Here’s the third installment of the Addiction Series featuring Patrick McCarthy. Check it out!

5 Trick Fridays episode 6 featuring rider Will Radula-Scott.

This weekend I made the pilgrimage down to Seattle for this years Downtown Throw down. Its amazing growing up in Seattle and to see such an event for the industry and the people of the northwest to check out and enjoy snowboarding before we get to in the mountains is amazing. The set up was a down bar with a donkey and a kinked box on the right leading you into a butter pad to the double quarter pipes with a gap.
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Ever wonder how our jackets are made? Take a look at this in depth video of “the process” of creating one of our jackets from start to finish! Check it out

Hey 686 Fans!! Free Fridays is back! We’re kicking of the season by giving you a chance to win a pair of the new Smarty Cargo Pants! 9 new colors and 3 different fits, this pant will get you through any conditions you’ll find yourself on the mountain this winter.

Check out all the product features this pant has to offer: 686 SMARTY CARGO PANT

Contest Details

This weeks contest is a photo contest. The Smarty Cargo’s have tons of pockets to hold anything you’ll ever need. Kyle Fischer put them to the test last year and got 12 cans of booze to fit in these bad boys. http://vimeo.com/19172949.

So to win a pair of these sick pants we want to see how many random items you can stuff in your own pair of pants. Send a pic of your stuffed pants and a list of what you were able to fit to Freefridays@686.com. The best picture wins!!  Simple enough right?  Now get to it!!

Contest ends tonight at 7pm PST. Winners will be announced on Monday Oct 10th.

The season is on again! I just started the new “winter” season at the Hotzone Park Opening at Hintertux Glacier. The park is already in a really good shape. The conditions are still like in spring time. It gets pretty slushy in the afternoon… better to start on ice tho. I´m still a bit rusty but trying to get my shape back soon.
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