Marius Schwager

Ispo 2012 – the departure. We saw a lot, had many conversations and covered many kilometers on foot, and were not entirely uninvolved in emptying the beer counters. Best wishes at this point to the extended PG editorial team. What is missing from a comprehensive Ispo report? The impressions and events are missing. Everything beautiful, strange and supernatural that is observed away from the product presentations. Head-shaking, laughs and the odd feast for the eyes are all on offer.

The Ispo 2012 winter sports trade fair is over. Many of the trade fair visitors will certainly need a day or two to digest what they have experienced, especially the parties. For everyone else for whom it is simply too cold outside at the moment, we once again recommend the weekly essence of net finds.

The Ispo party 2012 has come to an end. What remains? More than just the aftertaste after a night of partying. What remains are the snowboard and miscellaneous categories, which are now covered in this article.

The beer is empty, the party is over. Ispo 2012 is now history. While the last corpses of alcohol and stand thieves are still being swept out of the exhibition halls, you can look forward to trade fair special part 4: skis and ski boots are the focus today.

Ispo 2012, trade fair day three. The faces are getting longer, the dark circles under the eyes bigger, the legs more tired, the beer emptier and yet (of course) everything will be better in the future! Once again, we're muddling through the product jungle. Across filthy snowboard halls, swiftly through smart fashion halls and strolling casually through the outdoor halls. In today's Ispo Special, we look at the latest innovations in (avalanche) emergency equipment.

PowderGuide reports live from the product lion's den. As the largest winter sports trade fair in the world, Ispo will once again bring together the "who's who" of winter sports in 2012. As at every trade fair, the focus is of course on selling and promoting products. PowderGuide is devoting a multi-part product special to all products and innovations relating to freeriding. Skis, snowboards, bindings, clothing, emergency equipment and everything else you need as a ski tourer or freerider - or at least could need according to the manufacturers. In the first part, we look at clothing from a fashion point of view.

PowderGuide reports live from the product lion's den. At the world's biggest winter sports trade fair, we keep an eye out for new products and developments. In the second part, we introduce you to the interesting developments in the area of ascending bindings: Salomon Guardian, Tyrolia Adrenalin, Marker Duke EPF, Rottefella Freedom and three snowboard models from Karakoram.

Richard Amacker (SUI) wins the third stop of the Freeride World Tour in Courmayeur for the skiers. The US American Ralph Backström dominates the snowboard competition.

Richard Amacker (SUI) wins the third stop of the Freeride World Tour in Courmayeur for the skiers. The US American Ralph Backström dominates the snowboard competition.

Another week of net finds is collected in this post. Colorful moving images from around the world and from nature.

Listen to music, speed display, GPS recording, jump altitude measurement, watch helmet cam recordings directly, live data and a "real-live experience". All this combined with fashionable ski goggles. Of course, we in the PowderGuide editorial team were very excited about this innovation and could hardly wait to try out the Uvex G.GL9 recon ready ski goggles in the snow. With the optionally available Recon Mod live system, we subjected the new Tec ski goggles to a short test.

The world's largest (winter) sports trade fair ISPO 2012 will take place from January 29 to February 1, 2012. The annual rendezvous of the winter sports industry in the Bavarian capital will showcase almost all the latest innovations in winter sports. The PowderGuide team will of course be there and will be investigating the latest freeride innovations for you.