucksacks, San Francisco’s Mission Workshop has taken their material knowledge and redirected it into the Eiger field jacket, a limited-run waterproof parka from their Advanced Projects Series. We were lucky enough to get a hands-on preview of the Eiger, and can attest to its superior quality and neat, trim fit.
At first glance the Eiger seems virtually bomb-proof, with sturdy storm flaps covering all leakproof zippers on the outside, and fully-taped seams on the inside. Besides the tech extras, the fabric is the real draw. Made from Swiss-made Schoeller c_change fabric, the field jacket regulates body temperature while remaining entirely waterproof and looking sharp enough for everyday street wear.
Although Schoeller fabrics are a standard among most tech-conscious waterproof parkas, Mission Workshop uses c_change wool on the Eiger’s exterior for a technical and fashionable look. This clean aesthetic applies to perfectly placed pockets—including a rear cycling-style stowage compartment—and a great fit, making the Eiger a solid choice for everyday wear. Plus, a slight stretch in the yoke lends just the right amount of room needed forcycling or snowboarding.
The Eiger Field Jacket is now available for $695.
The first waterproof down jacket from the classic mountain wear brand
Powderhorn has been making premium outerwear for extreme adventurers since the 1960s in Jackson Hole. The tough, performance-focused brand consistently produces stylish and functional garb for the mountains, and their latest innovation, the Gunpowder jacket, is a great go-to in this winter’s down lineup.
The new jacket, along with the women’s version, the Powdersmoke, is filled with Toray Waterproof Quix® Down—a 750-fillpower feather insulation treated to repel water. Down jackets have traditionally run the risk of getting overly bulky when wet, but the Powderhorn’s Quix® promises to keep the wearer warm, while remaining light and unsaturated in the rain if the Toray Airtastic™ silky nylon shell lets water thru.
Beyond looking and feeling great in the various elements, the jacket is equipped with sophisticated features for the serious mountaineer. The pockets are lined in soft fleece, and one of the two interior pockets has a plush, built-in goggle rag. The jacket comes with effective underarm ventilation and a built-in snow skirt that can be snapped back into the jacket for storage when not in use.
The Gunpowder and Powdersmoke jackets can be purchased in the U.S. for $425 and $400 from Powderhorn’s online store. Otherwise, check the store locator to track one down a nearby stockist.
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