What are the novelties for winter 2019/20? That's the question we've been trying to answer at the world's largest trade fair for sporting goods and sportswear, ISPO, in Munich these past few days. Here are a few of our impressions. The fashion brand Colmar for one will definitely bring some colour to the next season.
ISPO also welcomes numerous professional athletes: UVEX interviewed Christian and Felix Neureuther along with Gerd Schönfelder at their booth. The issue at hand: helmets and goggles. At Neureuther senior's times, professional atheletes still used to ski without the protection of a helmet. All three of them later received the "uvex proud people" award.
If you give skiing your all, you'll sweat under your jacket. KJUS's new jacket, also gold winner, keeps your body from going hypothermic as a result. Its electronic HYDRO_BOT membrane actively conveys the humidity from the inside of the jacket to the outside through electroosmosis. According to the manufacturer, this happens ten times more efficiently than with conventionally used membranes, and is the only system that can keep up with the speed of natural sweat production.
If you're into ski circuits, the MINIMIST skins by G3 could be interesting for you. Thanks to high quality fabrics from other sportswear, they are ultra light, and thus exceed requirements for equipment and performance. A carbon fibre insert at the top makes for a stiff platform that stops snow from getting underneath the skin.
