Snocru: One app for tracking and mapping speed, mountain conditions and all your friends

Snocru

While there are a few different apps for obsessed skiers and snowboarders to track their speed, distance and altitude or follow weather conditions, Snocru goes one step further to unite your pack so you can keep track of all that—and each other. Launched in 2010 and continuously updated with…

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CH Winter 2013 Playlist: Heat it up indoors with 13 tunes sure to spice up the new year

CH Winter 2013 Playlist

The magic of the holiday season may be behind us, but as winter grows colder things are certainly warming up inside. Whether you’re getting sweaty at a secret dance party in a yurt or raising the temperature under the covers, our CH Winter 2013 Playlist inspires all the right…

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2013 Snowboard Gear : A short guide to what’s kept us warm, dry and in touch this season

2013 Snowboard Gear

While it may not entirely feel like it in certain cities, winter is in full swing, dumping snow in many regions and offering temps low enough to fire up the snow guns in others. After introducing the Nitro T1.5 and ThirtyTwo + Crab Grab collaboration earlier this week we’ve pulled…

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ThirtyTwo + Crab Grab: One of snowboarding’s most trusted brands teams up with a creative newcomer for a 2014 season collaboration

ThirtyTwo + Crab Grab

Since 1995 ThirtyTwo has continually produced the lightest and some of the best-selling snowboard boots in the industry. Since 2012 Crab Grab has produced little pieces of foam that you stick on your board to improve foot and hand traction. While the two seem worlds apart the connection lies…

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Indispensable: Woman’s Winter Running

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Indispensable: Woman's Winter Running

Nitro Snowboards T1.5 : A hands-on look at both limited edition 2013 Hyped! and 2014 all mountain models

Nitro Snowboards T1.5

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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Indispensable: Men’s Winter Running

Ecco qui la nuova rubrica del Grande Capo con una breve selecta di tutto quello che potrebbe essere indispensabile per le tue passioni quotidiane. Come kickoff della serie ho scelto un vero classico che ti aiuterà a smaltire le tossine accumulate in questi giorni.
Un ringraziamento va a Matteo per avermi ancora una volta dato la giusta ispirazione.

Indispensable: Men's Winter Running

Summit, Apex, Space and Allroad: We test the latest from Aether during a weekend in Aspen with Audi

Summit, Apex, Space and Allroad

On a trip to Aspen this past weekend with Audi we had another chance to drive the 2013 Allroad plus a couple days on the hill which we used as an opportunity to test out the latest mountain sports gear from Aether Apparel. The two brands made a fine…

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mimiTENS: Godzilla, skull and princess kids’ mittens made in Canada

mimiTENS

They don’t call Canada the Great White North for nothing—it gets cold up there. To Anna-Maria Mountfort, founder of children’s mitten brand mimiTENS, the country seems like the right place to make quality winter wear. “The way I see it, if you buy olive oil from Italy, kids’ mittens…

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NSW + Steven Alan Jacket: High tech style in a winter jacket to keep you looking good and feeling toasty

NSW + Steven Alan Jacket

Steven Alan’s collaborations with Nike Sports Wear rarely disappoint and their new jacket/blazer combination is no exception, bringing together NSW functional elements with the designer’s understated style. On top of a nicely balanced silhouette, the highly technical Ventile cotton shell features an array of solid details to keep you…

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