PFC

Perfect gliding on the slopes - but ski wax containing fluorine leaves invisible traces: fluorinated chemicals accumulate in the environment and in the blood and are harmful to health. How these "forever chemicals" work and why they are so problematic.

The glove comes from Roeckl Sports' PFC-free, ecologically orientated Ecoseries and has been tested on the piste as well as freeriding, in imperial weather and in snowstorms. The gloves are characterised by their combination of design and functionality. Roeckl has been developing gloves for almost 200 years, and the new ECO.SERIES has now been created using the expertise and experience gained to offer sustainable alternatives.

Ski skins usually last me more or less one season. Not that they are no longer usable after that, but the adhesive property in particular forces me to either apply new adhesive or invest in a new skin.

Since it was founded almost 15 years ago, the Picture brand, which goes by the full name of Picture Organic Clothing, has stood for sustainable winter sports clothing. On the one hand, sustainable, often bio-based materials are used wherever possible and harmful substances are avoided. On the other hand, Picture also uses innovative approaches such as a lifetime guarantee on the typical "wear parts" of clothing such as zips, buttons and seams.

PICTURE's corporate principle is: Fight Climate Change. Here you can contribute to environmental protection with your clothing and look good at the same time.

The latest ski model, the jacket with the latest membrane or simply the high-tech functional underwear. We buy - and we like to. But isn't our wardrobe full at some point? How we can learn to consume more sustainably and what the Patagonia "Don't buy this Jacket" campaign has to do with it.

Greenpeace's Detox campaign has shown it: We outdoor sports enthusiasts are not environmental angels at all, but leave our footprint everywhere. Among other things, in the form of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals - PFCs for short. But why are they so bad and how do we get PFCs into the environment?

Unusually early in the year, all well-known manufacturers presented their products at the OutDoor Show 2017 in Friedrichshafen this week. The four-day OutDoor is the most important trade fair for the outdoor industry in Europe. The PowderGuide team was also there and looked around for the latest trends and innovations for you.

In the third part of our ISPO report, we present the new products in the textile sector. As we already saw last year, manufacturers are once again focusing on muted colors such as ochre and merlot. More and more companies are also attaching importance to ecological clothing and are using wool or recycled materials, for example.