The DAKINE Shop Driver is a snowboard tool with a built-in tape measure so you can measure the depth of the gouge it leaves in your stomach after you fall on it. You can use the Shop Driver to adjust the DIN on ski bindings, but its barrel is too wide to fit into most bindings for mounting. DAKINE also says the tape measure is handy for checking your stance width.

Days after your food runs out, the Micro Solar LED Light will still have juice for you to check your pack for crumbs every few minutes. It won’t have enough power to signal to the planes flying overhead that you need rescue, but it will be a nice comfort in your last few hours. Remember to leave it on top of your body so the hikers who find you in spring will get it with a full charge.

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The assisted-opening Buck Sirus Knife will be easy for the police to trace back to you. Its eye-catching flame job won’t go unnoticed while you open and close the pseudo-switchblade in the gas station line. After you pay to fill your red canister with gas and ask the attendant for a book of matches, they’ll probably just write down your plate number on your way back to the Crocs store anyway.

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Taking a look at a behind the scenes of a skiing photo shoot was enough to make me wish I’d started surfing instead of skiing. Not that I would ever be part of any kind of pro shoot anyway, but at least I would have enough background in the sport to really add some details to my daydreams. Freeskier’s article has a look at the freezing cold, snowgun totting day that is a pro shoot.

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My old boss once asked, “What do you think of a guy who wears a beret?” Apparently Ibex didn’t take the time to ask that question before they began making the Coppola Hat. It’s made with their Merino wool and lined with cotton. Add some earmuffs and you’ll be just like the guy skiing in his cowboy hat.