Fits and styles are excessive and plentiful. With hundreds of different jacket options multiplied by three or four different color ways, there is a plentiful amount of options for your jacket selection. So what is going to make you buy one jacket over another? Why choose one brand over another brand? Well first and foremost, people want to be confident in what they are wearing. You want to feel good? Look Good? All of these things make you ride better and enjoy your stay at the mountain. However, there is some tech that most consumers expect. Staying dry and warm are a must while looking into a snow sports jacket. Although there are many jackets that have one or two of the above qualifications there are not many items on the market that fulfill all the stipulations a consumer really wants. Let me introduce a jacket that has renovated the industry.

The 686 Krew Klutch Jacket is out of this world. In fact it transcends two worlds- the world of snow sports quality and the world of hip fashion. 686 and Krew have linked up together to collaborate on a series of outerwear. This jacket falls into that category. It takes all the current fashion trends of street wear brand Krew and integrates them into a fully functional snowboarding jacket. It has some above standard specs like 15,000mm waterproofing and 80g’s of full body polyfill insulation. This little piece of tech means two things explicitly- dry and warm, period. Also in this spectrum of technology, this jacket offers critically taped seems (no water or snow leakage). But what is really magnificent is the fit. It has a loose fit but is tapered to fit the body. If there is one thing that Krew has in the street wear industry it is fits. Their first collaborating outerwear piece does not fall short. It has other amenities as well. Hidden pockets, pass pockets, quilted body panels and heavy duty zippers. Again though there are many different tech options and fit options in the jacket category that will keep you loving life on the hill and loving your look off the hill. What does this jacket truly offer that other brand jackets do not? Read the rest of this entry »

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Lib Tech’s all terrain freestyle snowboard specific geometries met with overwhelming success in ‘09 board tests…Banana Tech- “rocker between your feet” — and Magne-Traction -strategically located serrated edges- are revolutionary departures from traditional ski based, one pressure point, camber snowboard designs…Both designs are premised on the fact that snowboarders ride with two feet on one board in a wide, stable freestyle stance…Magne-Traction improves edgehold, and Banana completely reworks the snowboard pressure map…full edge contact is maintained but edge pressure is now focused between and at your feet, the board is pre-bent into a natural turning arc and the tips and tails are less weighted for lift, deflection and catch free jib insanity…Banana-Mag snowboards are easier to ride everywhere for everyone… The Future is Bananas! * Banana Tech lets you stomp your rocker flat, giving you full tip to tail edge contact, board control and pop. * Naturally pre-bent rockered mid-section gives you carving and ice biting edgehold. * Firm tip and tails add pop, stability and float easily in powder.

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YES… Finally. You have arrived!

Amongst all of the marketing hype and hyperbole, the fleeting flashes of cool, attributes of attitude, claims on counter claims of technical breakthrough’s, superior graphics, cutting edge design, or space age materials comes a fresh wind of simplicity — YES, it has arrived and so have you.

If there has ever been a case of ‘Been there, done that, ain’t gonna do that again tomorrow…”, then the people who are the heart and soul of the YES Snowboard project surely make then Top 10 on that list and many others to boot. YES, they are some of the most passionate snowboarders to have ever graced the slopes anywhere in the world. YES, they have always given 110% to both the activity of riding and the lifestyle we affectionately call snowboarding. YES, it’s all about the passion! YES, their passion and yours.

Friends, travel and riding partners for the last 10 years, David Carrier Porcheron (DCP), Romain de Marchi and JP Solberg have tirelessly criss-crossed the globe riding every possible terrain and conditions imaginable. YES is the distillation of this voyage, bringing their infatuation of riding and their extensive combined experiences into sharp focus in the boards they design and ride, creating a full bodied cocktail with an exciting and fruity aftertaste!

YES is an independent snowboard company endorsed by NdKreative who have over 20 years experience in board design, , YES doesn’t strive to be No.1, simply a refreshing and real alternative to the stale state of the status quo.

YES, it’s personal. Three limited collections of only 100 boards available per year.

YES, it’s original. New distribution network, new shapes, new thinking and ideas.

YES, it’s passionate. We let the riding do the talking, rather than talk about riding.

YES, it’s progressive. Small multiple runs allow constant tweaking and improvements.

YES, it is available to you. Just follow the ordering instructions and you are all but on the hill.

YES, it’s here….

So…. YES. NOW(,)BOARD!

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