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SUNGOD REVOLT SKI GOGGLES

SUNGOD REVOLT £95 www.sungod.co The Revolt was so popular it sold out last season, which tells you a lot. They’ve been promoted as the ‘world’s first interchangeable, fully replaceable goggles…customised by you’ so if having your own unique look is important, the Revolt may be just what you’re looking for – after all it’s not often you can be in a big ski resort like, say, Les Arcs and know that no-one else on the mountain has the same goggles as you. Basically, you go onto the Sungod website and choose your own combination of frame colour, lens colour and strap design to create a pair of personalised ski goggles. With four frame colours, six lens tints and ten strap…

alfalderson 24th July 2018
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Electric Fat Bikes – not just for Christmas

If you’re a happy fair-weather biker, close your ears. Fat biking obliterates all obstacles and all excuses for getting out in the mud, sludge, sand and best of all –  snow! Not just a ploy of the bike industry to sell more bikes, or a fad for old people - the once ridiculed monster trucks of cycling are fast becoming a big fat force to be reckoned with. Now every good bike shop has a fatty in its window, and someone in the shop to extol its virtues. Fun, versatile, all-weather machines to tackle any trail at any time of the year. There are now fatbike-specific festivals, races and an annual World Championships. Even the ski industry has stopped chuckling…

sueb 15th September 2017
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Oakley Goggle Lens Guide

Oakley have always been the iconic brand for snow glasses and goggles, but the sheer number of lenses on offer mean if you intend on doing your homework, choosing a new pair is like embarking on a postgrad thesis. More complicated than adjusting your TV, there’s contrast and light transmission, then coatings and colour filtrations - and what about which wavelengths you want to keep and which ones aren't welcome? We've summarised and simplified it for you. How they work Usually goggles have just one lens. That means your one pair of goggles is only suitable for one type of light – be it morning, afternoon, twilight, spectacularly bright, or a white out. Ideally, you need more than one lens…

sueb 15th March 2017 1
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The best powder Skis & Snowboards for 2017

Freeride, off-piste, sidecountry, backcountry – whatever you want to call it – make the most of the amazing snow conditions with our pick of the best powder skis and snowboards available as we head into Spring 2017. 2017 has been an amazing season in terms of snow records - especially in the USA. It doesn’t matter if you’re a skier or boarder, if you’re headed to one of the resorts in North America – or you’re from that side of the pond and about to take a trip – you want to make sure you’ve got the right gear to make the most of the unprecedented levels of pow. So here are our picks of the top powder-friendly weapons of choice…

snowfore 13th March 2017