I guess the self-induced ‘head down in the weeds’ hiatus from fun I took the past few years caused me to miss more than a few things. I knew that Black Diamond had acquired Pieps, but was interwebbing yesterday and saw for the first time Black Diamond branded avalanche beacons. Really clean and modern looking […]
New Gear
Sneak Peek: Peak Design Shell and Capture POV Clip
Had some goodness from Peak Design recently find it’s way into my mailbox. Will do a review on the gear once I get a chance to use it, but wanted to throw up a quick post as I’d never heard of them and they make some pretty nice looking stuff.
Gifts for Riders: Super Happy Wax Hot Wax Kit
The retail machine is doing it’s best to move Christmas into early November. I’m not sure if they realize that offering Black Friday deals in early November doesn’t necessarily mean they’ll make more money but likely means they’ll just shift their revenue from December to November. WHY CAN’T WE HIT OUR DECEMBER PLAN? Of course […]
First Impressions: IronX Cam
So I’m not going to lie. When The Concept Agency first reached out to me in regard to testing a wearable action cam for one of their clients my first move was to go to the client’s website, where the below was the lead photo. Now, I’m not really up on the stock photo market, […]
Whoa WTF? Feathered Friends made in China?
Feathered Friends Helios jackets are now made in China, but hey the stuff sack still says Seattle
Superhappy Surf Wax
The homey Erik from Superhappywax is launching his surf wax line in a few weeks. It smells damn good and is stickier than your batwing on these 90 degree days. He’ll have some at the Cape Kiwanda contest, look for his shiny new Econoline and tell him I sent you and he’ll hook you up.
2012-13 Chimera splitboards
Jeez, talk about falling off the wagon. Let’s get this look at 2012-13 splitboards back up and running before the 13/14 gear drops! The boys at Chimera made it through their first year in biz and are back with the same solid lineup from last year. For those who don’t know Chimera is a splitboard […]
2012-13 Jones Splitboards
Jones is back in 2012-13 with essentially the same lineup as last year (different size runs) as well as a women’s line. Hopefully the production/QA problems that have been seen in the past have been put behind them as I don’t think releasing some of the boards that have reached some shop floors has been […]
2012-13 Voile splitboards
For 2012-13 Voile has revamped their entire lineup with the help of Ben Harmon courtesy of their Sentury Snowboards acquisition. Still made in the USA by polygamous skiboarders with jobs. No longer capped construction, all 2012-13 Voile splitboards come with all the hardware you need, so if you’re price conscious factor that into your decision […]