686 Technical Apparel is proud to announce the addition of professional snowboarder and footy stacker Cam Pierce to its international pro team.

Cam will be bringing the 686 Smarty collection of outerwear, the original trademarked 3-in-1 detachable layering system, to life in urban sprawls and off backcountry jumps across the globe this spring as well as collaborating on future outerwear designs.

Cam will also be keeping his hands warm and dry exclusively in 686 gloves and mitts.Keep your eyes peeled for a signature 686 glove design in the future.

“Cam destroys whatever is in his path from urban spots, as seen on the cover of Transworld Snowboarding this season as well as in Forum’s final release “Fuxk It!,” to backcountry jumps and whatever else is in the mix,” explains Patrick McCarthy, 686 Team Manager. “We’re also excited to have Cam repping our new collaborative first layer project with his co-sponsor and our friends, Airhole Facemasks,dropping next fall.”

Cam, who is currently supported by Endeavor Snowboards, Airhole Facemasks and Electric, joins the current 686 crew including Forest Bailey, Phil Jacques, Sammy Luebke, Marco Feitchtner and Sebi Geiger.

“I’m really excited to be a part of a family with such a long history and great reputation,” exclaims Cam.

Follow Cam @cam_pierce and 686 @686clothing for more info, and of course 686 website.

Feast your eyes on some of the killer outerwear highlights coming at ya for 2014 from the likes of Volcom, Bataleon, Oneill, 686 and Thirtytwo.

From ThirtyTwo’s extensive water-repellent range of street-styled threads to Bataleon’sloose/slim combos and more, there’s some good-looking outerwear coming our next season, and we hit up a bunch of brands at ISPO to see what they were most pumped on. Check out part 1…

686 Lights Out, a charity boxing event with the industry’s finest, debuts with boxing, bro’s and brews during ISPO on Monday February 4, 9pm at Backstage in Munich.

Once you’re done checking out all the 2014 shred gear, come watch professional snowboarders and industry insiders step in the ring for three rounds of hard hitting action to separate the men or women from the boys, all to support Fuck Cancer.

Host Drew Stevenson, aka Michael Buffer of the night, will be be on hand making sure contenders come out fighting and keep things somewhat clean between Ethan Morgan vs Mario Kaepelli and others, while a panel of pro riders will sit as guest judges and determine the victors.

The night will kick off at 9PM sharp and is ticketed entry only. Tickets can be obtained from 686, Electric, Onboard and Skullcandy at ISPO, and will go fast. Backstage is a club situated West of Munich: Reitknechtstrasse 6.

“We are excited to see the fights lining up. People are stepping up and putting their pride on the line for a good cause,” said Stephane Grenet, 686 European Brand Manager. “There are only a couple of spots left, and they are going fast.” Registration information can be obtained by emailing Stephane directly.

686 Lights Out is presented by Electric and Onboard and will feature sounds provided by Skullcandy. Additional support is provided by Monster and Warsteiner and the entire night benefits Fuck Cancer. Thanks of course to ISPO for their technical support.

For more information about 686 and its famous desing contest , click right here.

The 686 team continues to wonder in the pow: check Forest Bailey, Marco Feichtner, Ryan Paul, Sebi Geiger, Ben Thomas-Javid, Mario Wanger, Atsushi Hasegawa and Captain Pat McCarthy messing around on pow jibbing.

This is Episode III of the 686 Team Series, watch the first episodes here and here, and find out more on 686.

The 686 team trip episode 2 is out: see Forest Bailey, Marco Feichtner, Ryan Paul, Sebi Geiger, Ben Thomas-Javid, Mario Wanger, Atsushi Hasegawa and Captain Pat McCarthy messing around avalanches barriers and getting buried in the Montafon backyards.

This is Episode II of the 686 Team Series, watch the first episode here, and find out more on 686.com.

One of the colors available on that puppy.

Sitting at the very top of the 686 range this winter, the PLEXUS STORM THERMAGRAPH™ JACKET is specifically designed for the snow-savvy shredder who pushes limits outside resort boundaries in quest of pristine powder.

It’s Infidry-20 fabrication (20,000mm, which defines a tech, top of the range outerwear piece, really) and the fully taped seams take you from cliff lines to pillow drops during any kind of weather. Breathability levels reach a pleasant 15,000g too.  Strategically insulated  with 160 gram polyfill Infi-loft™, the lining panels keep you warm while unzipping body vents will quickly release excess heat – ‘strategically’ meaning that this Thermagraph trade-marked technology allows more insulation to critical zones though material and cut. The oversized chest and hand pockets fit nicely between your backpack straps and the Recco component helps you feel secure either on or off-piste.

Shell: 100% poly horizontal black slub yam

Insulation: 100% nylon taffeta / 100% poly brushed and peached tricot / 100% poly mesh

To all this, you can add the legendary 686 attention to detail, such as the nice little grid that comes in place right in front of your mouth as you take your pow runs. Pretty nice! And all this at an decent price: 280€.

686 team rider Patrick McCarthy won’t stop praising his jacket of choice:

“The Plexus Storm jacket is the stay dialed in any type of conditions piece. In sleet, snow, rain or sun your going to be able to layer properly to make this jacket work for you out on the hill. With the 20,000 mm waterproof shell and the internal heat mapping, layering with under layer on the cold days or running a t-shirt in the spring this jacket will keep you dialed. I work hard to product test the Plexus line to give tech snowboarders the first line defense in what mother nature brings you way.”

Patrick McCarthy all in.

A video detailing all the tech features on this jacket is watchable on 686 website right here.

Forest Bailey, Marco Feichtner, Ryan Paul, Sebi Geiger, Ben Thomas-Javid, Mario Wanger, Atsushi Hasegawa and Captain Pat McCarthy teamed up for some fun times at the 686 team week in Marco’s dumped up backyard of Montafon. Check out the first webisode of the 686 Team Series.

Outerwear shot by Sami Tuoriniemi, who's also available for photographing weddings, bar mitzvahs, porno trade shows and more outerwear. And snowboarding.

[UPDATE - This comp's still rolling so get your entries in and you could be as lucky as Hannes Eberspaecher, who's just been picked as the first month's winner. Hannes, if you're reading this, you have mail...]

One jacket & pant combo to be won each month through the 2010/11 winter.

Roll up, roll up. Time to spread the love. Our homies over at 686 gave us the opportunity to get wild on their Smarty 2.5 Complete jacket and pants, and this is the result – the hyper-limited edition 2011 Onboard/686 Smarty Colab kit.

The jacket boasts 20/15k waterproof/breathable construction with a removable liner fleece liner AND vest, so you can fully regulate your warmth no matter whether it’s 15 below or 15 above, and the pants have the same tech the same, with zip-out fleece liner and a base layer included.

If this sounds like your cup of tea then answer this straightforward brain bender and we’ll randomly draw one lucky reader from the batch of correct answers and kit them out head to toe each month.

Comp runs till April 23 2011, and we’ll pick the winners on the 23rd of each month.

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