ISPO Munich 2018 got underway on Sunday January 28 with packed halls, happy brands and a buoyant industry. Snowboard brands are now mixed in with ski brands, outdoor brands, watersports brands, skate brands and more, resulting in much busier walkways, booths and crossover traffic in general.
HEAD's Max Thurner fully stoked on the repsonse their new, fully functional, go-anywhere boot, the Operator and their Artifcat snowboard - 136cm - 161cm, making it a multi-generational, unisex stick. Promoting their Futureheads program.Protest's Dionne Vermeulen with their Longer Parker jacket and Geo Green Line jacketOutdoor Tech's VP BobbyOutdoor Tech's Chips products, which are now featured in the helmets of many action sports brandsOG snowboard crew - Danny Burrows, Sam Nelson, Tom Copsey & Chriso "Loves a taxi ride" McApline.Mons Royale's Yotei powder hood a big push for the Kiwi merino brand this yearMons Royale's Yotei Powder hoodMons Royale's Anna Smoothy stoked on her new home of Innsbruck and their Yotei powder hood and her personal fave, the Women's Mountain ShirtKryptonics' Kevin Gillen with their 36" round tail longboard and all-new 30" bamboo swivel cruiserGiro's PR extraudinaire Sophie Brocks Giro's Lucas Beaufort collab goggle and Emerge helmet with Spherical MIPSFjällräven's Leif with their Greenland No. 1 down jacket and Greenland bags. All can be treated with Greenland Wax to make waterpoof thanks to G1000 material.Dragon stall busy at end of day oneDainesse's triple award winning, semi rigid back protector with 43% breathabilityDainesse's AWAl1.1 high end women's jacket. All Weather Activity jacket is a versatile 30K jacket that works anywhere, with a detachable hood, street styling and superior technical capabilitiesBeers sliding down32's Dale Taylor and Chris Carr probably talking about Chris' autumn waves in Portugal.
