Reviews by User: Sebastian Hansen (7)

A ordinary full zip. The zipper and buckle are brass colored metal, I personally prefer plastic since metal tend to cut my throat. The sweater is quite thin and the sizing is not as big as expected. This shirt in M will be slimfit with to short selves on a 5' 11" (182cm) slender (171 lbs/78 kg) man. I ended up giving away mine to a girl.

It's a beanie. You can reverse it. What more to say? It's thin, probably best for spring/summer. It's long; got to zag it hard or squash it back, it's to thin and long to use as a East 17 style top hat ... Not that I think you would like to look like a 90's boyband singer anyway (not judging your style if you do). The white one is white when reversed, the infrared is infrared. For $15 you get two hats. Awesome.

The name serves these boots right! 550 grams each boot, ridiculous. The boot is stiffer than expected, although they seam to soften after a couple of days. The lining is composed of a material that don't breath that much and feels a bit like a wet suit on your feet. However they do keep your foot warm given that you don't stand still for too long. I normally end up quite sweaty in -5C (23F). On the upside the boot dries out in a matter of minutes and do not seam to smell. Like most 32 boots there's quite a lot of room for your toes. With a standard toe strap this works fine, but it might be a problem with toe-caps. The boots quality doesn't seam all that rigid. The lases have begun to splinter and the shell shows signs of wear after two weeks of riding. All in all a good boot that seams to expensive for it's quality. Works good on big kickers and fast runs on a medium-stiff/stiff board. But to stiff for jibbing with soft boards. But by far the lightest boots ever (at least that I know of)!

I've got the 07/08 157 Believer. First of, the graphics are really low key but smacks you over the head up close, but this is basically rubbish since I don't know if that applies to the 08/09 as well. The board is a little to stiff for just jibbing, but it's still smooth enough for butters and presses. The tail and nose are really poppy and the top sheet is rubbery (07/08) and lets you ride one foot with ease. This boards with its slightly stiff design gives me a little more confidence to go faster and bigger than my previous all park board. It works well in most terrains, and stops at nothing. I've also seen more of them at the mountain this year, so I'm not the only Believer out there.

I got the 07/08 version of these, but they are basically the same. The binding works very well. They were a bit awkward to start with since they have a lot less side support than regular bindings, due to the lack of metal or plastic heel hoop, but ones you figure out ho they react you will probably be able to ollie a little higher than you used to. I never been good at sw nollies and fakie ollies, but with this binding I actually find them easier (this might as well be that I have a little stiffer board this season). The flexible heel hoop also has the added benefit of letting me store the board in my car with ease since I can bend it pretty much like I choose. The toe strap works well, although it tends to slide off my boots under wet conditions due to little friction between the strap and boot. They made it so that the strap can't unbuckle, which is a really nice feature because you don't need to thread your toe straps ever again. Come to shock absorbing I really don't feel that much difference from this and other bindings. But I never go that high or far ... A medium size is a tight fit for my 9.5 US 32 Ultralights. In conclusion: The Relay Pro made me realize I don't know shit about snowboarding.

This hood was so awesome! Loved the color, love the style - until the first wash ... Let me give you the love first: I love the fact that it's reversible. It will not only look sick reversed it will also get slimmer, which for me is a added bonus. The Yellow looks dope reversed, actually nicer than right way out. The white one is a bit to plain. And now over to the letdowns: The print looks so good on the images, but ones you put the sweater on you notice it can get a little to big. But this is just a matter of taste. The one thing that do suck with this sweater however is its quality. Washed mine for the first time today, all the black print fell off and the lining got really worn. My washing machine is no old piece of junk eider. This sweater looks like it's been washed 15-20 times after one wash ... not cool.

The Dakine Bronco glove is a low cut no thrills glove that does what it suposed to: keeps your hand warm, even when wet - which they will be, trust me. After three months they white ones are still flashy and nice. The leather has gotten quite warn and yellowish, but I do drag my hands a lot when doing my stuff (handstands, surf turns, digging kickers - that kind of stuff) and it actually was yellowish when I got them. One of the fingers started to fall apart, but some thread and needle fixed that right up. The sizing seams a little weird, the fingers are short and fat and the wrist big. I usually wear a size 8 glove (European size) so i got the Medium. They don't fit all that super, but I do have piano fingers. The liner is real nice on cold days, but on warmer days when your hands get sweaty and wet from snow the lining will stick to your hands and get pulled a little out of place when removing the glove. No biggy but a little annoying. All in all I would by the Bronco for style, not comfort.