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Product of the Week: Volcom Ekin jacket

Youri Barneoud — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 15:53:35 +0000

The Volcom Ekin jacket for the flash lovers.

Since 1991, Volcom has been producing top quality gear for all the snowboarders out there, keeping the same moto – ‘Youth Against Establishment’ and the same cutting edge approach to tailor all its garments. In other words, a strong image, backed with super tech products.

As a new proof of this heritage, Volcom has presented this winter the Ekin jacket. The men’s Ekin Jacket serves up solid weather protection to keep you dry when you’re lapping the park or searching for untouched stashes around the resort. Zip up in this gimmick-free shell when you want all-around awesomeness that will keep you feeling good from first chair to last lift. Sometimes, technicality rhymes with simplicity, well it should be like that most of the time! And in that case, it also rhymes with competitive pricing – around 200€ retail.

10K waterproofing, and 10K breathability, the Ekin jacket comes in a wide variety of color and features all the details you might need: the famous Volcom Zip Tech® interface, critically taped seams, 2-way adjustable hood and cuffs, under arm zip vents, super suede chin guard, pockets galore – goggle, MP3 pouch, and more…

Fabric

V-Science 2-Layer Shell
*V-Science Oxford
Critical Taped Seams

Features

Zip Tech® Jacket to Pant Interface
2-Way Adjustable Quick Cinch Hood
Super Suede Chin Guard
Mesh Lined Zippered Vents
Stretch Adjustable Powder Skirt w/ Stash Pocket
Powder Skirt Jacket to Pant Interface
V-Science 2 Way Cuff System
Brushed Tricot Lined Handwarmer Pockets
Pocket Access Hem Cinch
Google Pocket
Noise Pocket
Stone Ticket Ring

And since a video often worth a long explanation, check how professional Dan Brisse is at explaining all the features on his jacket of choice.

You can choose your color and read more about it here.

Top Picks Snowboard Gear January 2011

Onboard — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:02:00 +0000

Published in Onboard Magazine Issue 119, January 2011

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

Top Picks Snowboard Gear November 2010

Onboard — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:46:59 +0000

Published in Onboard Magazine Issue 117, November 2010

For many, doing whatever, whenever is of utmost importance. You wanna rip the park, and also chuck roo-roos and session backcountry booters, but who can afford two sets of gear? Unless your view is blinked, go all mountain and lap it all up.

1. Capita

The Black Snowboard of Death
156, 159, 162, 165
All Mountain
Combined Camber – Regular Between Feet
Stiffness: 7
Int/Adv

This year’s BS of D marks 10 years of Capita’s alldevouring presence in the market. The dark and mystical images apparently represent the power of death waiting to be let loose with the birth of this board. There’s positive camber between the feet to maximise the effective edge for high-speed control while the reverse camber at the nose and tail gives fl oat in powder. A board that’ll do what it’s told, unlike the metal-head thrashers that ride it.

€549.00
www.capitasnowboarding.com

2. Vans

Andreas Wiig 3rd Edition.
Stiffness: 6

Wiig’s third boot model is lighter and softer than its older brothers, which will count whether you’re back lipping boxes, or poking out 7s in the backcountry. The new QuadFit X thermal liner keeps your wee toes warm in the cold days of January, and the anti-odour liners will keep your feet smellin’ sweet when you’re hiking couloirs in spring.

€269.00
www.vans.eu

3. Coal

Logo

Coal love this year’s beanie so much, they put their name on it. They also put a bobble on top, which instantly makes it double rad. Your head’s a fire. Stoke the fire, chuck some Coal on it.

€19.00
www.coalheadware.com

4. Prior

AMF
153, 156, 159, 162, 165
All Mountain
Combined Cambers – Regular between feet
Directional Twin
Stiffness: 7
Int/Adv

Prior make their decks in Whistler and use local people as the artists and inspiration for their board graphics. Unlike this year’s Olympic superpipe, these guys will not disappoint. Their new Hybrid Rocker gives a regular camber between the feet as well as a rocker at the nose and tail, allowing the rider to fl oat in powder even when riding switch and also provides easy butter and pressing powers. The deep-ish sidecut also gives added response and manoeuvrability through trees.

€475.00
www.priorsnowboards.com

5. Head

NX Five Orange

Head have gone super simplistic with the NX 5, but haven’t compromised durability or strength for tackling any terrain. The Auto Open system completely releases both straps resulting in the easiest possible exit strategy with regular 2-straps and they’ve engineered the toe strap to sit either over the toe or higher up the foot and also made it so you don’t even need a tool to adjust these lightweight bad boys. Pick ’em up for a baw hair under two ton and shred everything the mountain has to offer.

€199.95
www.ridehead.com

6. Quiksilver

Mathieu Crepel
Part Insulation
Critically Taped
8K/8K

Last season’s Crepel jacket was one of the most popular and instantly recognisable jackets of the year, and his new offering has followed the same path to greatness. Though its waterproofness wouldn’t endure a water jib sesh or a two-day dumpatron BC hike, the Frenchman’s jacket will keep you plenty warm and dry on any kind of regular mission. It’s got all the usual gadgets as well: removable hood, hand warmer pockets, media, ski pass and key pockets, vents – the lot. It comes in two different pastel varieties, as well as our favourite version displayed here. If you don’t want to splash the cash, then check out the BLAG section for your chance to win it.

€209.00
www.examplesnowboards.com

7. Oakley

Gretchen Bleiler Stockholm
Last season’s US X-Games superpipe winner Gretchen Bleiler has been wearing Oakley eyewear for a decade now, so they must be doing a good job at allowing her to see in all conditions. The lens has F3 anti-fog technology; this combined with tions. a triple-layer polar fl eece foam for added comfort and minimal sweat meets the function test while the sophisticated style of the goggles meets every girl’s fashion needs.

€119.00
www.oakley.com

8. GNU

Riders Choice
151.5, 154.5, 157.5, 161.5, 158W, 162W, 166W
Freestyle
True twin
Reverse camber
Stiffness: 7

This bananarifi c GNU board caters for all – from park rats, to powder junkies right the way through to those who love a skateboard feel under their feet. The Magne-Traction brings epic edge hold thanks to the seven contact points to focus your power – detune for jibbing and you’ll still be grinning on hardpack. Perfect for fl oating in powder and easier than taking a pensioners’ pension to press on, the Riders Choice also has a double-sintered base – yes, that’s right, double – meaning this board is tough through and through.

€N/A
www.gnu.com

9. Nike 6.0

Women’s Kesak
Part Insulation
Fully Taped
10K/10K

The 6.0 lot at Nike have brought a funkyzeit line to the outerwear market in both the femmes and hommes sections this year and the Kesak is a darn fi ne example of their ladies’ retro offering. Ventilation zips under the arm help prevent overheating and the external pockets are big enough to carry anything a lady may need on the hill. The jacket’s just the job for all but the most savage weather conditions plus it’ll keep the ladies looking neat at afterski to boot.

€150.00
www.nike6.com/snow

10. Dragon

DX Pirates Goggles

Like a well-timed orgy, Dragon and the Pirates have come together to give us a new piece of eyewear for the season. Dragon have combined some tasty Pirate graphics with their anti-fog system which lasts twice as long before fogging than any of its competitors. They basically dip their lenses in special Dragon super anti-fog formula that will leave you vapour free no matter what you get up to. And look epic and are comfy as hell too.

€129.00
www.dragonalliance.com

11. Artec

Novus
146, 150, 154, 158, 162
All Mountain
Regular Camber
Directional Twin
Stiffness: 5

Think Thank superstar Johnny Miller’s been hyping this board up big time, he says it’s for beginners right the way through to the likes of him. That’s pretty darned versatile. Wherever you want to go on the mountain, the Novus will take you there with its directional twin tip and the sintered base and IsoTEC wood core will give you a solid ride that can take hits in the park and still cruise at speed.

€329.95
www.artecsnowboards.com

12. Ride

Alpha MVMNT
Stiffenss: 7

These all mountain freestyle bindings are fully loaded with tech to rock and pop your world. First up there’s the Wedgie 2.5 footplate which raises the outside of each foot by 2.5 degrees to realign the rider’s knee over the foot, resulting in a more comfortable feel over the board and producing bigger ollies while the ThignGrip3D toe strap makes for better grip and boot fi t. Finally, the new Stealth highbacks are made from thinner materials than last season, which maximize the side-to-side fl ex. Strap on for a super-techy way to see every aspect of the mountain.

€269.95
www.ridesnowboards.com

13. Contract

3D Swell
152, 158, 164
All Mountain
Zero Camber
Stiffness: 5
True twin
Adv

New Polish outfit Contract have been attracting a lot of attention for their high-end decks thanks to their bizarrelooking Snake Transition technology. The snake system is a 3D corrugated area between the bindings that adds torsional stiffness (without making it too solid lengthways
for freestyle or pow) and bites into the snow for epic grip – even when icy – while also making it harder to catch an edge. Plus there’s a huge 12m sidecut on the Swell that helps when straight-lining kickers and carving in powder. Fun yet solid and responsive, it’ll show you a fun time from pow to park.

€499.00
www.contractsnowboards.com

14. K2

Darko
Stiffness: 8

Whether street jibbing at night or hitting the park during the day, the Darko is sure to stand out from the crowd. K2’s Harshmellow technology helps to absorb shock while increasing board feel. There’s a basic lace on the boot, tie this up in the morning and use the Boa Conda liner lacing system to tighten single handedly as you go throughout the day. K2’s thermo-formable fi t liners are lightweight and fl exible; this year new internal and external tech to keep your foot in position has been added to allow you ultimate comfort across the whole mountain.

€259.95
www.k2snowboarding.com

15. Volcom

Gigi Rüf
20K/20K
Shell
Fully Taped

Gigi managed to fi nd some time in his packed schedule to pick up a pen with the guys from Volcom and sketch out this year’s jacket. It features the trademark Gigi pinks, greens and black as well as a heap of other features to keep you warm and dry. Fully taped seems, 20K waterproof and breathability as well as a connectable powder skirt jacket-to-pant option which will let you slash the BC like Gigi without leaking. A whole load of stash pockets, and Lycra hand gators are a present from Gigi to you.

€295.00
www.volcomeurope.com