This is a super fun, buttery board that still has that nitro drive. I'm kind of a big dude, about 180, and ride the 157 in everything: pow, park, jib runs. I'm over the quiver and this is a fun, do-it-all board.

Good, simple heart rate monitor. The strap needs to be more wet than I remember, but maybe that's because it's new. I seem to remember my old Polar having difficulty finding my heartrate when new, but after a few months it was great.
It's a little difficult to take off and put on, but I imagine it'll loosen up a bit as it gets older.

I was looking for a goggle lens to wear in the spring, when things are super bright in Utah. My eyes are pretty wrecked and I have a lot of problems with glare, and the Gold Lite lenses weren't cutting it. So I picked up the Blue Mirror. All in all I'm pretty stoked on them. My eyes can relax on south-facing slopes in bright sun and I can now see a lot of the small details I was losing before. They even worked pretty well in the shade and when the sun was obscured by partly cloudy skies. Stoked!

I'm stoked on the Knowledge OTG. Fits over my glasses very well, hasn't fogged on storm days or hikes, and the Gold Lite lens works well in sunny to mildly flat conditions. I bought the yellow replacement lens for flat light days.

Bought the Concealers as some baggy pants to wear over pads for jib days. They fit great. And the basketball-shorts make them super comfortable if I'm rocking it pads-free. I've had 'em out on storm days and they get a little wet, but mainly from crashing or sitting down. I think Gore-Tex or similar fabric would be the only thing drier.

I am very pleased with my Black Diamond climbing skins. The tail clip system is easy to use and is a nice help. It takes a tiny bit of work to adjust the tip loop to the right length so that the tail clip has tension.

Bought the Manual as a do-anything watch for the office, mountains, and water. So far it's held up really well to office use and snowboarding. Has gone through a few spring-like days in park gloves and storm days with a full gauntlet, and is running strong and blemish-free even after a couple gnarly crashes. The silver face, though super stylish, was kind of hard to read so I traded it for the white face.

The strap broke on me. You've got to stretch it over the helmet, which can be kind of awkward, and the strap pulled out of the plastic fastner that attaches it to the helmet. So, when putting the goggles on, be sure to hold it by the plastic faster where it attaches to the strap and not the goggles.

I really dug the High Intensity Blue lens on these goggles, but the fit didn't work out for me. By far the best lens I've ever used in flat light, and I've used Smith Gold Lite, RC36, Clear, and Scott Yellow from a few years ago. Only thing I didn't like about them was the fit. Never really closed around my nose. But I've got kind of a flat face, so they may work for you. Goggles don't fit a helmet -- you'll need to spring for the helmet strap, which I don't think works that well.

I'm really happy with the Giro.9 MX. It's lighter than my old lid, so in comparison feels like I'm wearing nothing at all (cue Ned Flanders vision). It's also warm. Only drawback is the shim thing on the back of the helmet snaps loose sometimes, but it's only one snap and is a minor issue.

Belt is made of high-quality leather, and buckle is blinging brushed steel. Plus, you can remove the buckle and put onto a different belt once you wear this one out. My pants haven't fallen down ONCE since I started wearing it.