The new Nitro Capital TLS Boots has been my go-to snowboard boot this season. Nitro’s only true “splitboard boot” offers incredible performance on the way up and especially on the down. If you’re looking for a stiff boot that can do it all you found it. Nitro Capital TLS Stiffness Splitboarders are slower than skiers […]
The Dynafit Hoji Pro Tour Ski Boot provides excellent downhill performance and surprisingly good uphill performance. Historically, most backcountry ski boots have performed well in one realm or the other, but the HOJI PRO TOUR does both well. The system to switch between walk and ski modes is pretty slick and secures a surprisingly tight […]
ToughTested’s Jump Starter V8 is something that I really coulda used 7 years ago. I’d just driven from L.A. to Mt. High for the day, leaving just before dawn but with the big dump dropping, I had my headlights on even after sunrise. And at the end of the day, a might-I-add abnormally cold day […]
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 […]
Airblaster is one of my favorite brands out there: A snowboarding company that makes snowboard gear for snowboarders. Should come as no surprise, then, that they make a sick pair of snowboard goggles. Specifically the Airblaster Savage Air Goggle. And they make it at a price that even the most dirtbagging rider can swing. Moisture […]
I love myself a good helmet but the K2 Route Helmet is anything but that. Being a snowboard mountaineer I was excited to try a helmet geared towards mountaineering but it let me down. I encourage you to continue to read this and hear out why you don’t want this helmet. It may give you […]
When Helly Hansen decided to pay homage to the Norse god Ullr, a legendary skier, hunter, skater, archer, etc… and possibly Thor’s stepson, you best believe they put everything they had into it. And for my money (and yours), the Helly Hansen Sogn Shell Jacket is a jacket worthy of the winter sports gods. Helly […]
Snow’s driftin’, track’s filling in right after you put it in, and you still got a ways to go. Patagonia knows the feeling, obviously. The Patagonia Snowdrifter Bibs are made for those days that are good for the soul and tough on your gear. Patagonia Snowdrifter Bibs Material Comfortable, dry, warm, breatheable, flexible and practical. […]
The Never Summer Atom Splitboard rides especially well in sub-par snow. Never Summer has been known to make some of the best boards for having fun on the descent, the question becomes how does this splitboard perform on the uptrack? Never Summer Atom Splitboard Featuring Phantom Hooks One of the cool things about the Never […]
Paired with my new Switcher Helmet was a pair of Sweet Protection Clockwork RIG Goggles. At first glance these things are sleek and have a huge lens! Together with the helmet they have an absolutely seamless fit and compatibility. Sweet Protection RIG Technology Built with their proprietary RIG technology, the tag line is “confidence in […]