Gift Guide 2002 - Tried & True - Snow Toys
 
Gift Guide 2002

Snow Toys

White-hot sports gear for the chilly-weather athlete.
 

Burton Dominant Snowboard
 Price: $400 at Blades Board & Skate stores and New York Pipe Dreams.
What: A paint-it-yourself snowboard.
Perfect for: Masters of the terrain park.
Why we love it: The sharp stencils (skulls, daggers, and so on) make the usual mess of stomp pads, stickers, and Sharpie scrawl look like old news.
What else: Good flex, a lot of snap, and a twin-tip shape make for cutting-edge performance. Comes in sizes from 146 to 159.

Dana Design Colchuk Pack
 Price: $189 at Eastern Mountain Sports stores and Paragon Sporting Goods.
What: A pack designed for skiers and snowboarders.
Perfect for: Anyone who carries his own equipment—whether just getting to the mountain or hiking up it.
Why we love it: Fitted with loads of multipurpose pockets and loops, this super-lightweight pack will hold your skis or snowboard along with everything else you could need for a day on the mountain, from CD players and sunglasses to shovels and tools.
What else: Comes with a detachable waist strap.

Rossignol Saphir Fun Skis
 Price: $499 at Panda Sport and Princeton Ski Shops.
What: Sassy, floral California-girl-inspired shaped skis.
Perfect for: Intermediate to advanced woman skiers.
Why we love it: They ensure that any competent skier who isn’t out to race, hike, or conquer the bumps will have fun on the piste.
What else: Comes in sizes 140, 150, 160, and 167. The Saphir Snow version has more conventional graphics.

K2 Seth Pistol Skis
 Price: $750 at Princeton Ski Shops.
What: Powder skis designed by extreme skier Seth Morrison.
Perfect for: Advanced to expert skiers who know no boundaries.
Why we love it: These brand-new midseason releases float like boats on powder, but—unlike the last generation of fat skis—they’re stiff enough, and shaped enough, to power through the nasty stuff.
What else: Available in sizes 169, 179, and 189, the Seth Pistol is appropriate for backcountry-bound girls too.
Mammut Barryvox Avalanche Transceiver
 Price: $299 at Eastern Mountain Sports stores and Tent and Trails.
What: A combination digital-analog avalanche transceiver.
Perfect for: Anyone who ventures out of bounds.
Why we love it: Transceivers are notoriously difficult to read. Not so this version, whose interface is a cinch for amateurs to master—no laughing matter, since you’re unlikely to survive more than ten to fifteen minutes buried in the snow. Sold with a body strap.
Buy it!
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Edited by Shyama Patel. Photographed by Antonis Achilleos.
 
From the November 25, 2002 issue of New York Magazine