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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.

1. Snickers Bar
It’s even better when it freezes in your pocket, go for the Monster size.

2. Clif Shot
Gummie Bears with caffeine, a nice pickup if you slept too late for coffee.

3. Jello shots
Don’t add too much vodka or they won’t harden and you’ll be forced to drink vile tasting, half-coagulated, green sludge.

4. Pro Bar
The best tasting energy bar around. At about 400 calories you’ll be able to skip your $12 chili lunch at the mid-mountain lodge.

5. Tillamook Cheddar
Small, easy-to-eat packs that make your wineskin look sophisticated instead of looking like a wino.

The Loaded Boards Hammerhead Bamboo DCS Longboard has 76mm inline wheels on the outside and 72mm centerset wheels up front for quick carves. Loaded gave it extra wide trucks in the back to add stability so you don’t feel like you’re sliding on ice. Now you just need clear roads and a friend with a towrope in his Saturn—look out for potholes.

I’m going to let you in on a little secret; the Dryzone Boot Dryer is exactly the same as the Dryzone Wader Dryer. These chemical beanbags get stuffed into your sweaty gear where they soak up moisture to dry your ski boots or waders without heat. I’m going to let you in on another little secret—balled-up newspaper gets rid of moisture just as well as the Dryzone. Of course, then you’ll have to deal with newspaper ink all over the inside of your stuff.

Rock and Ice magazine has put together a head-to-head test of the new MSR Reactor Stove vs. the JetBoil. If you had to pick a winner, it would probably be the new MSR stove because of its performance in wind, boil times, and larger cooking surface. The JetBoil still takes home the teakettle prize by being lighter weight and more fuel efficient for heating up your backcountry drinks. Basically, the JetBoil is still a better system if all you’re doing is boiling water for dehydrated food while the MSR stove gives you a few more options.

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If white high school kids are good at one thing, it’s appropriating other people’s cultures. Current events, not so much. Kids, I give you the Quiksilver Castro Cap. Should go great with your Che Guevara T-shirt.