RSS Feed…and all the verbal pro blogzillas were at the show, checking out the new gear, while us linguistically challenged blogapers stay home and read their prose. A few new gadgets and doohickeys to enhance your mountain douchebaggery are below. The Ortovox 3+ transceiver Yes, I’m not kidding, someone in the blogosphere wrote about something that’s [...]
Archive for the ‘New Gear’ Category
Down sweater battle: Mountain Hardwear Nitrous v. Patagonia Down Sweater
December 1st, 2009 
Justin I’ve been refining and updating my gear lately (which is a bit odd given the lack of income), and recently acquired both the ever popular Patagonia Down Sweater and the Mountain Hardwear Nitrous down sweater. Let’s get these two into the ring and see who is left standing! Quick overview: Current champ: Patagonia Down Sweater: [...]
First look: Stoic Bombshell jacket
November 24th, 2009 Justin Been doing some serious gear whoring the past week or so as biz locally was going good for a bit. Was. Ahh well, at least I’ve got some new gear to show for it. First up, the Stoic Bombshell jacket. Stoic is the new name for the house brand gear from backcountry.com, and from what [...]
2010 Ride Slackcountry
October 5th, 2009 Justin First up in the ‘Boards I want to ride 09/10 edition’ is the 2010 Ride Slackcountry. I want to try this board for a few reasons. 1. The Schmidt beer can graphic. No, it’s not the first reason, but nothing harkens you back to those days of being a little kid and fetching your dad [...]
BCA Float 30 – inflation video
September 29th, 2009 Justin Came across this video on the Backcountry Access Float 30 avalanche airbag being inflated. While BCA isn’t the first company to market an airbag pack for the backcountry they are definitely the most affordable option (by about 50%), with the Float 30 set to MSRP for a buck under $500 when it releases later this [...]
The 2010 Capita Snowboards lineup
August 12th, 2009 Justin Posted on the Charlie Slasher earlier today, figured I’d finish up the page I started a few months back discussing the whole line of boards Capita is releasing in 2010. I have to admit they’d never been on my radar before as I’d always written them off as the ‘bubble gum pop’ of snowboards (yes, [...]
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7 Comments »2010 Capita Charlie Slasher Pow FK
August 11th, 2009 Justin Saw this post over at Spectre of the Brocken. Sales guy from Capita gives a rundown on the 2010 Capita Charlie Slasher Pow FK (would love to hear the story behind that name). Yeah, it’s summertime, but right now it’s raining outside my window and powder days are always in style. You can also check [...]
BC on a budget #1
July 24th, 2009 Justin Let’s face it – skiing and snowboarding aren’t cheap, and backcountry snowsports even less so. Summertime is the best time to buy your backcountry kit as typically stores are trying to blow out of whatever inventory they have left from the prior year to make room for the upcoming gear in the fall. If you [...]
2010 Burton Snowboards
July 14th, 2009 Justin So it’s been awhile since I’ve written anything as I’ve been playing catch-up with Mobspot (btw, if anybody out there is familiar with creating on device versions of websites ping me) related stuff that got neglected during my move so figured I’d throw something out there. I was putting this together earlier this year, just [...]
First Look: Mountain Hardwear Koa 55 pack
June 23rd, 2009 Justin In an odd stroke of timing I was talking about wanting to try the Mountain Hardwear Koa 55 early last week. It really seems like a good mix of light (though not ultralight by any stretch) and feature filled. Fast forward to Friday and I discovered MH was doing their semi-annual warehouse sale, which also [...]
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