Afar from groomed trails no regular skier can be found but the true adventure for the free-rider is about to begin. Floating onto deep powder snow passing deep slopes and you can feel the exhilaration rising. For this exciting outdoor feeling speed seekers need to rely on themselves as well as their GORE-TEX® products for winter, which even under extreme exposure gives a relaxed shoulder.
Why does skiing gear with the GORE-TEX® membrane can maintain the perfect body temperature?
The ideal body temperature is 37 degrees. Because during your free ride you easily start sweating it is important to stay in this comfort zone. With this in mind it is paramount for the excess of moistures to leave the body as quickly as possible. Garments with integrated GORE-TEX® product technology are highly breathable as well as being durably waterproof and windproof. The GORE-TEX® membrane is bonded to the face fabric and the inner lining. With this technology the jacket is invisibly protected against wetness and at the same time stays breathable. The microporous structure with the unique structure of the pores enables for the perspiration to escape as well as for the rain to drip of. (more…)
Gore has been working on environmental and social programmes for almost 30 years, from the elimination of chemicals of concern such as PFOA through the certification of Gore production facilities to the bluesign® standard to the achievement of uniformly high social standards worldwide. In its “Responsibility Update 2014”, W.L. Gore & Associates (Gore) provides information for the first time on the progress of its Fabrics division’s social and environmental programme. In the video interview, Andreas Marmsoler (European PG Goretex Garments) presents the Responsibility Update: aims, benefits and future goals.
Interview: Andrea Bianchi – MountainBlog
Video shooting/editing: Matteo Menapace – Mountainblog
GoreTex Membrane always means protection, structure and breatabilty and now, with the new Surround Technolgy, it is even more than that.
Marc Estor (Head of Business Unit Footwear – Mammut) and Matteo Jellici (R&D Manager La Sportiva) present the range of opportunities that this new technolgy allows to Mammut and La Sportiva. Two brands that enlarge their products family with innovative shoes and collections. Watch the videointerview and discover them!
Interview: Andrea Bianchi – MountainBlog
Video shooting/editing: Matteo Menapace – Mountainblog
W. L. Gore & Associates has claimed a much coveted OutDoor Industry Award for its new GORE-TEX® SURROUND™ product technology for hiking shoes.
These awards are bestowed annually by a jury of outdoor experts at the OutDoor trade fair.
The GORE-TEX® brand came out on top in the “Material Innovation” category, further underlining its innovative strength. With GORE-TEX® SURROUND™ product technology the company has come up with the world’s first technology for durably waterproof hiking shoes that offer all-round breathability, thereby redefining the hiking experience.
In spring 2015, 24 of the world’s leading manufacturers of outdoor footwear will be bringing the first GORE-TEX® SURROUND™ collections to the market.
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GORE successfully completed a project specifically set up to eliminate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) from all raw materials used in the manufacture of its weatherproof functional fabrics. This move affects all membranes and DWR (Durable Water Repellency) treatments for the whole range of fabrics used in finished products. This makes GORE one of the first companies in the sector to successfully manage the changeover to PFOA free raw materials for its entire range of textile products.
Bernhard Kiehl – leader of the GORE Fabrics Division sustainability team – explains how they reach such a achievement and why it is so important for Gore, costumers and the enviroment.
Interview of Andrea Bianchi – MountainBlog
GORE-TEX athlete Nico Zacek, has been a pro freeskier for more ten years. As one of Germany´s No.1 athletes over the last years, he is trying to influence the path of his still young sport by running the european freeski community www.downdays.eu, as well as hosting different freeski events like the “Nine Knights“.
During the interview he talks about the evolution of his passions and how, step by step he started to use it in order to create and influence freesky craetive events.
Interview and Video shooting/editing: Tommaso Brentari – Mountainblog
Davide Costa (Fabrics Division), at ISPO 2014, presents GORE-TEX® Products, GORE-TEX® Active and GORE-TEX® Pro line.
Seb Michaud – Gore Tex testimonial – has a long personal and professional relationship with mountain, snow and ski. During the video interview he talks about his evolution as skier and gives suggestions to find a good and safe freeski line.
Interview: Andrea Bianchi – MountainBlog
Video shooting/editing: Matteo Pavana – Mountainblog
During the International Mountain Summit in Brixen, Mountainblog had the rare occasion to interview the alpinist David Lama. He talks about his greatest passion, the critics about Cerro Torre Expedition and his active collaboration with Gore-Tex.
Interview: Matteo Pavana – MountainBlog
Video shooting/editing: Tommaso Brentari – Mountainblog
Gore Fabrics is committed to continuously improving the environmental impact of its products. To ensure this happens, They use the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), a sophisticated ecological evaluation tool.
Bernhard J.Kiehl (Gore Sustainability Fabrics Division) and Stewart Sheppard (Gore Fabrics Sustainability) explain the most significant results achieved and what are the next steps they want to take.
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Interview: Andrea Bianchi – MountainBlog
Video shooting/editing: Matteo Pavana – Mountainblog
