2012 Outerwear Review Breakdown and Fashion Guide

So we did boards, we’ve done bindings, now we’ve finally tackled outerwear for you. Sure it’s not every brand that’s in the known world but it sure as hell is a great starting point for anyone looking to tackle the arduous task of buying a fresh new kit. Here’s some gear broken down to you by price and style. So if you ever wanted to be a gypsy hooker pirate or a skittle kid there just might be something for you.

While you’re hunting around for your new outerwear on this Black Friday don’t forget to check out your local shops. And if you don’t have a local shop check out the local shop link in the reviews perhaps there’s something close by. Remember Occupy Snowboard Shops!

Just part of your next style for the slopes. P. Brent LaFleur

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The Backcountry Assassin

Jackets

Homeschool Snowboarding Dangermare Jacket
Price: $249.99
With 10/30k rated this jacket featuring Cocona is both lightweight and breathable. Highly recommended for those in the North West.

FourSquare Foundry Jacket
Price: $249.95
A shell rated at 20/15k with a crisp feel. Once again more minimal features for those that like the bare bones essentials.

Special Blend Burner Jacket
Price: $299.95
You have to love Gore Tex when you want to be dry. This jacket that was inspired by the former team rider John Jackson is stylish and lives up to his style of riding.

Homeschool Snowboarding Night Witch 3.5L Pull Over Shell
Price: $299.95
Kangaroo pouch front pocket from a pull over shell that has 15/25k rating.

Pants

Homeschool Snowboarding Line Up Pant
Price: $224.99
More Cocona fiber by this brand making products for the North West. Can’t beat breathability with a 10/30k rating.

Homeschool Snowboarding Revolve 2.5 Pant
Price: $274.99
The perfect pants for a backcountry rider. Add to that a rating of 10/30k.

The Everyday Man

Jackets

Bonfire Arc Jacket
Price: $199.99
A 15/10k light filled jacket with just enough features and pockets to keep you happy.

Sessions MVP Jacket
Price: $219.95
Light weight, breathable, and with a ton of venting. That’s how this shell rated at 15/10k works.

686 Strike Jacket
Price: $319.95
What’s better than a jacket that has four different ways of wearing it? Probably nothing this 15/10k jacket can’t offer with it’s abundance of features.

Pants

Bonfire Spectral Pant
Price: $149.95
Every man needs a pant that forgoes the overly complicated and keeps it simple. This 10/8k shell delivers that.

FourSquare Gasket Pant
Price: $179.95
Functional fashion in the form of a 15/10k cargo pant.

686 Smarty Cargo Pant
Price: $199.95
Heavy cargo pants with a removable liner with a 15/10k rating.

Hipsters, Gypsters, and Heshians

Jackets

686 Onyx Jacket
Price: $249.95
Faux denim seems to be in this year and 686 is embracing it with this 10/8k jacket.

Bond Hudson Jacket
Price: $259.95
It’s the Euro heshian fit jacket with lots of buttons and a 10/10k rating.

686 M-65 Insulated Jacket
Price: $289.95
A heavy waxed denim jacket that looks more at home riding a motorcycle or at a rock show. Having a 10/8k rating doesn’t hurt either.

Holden Field Jacket
Price: $349.95
Around the town in a tailored fit or on the slopes perfecting your jib dancing skills that’s how this jacket is.

Pants

Holden M9 Pant
Price: $179.95
Tight fitting pants with outside vents and a 10/5k rating.

Bond Edison Pant
Price: $189.95
A fitted pant in the 10/10k rating with plenty of vents to keep you cool.

Taste The Rainbow

Jackets

Sessions Truth Jacket
Price: $159.95
A lightly insulated shell with an 8/5k rating that lets you explode on our GoPro.

Pants

Session Achilles Pant
Price: $139.95
Light and bright that’s the name of the game with these 8/8k pants.

Special Blend Crown Pant
Price: $279.95
You might be able to get away with rocking these in the backcountry due to being Gore Tex but they’re just so bright you stand out.

Big and Tall

Jackets

Rome Roust Jacket
Price: $209.00
Romes 10/10k baggier cut jacket with tons of pockets is a solid option for anyone looking to layer up.

Sessions Humphreys Jacket
Price: $249.95
The jacket that looks like a full zip hoodie. You know you’re interested especially because it has a 15/10k rating.

Pants

Rome Insurrection Pant
Price: $219.00
The fabric used looks more like something you might see on a fancy pant suit than in a 15/10k piece of outerwear.

WOMENS

We look so fly in our new outerwear P: Brent LaFleur

Hipster Chick

Pant

Heavenly Pant
Price: $159.95
Skinny fit with that tight jean look and a rating of 15/10k.

Holden Dayne Pant
Price: $219.95
One of the weirdest pants we tested with their random zipper running down the outside seam. But for a tight fitting 20/20k pant we’ll let it slide.

Contemporary Classic

Jacket

Sessions Studette Jacket
Price: $119.95
Sometimes you find a jacket that’s better for around town than shredding. This 8/8k jacket is just that.

Bonfire Heavenly Jacket
Price: $199.99
Who says plaid is dead? Seems to always be a staple in women’s fashion. This is Bonfires version of it with a 15/10k.

686 Cherish Jacket
Price: $259.95
Tailored fit with awkwardly placed pockets and a 10/8k rating.

Holden Rydell Jacket
Price: $299.95
Possibly the most contemporary jacket we reviewed in the whole series.

Pants

Session Chase Pant
Price: $149.95
Because you’ve always wanted snow pants that look like mom jeans. Oh and they have an 15/8k rating.

Nikita Sommerski Pant
Price: $199.95
Skinny fit with the right amount of features in a 10/8k rating.

686 Smarty Cargo Pant
Price: $199.99
The female counterpart to the males. This is the quintessential 15/10k cargo pant from 686.

Loud and Proud

Jacket

Nikita Laplan Jacket
Price: $229.95
The jacket that feels like a puffy but isn’t with a 8/5k rating.

Nikita Davos Jacket
Price: $269.95
Long and loud is the only way to sum up this 10/10k jacket.

Pants

Nikita Remarkable Pant
Price: $229.95
Lots of loud colors with tons of pocket with a 10/10k

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