Intended Purpose: The Mercenary is Arnette’s ultimate goggle for style and performance technology to meet the demands on the mountain. Location: I wore the goggle at Mammoth and June in California and Park City in Utah. Conditions: Mix of sunny bluebird days to overcast cloudy days on the mountain. Color: I received the Mercenary goggles [...]
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Goggle Review: Arnette Mercenary
January 14th, 2012Goggle Review: Spy + Les Ettes Bias
January 9th, 2012Intended Purpose: The sleek smaller frame of the Spy Bias meets the fashion mavens at Les Ettes for a fun signature model. The Spy + Les Ettes Bias is packed full of Spy’s features like Carl Zeiss vision and Scoop ventilation system with fresh matte accents, a signature multi-colored polka dot strap and “you stink” [...]
Read More...Goggle Review: Smith I/O
December 18th, 2011Intended Purpose: Interchangeable ease meets stylish functionality for the mountain. The I/O goggles are popular for good reason, good visibility with great functionality. Location: I rode the goggles mostly at Mammoth during early season and Copper, Colorado for the Grand Prix. Conditions: Since these goggles arrived for early season, I’ve ridden them on a majority [...]
Read More... | 1 CommentGoggle Review: Bollé Simmer
November 5th, 2011Intended Purpose: The Bolle Simmer is designed to fit small to medium face in a compact design with distortion free vision. Location: I rode these goggles in the early season at Mammoth Mountain. Conditions: The early season conditions were a lot of stormy days with overcast skies, crappy flatlight and a couple rare bluebird moments. [...]
Read More...Goggle Review: Roxy Isis
September 24th, 2011Intended Purpose: The Roxy Isis offers a wide panoramic visibility for women in a quality goggle. Location: I rode these goggles from March to July at Mammoth and June Mountain. Conditions: These goggle lenses are meant for sunny days and that’s what I rode for the majority of days. Always bright sunny days with few [...]
Read More... | 2 CommentsGoggle Review: Anon Solace
August 24th, 2011Intended Purpose: The Anon Solace goggles features comfort and style in a small frame for women. Location: I rode these goggles during day two of the SIA on-snow at Winter Park, CO. Conditions: The conditions were brutal for temperatures. My own Smith goggles had frozen up from moisture on the lens so I borrowed the [...]
Read More...Goggle Review: Smith I/OS
August 10th, 2011Intended Purpose: Designed for smaller faces, the Smith I/OS is based off of the popular I/O model and features an easy interchangeable design so you can switch out lenses easily. Location: I rode these goggles most of the winter at Mammoth Mountain with some days at June Mountain and Sugarbowl. Conditions: Since these goggles came [...]
Read More... | 3 CommentsGoggle Review: Spy Soldier
June 26th, 2011Intended Purpose: The Spy Soldier’s combine sophistication, clean designs and superior optical performance to handle the mountain with. Location: I rode these goggles at the WWSRA Mammoth on-snow and then continued to ride them in February conditions. Conditions: I’ve spent the majority of time riding these goggles on sunny bluebird days and the occasional overcast [...]
Read More... | 1 CommentGoggle Review: Dragon APX
March 1st, 2011Intended Purpose: The Dragon APX combines modern, minimalist design with an increased peripheral vision through Dragon’s frameless infinity lens technology. Location: I rode these goggles during day one of the SIA on-snow at Winter Park, CO. Conditions: I’ve spent the majority of time riding these on overcast flat light conditions. Color: I checked out the [...]
Read More... | 2 CommentsGoggle Review: Spy Bias
November 24th, 2010Intended Purpose: The Spy Bias is designed for smaller faces with a reduced frame size and feature a sleek, low profile goggle for female riders to make their snowboarding experience better fitted and more fun. Location: I started riding these goggles in the early season here at Mammoth Mountain. Conditions: I’ve spent the majority of [...]
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