Raise your lightsabers, fellow Star Wars fans: there’s finally a branded watch that doesn’t look like it came from a toy store. Nixon will collaborate with Disney and Lucasfilm to make a new collection of Star Wars-themed watches, which will include both updated models and completely new designs, all with the aesthetics of a galaxy far, far away.
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Adidas Gives A Boost To Outdoor Footwear Line
For Fall 2015, Adidas Outdoor debuts their first set of hiking boots with Boost technology. The boots join an expanded line of Boost loaded trail runners. First appearing in Adidas road running shoes, Boost provides more energy return than any other cushioning material in the industry–this means the new hikers and trail runners are ideal for long-distance mountain trails or runs. PCT anyone?
A couple of years ago, Adidas decided to rethink midsole material and completely scrapped the standard EVA foam found in most running and hiking shoes. Instead, the company took a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material and created a new cushioning layer made from 2,500 little plastic pebbles fused together with steam and pressure. The result is a midsole material that is springy and offers better cushioning than traditional foams.
The new Boost hiking boot collection includes two styles for men–the Terrex Ultimate Boost Climaheat ($200, pictured top) and a more urban look, the Boost Urban Hiker ($180). The former is a waterproof hiking shoe loaded with PrimaLoft insulation for warmth and featuring a Continental rubber outsole for super grip in winter conditions.
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Greatest Gear For 2015: ‘Best In Show’ Awards At Outdoor Retailer – Salomon
Salomon ‘Speed Mountaineering’ Footwear — Ultra-running star Kilian Jornet, who set a recen record speed ascent of Denali, inspired the design of this super-light mountaineering shoe/boot. Made for professional mountaineers, the S-Lab X Alp Carbon GTX is a new kind of mountain tool.
Salomon notes it was designed for ridge ascents, glacier crossings and all-out running with a waterproof upper, light build, and a flexible (and patented) carbon-fiber chassis that adds laterally stability. An integrated gaiter keeps out the snow and ice. You can add crampons when the terrain gets steep. $300 when it comes out in 2015.
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KNOW YOUR TECH: Summer/Winter Rain is No Match for Marmot Precip
KNOW YOUR TECH breaks down the scientific technology used in your favorite sneakers and activewear. Let’s demystify your next purchase: today’s technology is Marmot Precip. This polyurethane coating is not only highly waterproof, but it is also windproof and breathable. Marmot Precip is used by the brand on everything from gloves to jackets, so that athletes are able to stay warm and dry in some of summer and winter’s roughest conditions.
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SHOT Show 2015: Oakley Introduces Tombstone Eyewear for Range Shooting
Oakley Standard Issue (SI), a division of Oakley, introduced the Oakley SI Tombstone eyeshield at the SHOT Show, where shooters attending the range day were able to try it out. Developed for the needs of competitive shooters, the eyeshield combines years of development with the Military and advanced optical engineering to solve the shortcomings of traditional shooting glasses. The Oakley SI Tombstone eyeshield provides a wider, unobstructed field of view, rapid lens exchange, and Oakley’s Prizm lens tint technology to help shooters increase contrasts between targets and surrounding environments.
The development of Tombstone started with identifying problems that professional shooters were having with their current eyewear. Oakley worked closely with several professional shooters and began by addressing the field of view challenges. The shooters stated limitations with traditional frame profiles and obstruction of view while acquiring a proper sight picture and poor peripheral vision.
Extensive research was conducted using a 60Hz eye tracking system designed by Sensomotoric Instruments Inc. (SMI). The eye tracker precisely gauges and records eye position and movement in real time scenarios and was developed with more than 100,000 test participants. The data captured allowed Oakley to see that the upper periphery of the lens is critical in providing the visual field shooters need for performance and safety. The Tombstone eyeshield maximizes the lens zone for an expanded field of view. Tombstone expands the zone to a full 120-degree view. It utilizes breakthroughs in Oakley frame design, as well as the patented technologies of High Definition Optics to ensure razor-sharp clarity at every angle of vision.
Another challenge with conventional shooting eyewear is swapping out lenses. Traditional eyewear lens exchange can leave lenses with smudges that compromise sighting. With Tombstone, a single release trigger allows users to quickly change the lens without ever touching the lens front. The new lens locks into place similar to inserting a magazine into a weapon.
Critical to the performance of Tombstone is the Oakley Prizm lens. Prizm technology strategically blocks specific wavelengths of light that interfere with vision while emphasizing the parts of the color spectrum where the eye is most sensitive to detail in specific environments. The end result is a perfectly tuned contrast that makes targets stand out against foliage, dirt and the sky.
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2015 Outdoor Gear oh the Show – The North Face
Gear of the Show Scoured the Floors of Winter OR and SIA 2015 in search of the coolest gear for their coveted Gear of the Show awards. And these 2 products from The North Face are one of the top picks from Gear of the Show 2015.
The North Face Modulator ABS
Inflatable avalanche airbag packs, designed to keep the wearer on top of the snow if he gets caught in a slide, are becoming a mandatory part of the backcountry quiver. While they work great, the airbags are also permanently built into the pack: if you want a small avy pack for short excursions and a larger one for longer trips, you have to buy two different packs. Enter the North Face’s Modulator, the first-ever avalanche airbag system that converts any backpack into a potentially lifesaving ABS avy airbag pack.
Read more about the Modulator ABS.
The North Face Ultra Lite WP Jacket
A short-sleeved waterproof-breathable jacket? Seriously? Yes, seriously. Some of our staff were a bit dubious about the real-world functionality of the Ultra Lite, but anyone who has run long distances in cold rain knows that doing so in even the most breathable hard shell can often suck: you steam up the inside quickly and your sweat tends to pool in the crook of the arms and elbows.
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The North Face Clothes The Loop Program Available Nationwide on April 20, 2015
Nearly 12 million tons of textile waste end up in landfills in the US each year, 95% of which could have been reused or recycled. The North Face is expanding its Clothes the Loop program in an effort to reduce this statistic. Beginning April 20, 2015, the Clothes the Loop program will be available at all The North Face retail and outlet stores in the US. Recycle any unwanted or worn out apparel or footwear at your nearest The North Face store. By doing so, you will help to preserve valuable resources and help protect our outdoor playgrounds.
James Rogers, The North Face Sustainability Manager, explains the signficance and the impact of the Clothes The Loop program.
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Bushido from La Sportiva is one of the Best trail Running Shoes in Spring Gear Guide 2015!
The La Sportiva Bushido is a solid general purpose trail shoe that should appeal to performance-oriented mountain runners. It feels most at home on technical terrain and hills—think canyon crossings with twisty descents and steep rocky climbs, loose off-trail sections, and long ascents that involve a mix of running and power hiking. That’s where its stiffness is a real asset; on mellower paths it feels like overkill. Mind the fit: It runs half a size small.
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Arc’teryx Spring-Summer 2015 footwear collection now available
In line with Amer Sports strategic priority to grow faster in softgoods, in June 2014 Arc’teryx announced the launch of its first footwear line. Today, the collection is available in Arc’teryx webshop and stores around the world, introducing a new era in technologically advanced mountain footwear and for Arc’teryx, a new territory to conquer.
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Endless Summer Days: Helly Hansen Spring/Summer 2015 Apparel & Footwear Collection
Scandinavian summers are abundant in light and warmth. The days are endless and offer a rebirth after extended winters in the far North. Helly Hansen celebrates the season with its Spring/Summer 2015 active lifestyle apparel and footwear collection that makes it easier to breathe and enjoy the moment whether you’re working out, relaxing on a beach or sharing stories with friends at the yacht club.
Helly Hansen delivers a complete range of versatile training apparel for the trail, gym and studio; rainwear for the city and the backcountry; footwear for rocky trails and around the dock; watersports apparel for dinghy racing to offshore sailing; and Scandinavian-inspired sportswear for everyday life. Clean Scandinavian design is blended with abundant performance technologies throughout the line in styles that cross over between athletic and casual environments.
The Spring/Summer 2015 collection features seamless constructions, fashion-forward rainwear, and Helly Hansen’s most advanced technologies and materials, including its award-winning sailing technology for professional sailors and coastal cruisers.
Helly Hansen Spring/Summer 2015 Highlights:
Training: In the early 1970s, Helly Hansen debuted the world’s first technical base layers. Today, the refined Lifa® Stay Dry Technology remains the driving force behind the company’s moisture-managing training collection. In Spring/Summer 2015, Helly Hansen adds the W Aspire Wicked Wednesday Singlet and Pace Wicked Wednesday SS training tops for hot summer days.
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Ginza Boutique 