Harajuku Stylin’
For the warmer weather out there this (upcoming) Spring, Columbia is putting out some exclusive jackets with Japanese label Kinetics. The Faraday Jacket features Columbia’s advanced Durable Water Repellant material, and comes in dark blue or purple with detailed multi-colored accents. Pick one up if you happen to be in Japan.

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Adam Weiss / Landscape Studio for Burton
Some great design work for the current line up of Burton Snowboard packaging conceptualized and designed by Adam Weiss of Landscape Studio, with Illustrations done by Travis Millard. The packaging redesign encompassed Burton’s entire product offering: boot/binding boxes, board labels, outerwear hangtags and accessory boxes. The aesthetic was later carried over into all communications for the brand.

Image source: Landscape Studio

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Get Laced
In other collaboration, get-together, and teaming-up news from the SIA, we see an interesting one that makes a whole lotta sense, coming straight from the Burton booth this year. Burton makes great boots. Starks Laces makes great laces. For 2011, they got together to collaborate on a special model of the Burton Hail boot, featuring Starks laces. The boot takes cues from hunting with it’s real-tree camouflage, quilted panels and safety orange accents. Look for this model next season!

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Vote Now
Nike 6.0, which is Nike’s offshoot action-sport brand, is having a contest where they give you the opportunity to vote for one of six cool features that could possibly become the next best obstacle at the Greatest Hits Park in Mt. Seymour. The features in question include the Calgary Triple Green Rails, The Montreal Big O Pyramids, Vancouver Delbrook, Utah Rail Gardens, Utah Wallride, and Vermont Double Set.

Image source: Nike 6.0

In other online news…..
New website design from Elan Snowboards with site design and direction from VBG Creative Design Studio out of Slovenia. Lots of nice stuff coming out of that studio for both the Elan Snowboards and Artec brands.

Image source: Elan Snowboards

YES, you want a pair!
Independent snowboard brand YES Snowboards, backed by riders David Carrier Porcheron (DCP), Romain de Marchi, JP Solberg and Tadashi Fuse, have now partnered with premium headphone brand Aerial7 to collaborate on a co-branded headphone that will feature premium acoustics, signature styling and superior functionality.

Available in Tank (over-ear) and Sumo (in-ear) models, the limited edition Aerial7 x YES headphones will be available at YES retailers worldwide beginning August 2010. They will make their official debut at the SIA Tradeshow in Denver, CO, which kicks off on January 28th.

Image source: Aerial7

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Spotted at Agenda
Radcollector brings us some photos from the Agenda trade show in Huntington Beach, we get a first look at the ongoing collaboration between snowboard power house 686 and long-time sneaker manufacturer New Balance. This time it looks like a hybrid boot/sneaker is in the works, or some type of hi-top complete with a massive 686 branded tongue. More information on this to come, something is bound to surface at SIA.

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Making snowboarding a leisurely lifestyle.
To add some flavor to their already impressive lineup, K2 Snowboarding got together with clothing brand Original Penguin to work on a special offering for the 2010 season. A freestyle-oriented board, boot and binding were done up in Original Penguin’s distinct vintage styling and K2’s high-performance technology. Refreshing design, clean and simple. Available at select K2 retailers this Winter.

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Olympic Style
Burton unveiled thier team uniforms for the United States Snowboard Team to be worn at the 2010 Olympic Games that will be held in Vancouver BC this Winter. The uniforms are a great mix of style with a bit of tradition thrown into the mix. According to the Burton designers: “This time around we gave the “kits” a very classic American style (jeans and flannels), and tried to put as much “snowboarding” into the uniform- which by definition is not very snowboardy. If the early season conditions of British Columbia are any indication, the riders probably wont need it, but we colab’ed with GORE-TEX on these to make sure they are the most awesome uniforms possible, both fashionable and functional.” Dope. Look for these this coming February on all the US National riders.

Image source: Burton Snowboards

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Get Strapped
A collaborative effort between FLUX Bindings and Elmcompany, better known for their great hat and apparel design, on a joint effort to produce a limited edition Super Titan binding. Each respective company did what they do best, with Elmcompany coming up with the concept and design and FLUX putting it all together. The binding features a clean aesthetic, a host of great features like hidden components and tool free hardware, and comes in black or white colorways. More information is available at the microsite set up over at Elmcompany’s website. Check that out!

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