Have yourselves a sneak peek at all the brand new 2014 snowboards, boots, bindings, outerwear and accessories on show last week at ISPO that will be tempting you to splash the cash come autumn. 

The annual snowboard industry trade show, ISPO, went down in Munich last week with all the brands showcasing their finest new products for the 2013 to 2014 winter season. We trawled the halls to give you a sneak peek at what you can expect in terms of snowboards, boots, bindings, outerwear and accessories come autumn when the gear hits stores. If you like product porno, click full screen and dive in to our monster gallery above, or click the brand links below for a sniff of what they had to offer.

What’s floating your boat of all that shred gear? And is there anything that you’re feeling the hate for? Let us know beneath the line…

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Darrell Mathes. Photo: Matt Georges.

Ever wondered what riding gear multi-tasking, street-slaying, Portland native Darrell Mathes sends it on? Peep his RIG from issue 131 and you’ll be all the wiser…

Hailing from Portland, Darrell blew up in the early 2000s with definitive, street-heavy parts in KidsKnow’s Love/Hate and Blank Paper’s 91 Words for Snow. As a founding member of Videograss he helped usher in a new direction in shred movies, and you can be sure to check his skills in their latest movie, The Darkside. Here’s what helps him get it done.

Your chosen steed is the Ride Machete GT; a fine twin all mountain sword if there ever was one. What do you like about it?And what board do you ride for street?

I like the Machete because it is lightweight and it makes me feel that I have good board control while riding in pow. I ride the Kink 147 for urban because it is soft which helps me when I’m doing presses and the Slimewalls give it durability so it can handle the streets.

You rock the Ride Rodeo bindings? What makes these such good freestyle binders?

The bindings have good flexibility for hitting rails and the highbacks have really good side-to-side flexibility.

What’s the story with Howl gloves? And what model are you sporting there?

HOWL is a company I started with Nima Jalali. We started this company because we could never find gloves that fit our style and they just were never quite what we wanted. Now that we have the opportunity to have our own glove company, we put together an amazing team and are able to design gloves that we think are what people want. I’m sporting the Jeepster mitten, which has the right amount of thickness and it’s the most comfortable glove I’ve ever worn.

Being a good Portland lad Holden was the obvious outerwear of choice. What makes Holden outerwear the shit?

Holden hits it because they make the best outerwear that I’ve seen. They really have the best fit, which makes me feel really comfortable when I’m riding. Holden is always pushing the limits with their materials and the fit of all of their products. The company also takes in all the details plus it is owned by snowboarders so they are dialled in on what snowboarders actually want to wear.

Vans is a pretty rad boot company to ride for. Which model do you choose? What is it that you look for in a boot?

I ride the Hi Standard boot. It is lightweight and has just the right amount of stiffness which gives me the control that I need. It’s the best boot for everything – I ride it in the backcountry and on the streets.

And you have a hookup with Spy too. What’s your model of choice? And are you a “take a couple of lenses up the hill” type or a “screw it I’ll ride what I got” guy?

I ride the pro model Darrell Mathes Zed model. Stoked to be able to design my own goggle and the Zed has the best fit for my face, my pro model really has the best frame. I’m not too picky when it comes to lenses and usually just ride what I have for the day.

What have you got stashed in the pack?

Usually I ride a Herschel backpack and it’s filled with the main necessities: water, sunscreen, an extra pair of HOWL gloves… and if I’m in the backcountry I carry my avalanche gear. Sour Patch Kids are usually in their somewhere, too.

What do you not leave for the hill without?

I never leave without my camera, the FujiFilm X100. It’s an all-round great camera because it’s small and it takes great photos – especially in low light.

Welcome to another credit card-quivvering installment of brand spanking, our section where you can feast your eyes on a selection of the finest shred gear for making your time on the hill mo’ betta.

1. K2

Fastplant

151, 154, 157, 160 WIDES 156, 159, 162

This skate-inspired, eco-friendly shred sled boasts K2’s all new Bambooyah core to give it unrivalled pop, response and toughness. In fact, they’re so confi dent in the board’s indestructibility they’ve given it a 5-year warranty against all core breaks. Being jacked up on Jib Rocker – a versatile twin rocker engineered to dominate park riding – means it’s loose enough, yet still has epic pop, and the Carbon Matrix II torsion forks add even more with stellar response to boot. It’s got killer graphics and also comes in wide. Welcome to the future.

€549.95

www.k2snowboarding.com

2. Volcom

Crack gore-Tex

The eye-popping Crack jacket uses the renowned Gore-Tex fabric to guarantee you’ll stay dry, and the renowned Volcom design slickness to guarantee you’ll look the bomb. You get the neat-o stowaway Face Tech facemask, Lycra wristgaiters and Ziptech jacket-to-pant interface for keeping you comfortable on pow days, while pit vents can be used to dump heat when it’s toasty. Recco’s built in, there’s all the pockets you need and everything’s designed for ease of use with gloves on. A banger.

€399.00

www.volcom.com

3. Thirtytwo

Ultralight

The favoured boot of our photo ed, the Ultralight has to be worn to believed – it really is just unbelievably ultrafrickin’- light. This is all great and that but it means bugger all if the boot feels like a medieval torture device to ride with. Happily this isn’t the case with the Ultralight – the fit is spot on, comfy as hell and there’s heaps of cushioning to take the sting out of stomps. Mid flex, grippy and durable sole and standard laces round out the package perfectly.

€300.00

www.thirtytwo.com

4. Pull-In

Snow sock

In the quest for the perfect kit for getting on the gnar, it’s often that the humble sock is overlooked. Sure, you can slip on any old one from C&A but chances are you’ll sweat like MJ at a kindergarden and they’ll bunch up and cause your feet to beg for mercy. These shred specific socks from Pull-In, however, are not only designed to wick sweat away as best as possible, they have padding in all the right places and an articulated snowboard specific fi t to cling to your plates as you wang out the Ingemar nosebone.

€22.00

www.pull-in.com

5. Lib tech

Travis rice C2 BTX horsepower

153, 157, 161.5, 164.5

“The beauty of C2 is that is combines the best of both worlds,” Travis says, before tearing snowboarding a new exit hole. C2 combines reverse camber ‘Banana’ between the feet with regular camber under the bindings to the nose and tail to give you the float and fun of Banana with the pop and power of camber. The Horsepower bit? It’s all eco-tech to give sustainable performance. This all-mountain true twin is Trice’s baby for hairball AK, mega Jackson booters, powder days and X-Games assaults.

€N/A

www.lib-tech.com

6. Ride

Highlife

155, 158, 159W, 161, 163W, 164, 167, 168W, 172W

When Jake Blauvelt jumped aboard the good ship Ride, this was the board he immediately took a shine to – that should tell you all you need to know about the Highlife. But if you’ve spanked your head and forgot that Blauvelt’s one of the best natural terrain freestylers in the game, it’s an all-mountain directional twin built for fun cruising or warp speed macking. With the all-new LowPro rocker shape (LowRize in the tip and tail for fun versatility and ProRize in the tail for grip) you can chill or charge depending on your mood. As they say, “You’re destined to cover more mountain on the HighLife. Enjoy!” We’d say, “The mountain is your funpark with this bad boy.”

€499.95

www.ridesnowboards.com

7. Spy

Zed

Favoured by the team for its knack of holding it down whatever’s thrown at it, the Zed is also the model DCP chose for the DCP/YES colab goggle. The tough unibody construction takes durability to the max while the patanted Scoop ventilation system ensures moisture doesn’t hang about bringing the chances of fogging up way down. Dual density face foam makes them comfy to wear, and of course the cylindrical lens keeps the death rays at bay. Comes with a free bonus lens too.

€110.00

www.spy-optic.com

8. Vans

Etienne lF

Vans’ outerwear range not only looks banging, it’s bombproof and teched out too, and the Etienne’s a good example of what they do best. With a design targeting the axe-wielding lumberjack it’s got the classic padded shirt vibe about it, but the 10K waterproof/breathable yarn dye fabric will perform in crappy mountain weather to keep you shred happy. With critically taped seams, a fi xed hood, pit vents and a removable powder skirt, it’s ready to keep you rocking both on and off the hill.

€210.00

www.vans.eu

9. Stepchild

Salaryman aka Powder sucks

149, 152, 152 MW, 155, 155 MW, 158

This true twin is built to dominate the park and pipe, but it’ll handle a couple of powder stompers too. A medium fl ex tipto-tail wood core wrapped in biax glass means the Salaryman is easy to handle, and that it’s available in both regular and reverse camber incarnations (152, 152MW, 155, 155MW) means whichever side of that fence you fall you’ll be happy. It’s one of Stepchild’s most popular boards, and for good reason. Get the
Salaryman out the offi ce and on the hill!

€N/A

www.stepchildsnowboards.com

10. Roxy

Kjersti Buaas

Just like our gal Kjersti’s riding, her jacket’s got mad steeze. Zips and studs allow you to unleash your inner S&M fantasies, but gags aside this is one slick looking shred cloak for discerning radicalistas. It’ll do the business, too – 10/10k waterproof protection takes care of the elements and keeps you comfortable, while Lycra hand gaiters, pant-to-jacket connecting system, removeable hood, powder skirt and vents are just some of the features. It looks good, fi ts good, rides good, is good.

€289.00

www.roxy.com

11. Union

Flite

Park varmints looking for a super light binder that’s Chuck Norris tough better check out the FLITE. “F***ing Light!” is how Union describe ‘em, and they achieve it with the hollowed out freestyle-focussed highback sat on the new FLITE base with EVA dampening for impact absorption. These are all about tricked out freestyle performance and even boast a lifetime warranty on the baseplates so you know these’ll take your stomps.

€149.00

www.unionbindingcompany.com

12. Protest

Helmington Wmns

Being made of softshell fabric means the Helmington is super comfy and easy to move around in, yet it still gives you all the waterproof protection and breathability (8K) that you need to shred happy for the whole season. There are pit vents for regulating your temperature, a powder skirt, zip-off hood and an array of pockets too, but we’re also digging the long cut – not only good for a bit of extra coverage on pow days, we’re reckoning chicks will look smokin’ in it to boot.

€159.95

www.protest.eu

13. Santa Cruz

Hand

This steezy number from the Brand of the Screaming Hand, though dubbed the ‘Hand’, steers clear of the inyour-face-ness the name might suggest for an altogether more subtle look. It’s a fully insulated, fully taped 5/5K beastie too, so unless you’re wanting camp in the BC this’ll look after you on park sessions and bluebird pow days. Things like a microfl eece chin liner, handwarmer pockets, brushed tricot lining and a shred-specific cut look after your comfort, while removable snow skirt, Lycra wrist gaiters and a one-cinch hood seal you in. Vents and a heap of pockets for all your clobber wrap up this neat-o jacket.

€230.00

www.santacruzeurope.com

14. Rossignol

Decoy AmpTek

152/156/157W/160

This true twin-shaped stick is aimed at freestylers who have dominating the park and pipe in their sights. Laced with Rossi’s Freestyle AmpTek, shredding is made more easy thanks to AmpTek’s combined cambers that give a stable, yet poppy, ride with awesome edge grip too. The core’s light and bolstered by carbon and Kevlar, and comes in on the stiffer end of the spectrum, plus there’s a highdensity sintered base to get you hauling ass.

€419.95

www.rossignol.com

15. Oakley

Entire jkt

This is what our man Eero Ettala was rocking when he pulled out that insane run to win last season’s X-Games slopestyle gold. While it ain’t gonna help you with your double cork 9s or switch double backies, Eero’s designed the Entire to perform whether you’re jibbing downtown, lapping the park or getting heli drops in the BC. 15/20K waterproof/breathable fabric, welded seams, wrist gaiters, powder skirt and a fi xed hood takes care of the elements, while 80g of Thinsulate will keep you nicely toasted.

€225.00

www.oakley.com