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Outside Magazine December 2004

Dispatches: Heli-Skiing
The Great Ungroomed

The Classics and New Faces | Surf and Turf, Quickies | Heli-Skiing Gear

AXN500/Gothic Hoody
The AXN500 by Polar and Arc'teryx's Gothic Hoody(photos by Eric Swanson)
POLAR, which pretty much invented the wireless heart-rate monitor, now has a wrist-top computer for the vertically inclined. The slick stainless-steel AXN500 ($329; 800-227-1314, www.polarusa.com) graphs your rate of descent in real time, and also lets you chart your ticker skipping a beat as you huck off that hairy cornice.

The soft microfleece lining in ARC'TERYX's Gothic Hoody ($249; 800-985-6681, www.arcteryx.com) belies the warmth of its rugged wool exterior. Unlike those techie soft shells you've been zooming in all day, the Gothic is cut large and loose for chill-out comfort.
—Grant Davis


Dominoes/Boots
Dominoes by David Quan and Ugg Australia Copley sheepskin-lined boots (photos by Eric Swanson)

If weather grounds the whirlybird, wait out the storm with a game of dominoes on this suave 28-piece, David Quan–designed walnut set ($60; 212-930-0869, www.thelibraryshop.org), which comes with a matching case.
—Christopher Solomon

After a day trapped in plastic boots, you'll want to pull on footwear built to rejuvenate those tired dogs. A pair of new UGG AUSTRALIA COPLEY sheepskin-lined boots ($120; 888-432-8530, www.uggaustralia.com) ought to do the trick. We like to think of them as the world's plushest doghouses.
—Grant Davis



The Classics and New Faces | Surf and Turf, Quickies | Heli-Skiing Gear

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