Ride’s Laurelhurst jacket and Phinney pants (left) are solid all-rounders for beginners to advanced mountain riders. They’re not the most high-tech of kit but if you’re looking for something sturdy from a trusted manufacturer, then Ride’s for you. Cappel feature more classic styling and thicker, better quality fabrics for the top end of the market, as shown here in their women’s Cappel Thunder jacket and Wasted trousers (right). We like the duffel coat approach they’ve taken here, which you can rock on the town and on the slopes.
LEFT
Ride Laurelhurst Jacket – £180
10,000mm waterproof
5,000gm breathability
Ride Phinney Pant – £150
10,000mm waterproof
5,000gm breathability
RIGHT
Cappel Thunder Jacket – £230
10,000mm waterproof
8,000gm breathability
Cappel Wasted Pant – £200
10,000mm waterproof
8,000gm breathability
ABOUT RIDE & CAPPEL SNOWBOARDING
As well as being one of the world’s best-known board manufacturers, Ride have been producing high-quality outerwear for years. In fact, they’ve been making jackets and pants almost since they started, in 1992. As well as the regular Ride range, the company also makes Cappel kit (see the women’s outfit here) which they famously advertised using scantily-clad ladies. Cappel stuff tends to feature more classic styling, and thicker, better quality fabrics catering for the top end of the market, while Ride-branded stuff is worn by everyone from snotty park rats all the way up to backcountry badasses like Hana Beaman.
