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Intended Purpose: These women’s gloves are designed to be a pipe glove for spring conditions. But I disagree, they offer a warmer fit than I think pipe gloves should be. I consider them an all around glove that could be used on cold days and warmer days. Location: I’ve been wearing these gloves during the [...]

Usually I know exactly what outerwear I want the second I see it at the SIA Tradeshow but 686 was hard to choose from this year. They really do a good job of making designs for every style of rider. But there were so many options to consider: going bright, going snaggletooth or just going [...]

Intended Purpose: The Smarty Original Cargo snowboard pant started it all with the smarty series.  Highly waterproof and breathable with a ton of pockets to store everything you need on the mountain. Fit: The original cargo pants have the baggy fit to them in usual 686 standard sizing.  Baggier all around feel and super comfortable [...]

Intended Purpose: The 686 Plexus collection is all about the minimalist, lightweight, shell jackets that go above your standard shell jackets.  The Sonar softshell jacket continues with the minimalist features in a shell jacket but also offers 15,000k waterproofing and 10,000gm breathability. Fit: The 686 Sonar continues with the 686 fit so it will run [...]

Over the past 19 years, 686 has created outerwear with a signature purpose of making things better through snowboarding with technical apparel.  The 2012 686 collection features the Smarty, Mannual, Plexus and Reserved series that offer a range of apparel for various riders/conditions. For 2012, 686 collaborates with Fallen to bring  the skateboarding influence into [...]

Sometimes being dysfunctional has its perks especially when you are part of the Snaggletooth family.  I’m a huge fan of the 686 outerwear series featuring a dsyfunctional family and wanted to give someone the chance to rock the 686 Snaggletooth Jr Jacket in XL.  I asked you guys to leave a comment with your Snaggletooth [...]

One of the outerwear collections that really stands out on the mountain and that i’m a huge fan of is the 686 Snaggletooth jacket series that showcases a fun dysfunctional family on snowboard outerwear.  Since everyone has some creativity and ability to be dysfunctional, you can win the 686 Snaggletooth Jr Jacket in XL by [...]

It’s no surprise that I love snowboard gear but what I really love is outerwear.  Luckily each year I get to try out more and more brands of outerwear, the first of which is 686 which I’ll be wearing this season.  This rider driven outerwear brand mixes it up with technical collections that range from [...]

Intended Purpose: The Smarty 2.5 complete ply pant offers a high waterproofing and breathability rating, fleece and thermal inner liner to help keep you layered on the mountain when you need it. Fit: The 2.5 complete ply pants are a 686 regular fit.  At first when I got them I didn’t like the fit, I [...]

Job Title: VP of Marketing Employer: 686/Westlife Distribution Years on snow: Wow, I can’t believe it but 19. Since 1991. Days on snow: Not enough, that’s for sure! Currently Riding: A few different boards – Omatic, Never Summer, Lib Tech and Elan, all different sizes and shapes, depending on the conditions. Currently I am: Sitting [...]