If you’ve been keeping up with skiing recently you know that the SIA trade show just wrapped up.

You’ve probably seen article after article highlighting the major brands' new lineups.

I just spent the last few days helping make those articles.

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There are a lot of facemasks out there.

They all claim to have some new revolutionary fabric or technology that makes them the best.

When it comes down to it most face tubes are simply just that, face tubes.

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My skate shoes were just not cutting it.

Apparently these bad boys have an artificial cartilage substance that absorbs shock pretty dang well.

Apparently they can drop it on to a piece of glass with the insoles between without cracking the glass.

That might seem a little irrelevant but I’m kind of a sucker for that kind of thing.

Luckily for me MyPackage hooked me up with some samples.

Yeah I know, free underwear samples, that’s the glamorous life of a ski journalist.

Underwear are not the sort of thing you want to notice, I didn’t notice these.

These seemingly unimportant accessories though can really make or break a day.

Sometimes it’s important to take a look at some products that focus on the details.