Costa Del Mar has been in the sunglasses biz since 1983, but unlike plenty of competing brands their frames and tech didn’t stall in the ‘eighties; They haven’t gotten hung up on the fad of reissuing hokey, fashion forward colorways, the designs simple, classic, and enduring, making them an easy pick for alongside the gunwales […]
The SHRED Slam Cap is comfortable, the colorways are acceptable, and the chin-strap is easy to engage or pop with a gloved hand. The straightforward, brimless design doesn’t incorporate bells, whistles or extraneous features, and the shell feels like it could take a real beating. The earflaps kept my ears warm, and the fit isn’t […]
Triolet may be a place in the Alps or something (I don’t know, I didn’t look it up) but the toilet-y sound of the Patagonia Triolet Jacket is a real discredit to the performance it provides onhill. Patagonia Triolet Jacket 2L GORE-TEX Far from being a flushable, run of the mill hardshell, the Patagonia Triolet […]
I am a grimy man. In the course of my work as a custodian and tail-guide at Valhalla Mountain Touring, one of my main objectives is to not require multiple costume changes daily and to make a fairly seamless transition from scrubbing toilet bowls in the a.m hours to shredding Ruby Bowl before noon. The […]
With the latest edition of Jeremy Jones’s signature splitboarding boots, you can walk, you will walk, and you’ll walk hard; the remodeled ThirtyTwo Jones MTB Boots reinforce the whole living legend status of The Jones, and their rejigged design is poised to augment your backcountry experience. Crampon Compatible The ThirtyTwo Jones MTB Boots are designed […]
After the California gold-rush of the 1849’s, it seemed as though fortune seeking prospectors had made their way into every nook, cranny and outcrop the American West had to offer. Known as “sourdoughs” (seasoned miners that knew a thing or two about bush-craft and DIY baking) many were drawn north when news of significant strikes […]