This last weekend Forest Bailey traveled from Washington up at Mt Baker where he was riding powder to the other end of the spectrum to the winter X games. I had the chance to roll out with him on the drive from Denver to Aspen. Squeaking in just in time to register Forest without making a single practice run was able to take gold at winter x. Forest’s combinations, overall flow and consistency was unmatched. Also Ryan Paul got 2nd place as well and Phil Jaques also was able to make the finals. 686 was in full force at X games street killing it. Check out the full story at espn.com.

Follow 686 shredder Conny Bleicher, and the rest of the Lipstick crew throughout their season starting with “Liptrip” episode #1

The Northwest has seen a serious storm all the mountains getting there deepest base of the season. I have watched Baker get hit by 50 inches plus and seen it just fill in. The storm seems to be making it to other parts of the country as well hope you get out and enjoy some snowboarding. read more…

Check out Peter Sandner in some Austrian powder action!

Check out 686 team rider Phil Handle shredding up some fresh pow…

The 686 RECLAIM Project is a much larger entity than just a design contest and a few jackets in the 686 collection. The RECLAIM Project is also about giving back and taking materials that would otherwise be thrown away and putting them to good use for people who are in need. At the end of 2011, 686 donated over 1,500 RECLAIM jackets to charities around the world, including the United States, China and Japan. Below is a recap of just a few of the donation days from around the world. We encourage everyone to research these charities and get involved in your community! We want to say thank you to everyone that helped make this year’s RECLAIM Project Donation Day a smashing success, especially to our factory, distributors and reps.

Read The Full Story… http://686.com/reclaim-project