[EVENT] Snowboard Garden Festival 2015

That’s a wrap for the fifth edition of the not-to-be-missed event in the boarding circle, The Snowboard Garden Festival. Held from 15th to 17th October in Grenoble in france, it took place for the first time at The Palais Des Sports stadium, originally built for the 1968 Olympics. The event was centered on three main areas: the main productions of the season, the exhibitors’ village and a live band every night.

Serious matters started on the first evening with the ThirtyTwo movie, 2032. The brand’s first team movie to celebrate 20 years of snowboarding. The cast of riders is reason enough to watch it.(JP Walker, Jeremy Jones, Scott Stevens, Chris Grenier, Joe Sexton, Chris Bradshaw, Frank April, Dylan Thompson, Toni Kerkela, Benny Urban, Kas Lemmens… )

Each day had its dose of great production. Déjà Vu – Encore and Videograss – Videogracias releases on Friday and things get heavy too on Saturday with The Balance Movie and Absinthe Films premieres.

A couple of trends have been spotted for Winter 2016 : technical and urban wear. As a matter of fact, the freeride / big mountain tendency is back. Many factors combined in this have been driving each brand to produce technical products.  Consumers are expecting ever better quality wear, so brands need to adopt new practices to maintain a faithful client base and reach a larger audience.

Thirty Two – Deep Creek Parka Military

Thirty Two goes more urban oriented and more sober with this military inspired parka jacket. Focused on  the design, with fully taped seams, as well as on technical features this jacket offers 10k/10k protection. Its classic design makes it urban-adaptable

686 – Forest Bailey Cosmic Nice Insulated Jacket

For 2016, 686 developed urban products in their Forest Bailey signature Cosmic collection. The whole collection is designed by Forest himself, adding his  street styled touch. Offering winter protection and style, this insulated jacket can be easily worn from the mountains to the streets.

686 also expands its GLCR collection, technical products, with the Smarty Serac 2.5-Ply Jacket. High tech fabric, lightweight, this jacket will keep you dry and warm during your backcountry expeditions due to its Primaloft insulation. Plus, the jacket also comes with plenty of pockets to keep your personal items safe.

Thirty Two – PAS Lo-Cut Snowboard Boots Navy

To celebrate its 20th birthday ThirtyTwo made a movie but also reissued the boot that started it all : The PAS Lo-Cut. with a logo that pays homage to their Etnies skate past revamped for today’s snowboarding with modern technicities. Polyvalent, mid-flex, these boots provide good ankle and heel support due to Internal Lacing System.

Salomon – Trigger Bindings

Comfort in the foreground with these Salomon 2016 bindings. Designed for Salomon pro Chris Grenier, the all-new Trigger Binding featuring Blaster Technology, a Freestyle Jib Joint designed to work like a dynamic suspension system, providing excellent shock absorption and smoothing your ride with more lateral freedom

Salomon – Super8 Snowboard

Salomon Snowboards presents the all new Super8 Snowboard, described as ideal for « Japan terrain », i.e. loads of snow and low slopes, this board is loaded with power, speed and control. Featuring a new shape, shorten and a slightly wider design for loose, manoueverability and floatation. The Super 8 Snowboard is designed with Backseat Camber, putting the power and control under your back foot, and give you a surfy style  while you’re ripping pow

Kids were not forgotten either. More technical and hitting increasingly hard the park they needed a proper board ! Salomon Snowboards provide to them a board using the same technology as their elders’, the only difference is the Bob The Sponge design. They’re still kids afterall !

© Snowboard Garden Festival

According to the organisation 17 000 snowsports enthusiasts met during these three days. Great names, great atmosphere, you could feel everyone’s excitement as winter season’s kick off approaches ! Good to know snow is already dumping !

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