I've got a new base layer to try out in Morzine - it's the Under Armour ColdGear. For anyone new to snowboarding and/or not familiar with the benefits of wearing decent layers - it's important.
For the last few seasons I've been wearing Icebreaker base layers, made from merino wool. I've always been impressed with them, especially the upper body layers. Unfortunately I tore a big hole in the bottoms, so replaced them with the equivalent from Burton.
In fact, I've been meaning to write something about the Icebreaker products for a good while now. When I get back, I think I'll post my thoughts on both options, giving a comparison between the Under Armour and Icebreaker layers.
I'm expecting the ColdGear stuff to be pretty good, but the competition is tough. I checked out the website and they've got a bunch of different athletes representing them, one of them being Lindsey Jacobellis. I'm not really into snowboard cross, but I took a quick look at the recent X-Games finals and the race was insane. I didn't know the courses they race on have such big jumps...
I don't know how long it will stay around, but there's a video here, definitely worth a look!
4 comments:
You're gonna tell me you didn't catch the snowboard cross at the Olympics last night now, aren't you? It was excellent.
Oh... of course, you don't have a TV licence. Unlucky. ;-P
That's right, why are you rubbing that in? :)
I'm just gonna wait for it to appear online...
I've been using UA Cold Gear exclusively for my base layer since 2004. It's awesome.
Nice, it sounds like it's gonna be good stuff :)
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