I've finally gone all-in on Norrona. Olive green Tamok jacket and Lofoten Pro pants. An orange ("rooibos" lolwat) Lofoten Active jacket I've been wearing for a few years will go in for a warranty workover soon I think, but otherwise, bomber. I expect to not have to buy new for a decade (especially with the extended warranty).
I'm 50% full backcountry (splitboarding up) and 50% "slackcountry" (no chairs, just a gondola up into wilderness), so my needs are different I suppose. While I have skater and surfer culture in my background, when I am on snow I have gone full "general backcountry" culture.
spurist wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:29 pm
I've finally gone all-in on Norrona. Olive green Tamok jacket and Lofoten Pro pants. An orange ("rooibos" lolwat) Lofoten Active jacket I've been wearing for a few years will go in for a warranty workover soon I think, but otherwise, bomber. I expect to not have to buy new for a decade (especially with the extended warranty).
I'm 50% full backcountry (splitboarding up) and 50% "slackcountry" (no chairs, just a gondola up into wilderness), so my needs are different I suppose. While I have skater and surfer culture in my background, when I am on snow I have gone full "general backcountry" culture.
pow_hnd wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 3:16 pm
I wish they would post this years AK 457 on the website. Super curious to see what colorways they are offering it in this year.
spurist wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:29 pm
btw: Ya gotta love how Volcom is a sub-section of a sub-section of a gigantic brand-management corporation https://www.authenticbrands.com/lifestyle Just sayin'…
that is ultra sad. authentic brands group is where you get scooped and die. but doesnt seem like volcom is affected as much (yet)?
This New kid on the twockit
rocks in double Deeper vertical chest pockets
Quiet stretch shells that shed White Balance snows
No swooshy loud fabrics those are for the Horgasm gung-hoes
Or is it just the Hard Hungry and Ho-meless camper van goghs
Leather palm mits on the rope-tow puts Pop on my pillow
Like a kangaroo pouch puts mush fun in my Hallucinate UFO
Like a nice set of tetons get me jackson my Peep Show hole
And though some may purport to Mack Dawg
After Bangin a rail in ye old ronin analog
A twinkled Full Moon light in my crowbar'd rose lens'd eye
For those long dickhole zipped flys I say Stonp or Die
A compression session base may layer Technical Difficulties
I'll still wax on about their Simple Pleasures grandiloquently
But thats inner not outer so not Totally (on ) Board this thread
I'm just not as smartwool as your Scream of Consciousness head
I'm Subjekt to Haakonsen a fit without a Decade of tunes
Sexual Chocolate in the hidden pocket for the afternoons
And though this Kaleidoscope of words could snowball
I'm lacing speed down northwaves of snow That's It Thats All
spurist wrote: Wed Sep 21, 2022 11:29 pm
I've finally gone all-in on Norrona. Olive green Tamok jacket and Lofoten Pro pants. An orange ("rooibos" lolwat) Lofoten Active jacket I've been wearing for a few years will go in for a warranty workover soon I think, but otherwise, bomber. I expect to not have to buy new for a decade (especially with the extended warranty).
I wish their stuff fit me. They're the one brand I've found that challenges Arc'teryx for build quality and I like their overall aesthetic much better.
eleveneightnate wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:02 pm
I always find it hilarious how much ezloungin loves $800 shmedium ski dad jackets.
If snowboard companies had higher build quality and I didn't keep blowing out seams, I wouldn't bother. A former 32 and Burton outerwear designed prompted a great discussion in old EZL (RIP). Basically confirmed my suspicion that snowboard companies are... not necessarily fixated on the top performance and build quality. Honestly probably fine for the typical snowboard consumer, but I have an unusual ability to wreck shit.
eleveneightnate wrote: Thu Sep 22, 2022 4:02 pm
I always find it hilarious how much ezloungin loves $800 shmedium ski dad jackets.
If snowboard companies had higher build quality and I didn't keep blowing out seams, I wouldn't bother. A former 32 and Burton outerwear designed prompted a great discussion in old EZL (RIP). Basically confirmed my suspicion that snowboard companies are... not necessarily fixated on the top performance and build quality. Honestly probably fine for the typical snowboard consumer, but I have an unusual ability to wreck shit.
I remember that thread, wish we still had it. Wonder if that guy’s around here still? He was dishing out some great info.
Anyway, I’ve never blown out an AK or higher end 686 jacket. I actually know a guy that rides for 686 and I get hand-me-downs sometimes. His stuff is still in good shape after a season of him throwing down in the backcountry, so I’m not sold that a bougie Arcteryx jacket that feels like a trash bag is necessarily better in real world use. I also size up so there’s minimal chance of creating enough tension on any given seam to blow it out short of tearing/snagging on something.
