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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Made in Japan
Burton Japan, FYi, and Fragment Design have merged forces to work on a joint collaboration project to develop high end technical outerwerar. The result is the [ak] 457 jacket, which can be best described as technical equipment for mountain enthusiasts. It’s the most functional and technically developed outerwear coming out of the Burton camp, and for now it’s only available in Japan.

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Beastin’
For its 20th anniversary this year, Timorous Beasties, a design studio from Glasgow Scotland, has collaborated with Nike ACG to create a capsule collection of jackets and soft-goods featuring their signature style of visual imagery in a limited run.

For this collection, Timorous Beasties have merged traditional 19th century motifs with designs of the day to create an interesting pattern that compliments itself well. This graphic has been applied to a Nike ACG TB Vertical Shell BK Jacket, in both black and blue colorways, and feature fully taped seams and a wind and waterproof lightweight shell that utilizes the ACG Storm-Fit technology.

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SFxVT For The City
Burton’s relationship with FTC in San Francisco dates back to 1984 when the shop first started selling Burton boards, helping to pioneer snowboarding in Northern California. 25 years later, the relationship is still going strong and this jacket commemorates the long-standing friendship between the two iconic brands and their dedication to snowboarding. The jacket features smoke detailing on the zipper and the inner lining pays tribute to the SF lifestyle. Sold exclusively at FTC stores in San Francisco and Tokyo for $225 USD.

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Heavy Hitters
ISAORA is adding some new flavor to the current snowboard outerwear industry with their approach to design and regard for style and technology. Their current season’s collection launch video was a joint effort between W+K agency’s Attack faction, director Shinichi Maruyama, and music produced by MNDR, and is simply mind-blowing. The video highlights the technical properties of ISAORA’s collection in a creative way, check it out.

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Greetings From Houston
In what may be the first of its kind for snowboard training, Danny Kass plans to pave the way for snowboard rotation progression by attempting a never before heard of 9000 spin. In order to accomplish such a spectacular feat, the only place to train for this is on the moon. Danny has spent the last thirty days in a simulated moon environment alongside fellow astronaut/chimpanzee Champ in preparation for their forthcoming journey to the moon. Follow the rest of their quest for spinning dominance at Nike Snowboarding.

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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.

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Rider Born
Ride Qi might be a new name in the snowboard industry, but they definitely aim to bring innovation to the table with their product range. One of the unique things about their company is that they have a consumer-driven business model, by turning to the snowboarding community for their experience and expertise, Ride Qi aims to design and deliver products by riders for riders.

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AW 09/10
Nikita Outerwear is hitting hard for the ladies with a big offering for their AW 09/10 season. There is more choice this season with twelve completely different outerwear jackets and eleven pants to choose from, completed to include new breathable and anti-bacterial first and warm mid-layers. New fabrics, colours and cuts have been explored and the intro of six mid-layer fleeces, fully breathable and tech inspected. All in all, Nikita has it covered on and off the hill, check out their range at Nikita Outerwear

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Keep That Head Dry
DC Snowboards have re-upped their Winter accessory line with another offering of 15K watherproof/15K breathability New Era caps to keep everything dry and matching. Available in four colorways: Gingham Dijon, Camo Black, Monogram Platinum, and Pendant Red.

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