ah so kind.
You may not like to hide... but others do.
Thought about going back, but in my hungover slumber I sat down at my friends booth, their leather couch was so comfy I sat from 10 am to 4:30 pm...
Perhaps tomorrow.
As far as Armada goes. They are careful of where their product images and info go. Makes people curious. Makes the buyer meetings feel a little more exclusive. Keeps you guys amped and wanting to see more. Pretty smart actually. I can say the line is pretty beautiful, skis are pretty much the same, I didn't notice anything new in the line up, but I could be entirely wrong, I 5 drinks deep by the time I got to check things out. I will say there is a jacket/snow pant combination that I have been wanting for years and waiting for someone to do. They did it. Will purchase. And... the TSTw + ARVw are both amazing skis but have damn sexy top sheets. (only relevant if you are a girl).
After all that, I predict the Caylor getting some amazing reviews. Whoever said about hanging a pair on the wall, I'm pretty sure they were my favorite graphics of the show.
Also to note. Kastle keeps the same style, but they got a bit more rad and a bit more colorful and I'm all about it.
Few new boots from atomic for next year. Kids will love the new park boot. Good stuff happening there.
Overall trends = camo, native american prints, and electric blue is back for round 2. A lot of women's stuff was muted and the tech stuff getting longer cuts. A lot of european companies going bigger than usual (Bergans was impressive). Backcountry was a lot more obvious this year. Only saw one anti ski display in the show. I noticed a lot more brands with scantily clad girls walking around. Bula knew what was up... although Bula had good taste in women, now so sure about some of the brands I saw.
The trend of taking a bunch of images and throwing them on a pair of skis and calling it design... gone for the most part.
Also noticed more pastels coming back, not enough to call it a trend, maybe 14/15.
And so you know, one lovely snowboard brand had a private showing room in which was a speak easy. You sit down and two topless women come and show you their bindings. I didn't get the experience and I heard it was difficult to get an appointment. Impressive sales tactic there.
Overall, I'm more stoked on outerwear and the ski offerings next year than this year. I was pretty let down this year... at least in the outerwear world.
