2013 Smith Optics November Editorial Coverage

Total Seen Monthly Circulation: +39,200,758

SELECT SEEN BRAND COVERAGE / CIRCULATION

1. New York Times Online - David Wise - 15,535,617

2. Men’s Health - ChromaPop - 1,901,100

3. Powder Magazine - I/O Family, Vantage, Gage, Lowdown

- 105,500

4. Freeskier - I/OS - 70,000

5. Lava Magazine - Forefront - 60,000

6. Decline - Forefront - 40,000

7. Self.com - Valence - 1,057,342

8. Military Times - ChromaPop Backdrop - 2,752,252

9. Army Times - ChromaPop Backdrop - 104,978

10. ReserveAmerica.com - ChromaPop Dover - 2,000,000

11. OutsideOnline - Vantage w/ Aerocore - 1,300,000

12. Transworld Snowboarding - Trilab Vice - 120,000

13. Penthouse - ChromaPop Turnkey - 109,792

14. OutsideOnline - ChromaPop Audible - 1,300,000

15. Runner’s World - ChromaPop Dover - 716,867

16. FlyFisherman - ChromaPop - 101,069

17. Supercompressor.com - ChromaPop Lowdown - NA

18. Eyecessorize - Decoder - 59,589

19. Men’sHealth.com - Vantage, I/O Recon - 3,323,559

20. USA Today - I/OX - 1,674,306

NOVEMBER 2013 BRAND EDITORIAL PRESS CONTACT:Cassie Abel | [email protected] | 208.727.6593

Total Seen Circulation Year to Date: + 220,300,114

*TOP PITCHES OF THE MONTH

1. Gear Institute - Vantage, CrhomaPop, I/OX

2. BicyclingMag.com - PivLock Overdrive

3. Red Bulletin - Vantage, Dolen

4. OR Show Dailies - I/O 7, Squad, Showcase, Compass

5. Outside Magazine - Dr. Bob I/O

6. Oxygen Magazine - Elena Hight Products

7. SELF - PivLock Overdrive

8. SIA Show Dailies - New Products

9. Fitness - Forefront

10. Shape - Forefront

11. SELF - Lowdown, PivLock, PivLock Overdrive

12. Bass Times - ChromaPop

13. Men’sJournal.com - Forefront

14. WIRED - I/OX Turbo Fan

15. Powder - Vice, Vantage

16. Cool Hunting - Archive Collection

17. Sunglasses Magazine - ChromaPop

18. Vision Monday - ChromaPop

20. Gear Caster - W’s Vantage, I/OS

21. Busted Wallet - I/OX

22. Skiing Magazine - Bobby Maze

ABOUT SMITH: Based in Sun Valley, Idaho, Smith Optics, Inc. was founded in 1965 with the creation of the first goggle featuring a sealed thermal lens and breathable vent foam. Today, Smith is known for its diverse line of sunglasses, snow, and motorsports goggles, snow helmets, prescription eyewear, and ballistic eye protection. Smith’s devotion to authenticity, innovation, performance and style has made Smith the choice of outdoor athletes and enthusiasts worldwide. For more information, check out www.smithoptics.com

*Please note that a pitch does not guarantee that the above mentioned product will appear in print.

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warmth, stealth fit, comfort and ideal goggle integration when paired with the new Vice goggle.

You’ll also need a good, sturdy pair of knee-high wool socks. Check your local specialty outdoor shop for SmartWool, Point6 (point6.com) or FITS (fitssock.com) ski socks.

As for gloves, you’ll need a pair of Kincos to solidify your old school, grassroots status. Kinco work gloves have a cult-like following with lifties, patrollers and backcountry enthusiasts nationwide. Their model 901 Ski Glove features a waterproof laminate and, new this year, is available as a mitten for extra warmth. Other models such as the popular and much imitated model 1927KW require an aftermarket waterproofing such as Sno-Seal, available at Walmart and specialty outdoor shops.

HARD GOODS: SKIS, BOOTS AND BINDINGS

When it comes to skis, some people like noodles, some prefer planks, others pontoons, but the consensus among tele skiers is that wid-er is better, with a minimum of 99 millimeters under foot.

For a high-performance powder tele ski, invest in a pair of the new DPS Lotus 120 Spoons (www.dpsskis.com), made in Utah with proprietary Pure3 carbon construction. The Lotus is a directional ski with a rockered shovel and complex convex base design, available in 178-, 189- and 197-centime-ter lengths.

Telemark skiers are no-torious for using whatever crappy, bent and mis-sized poles they find in their sheds the morning it dumps. Don’t be that guy. Check out the new pole technologies from Black Diamond, Swix (swixsport.com) and MSR (cascadedesigns.com/MSR).

The new MSR Deploy TR-3 is a high-performance, adjust-able, three-section backcoun-try pole that will work for all of your winter sports.

Next, let’s talk bindings. While the majority of tele ski-ers seen on the mountain will still be on traditional, 75-mil-limeter “duckbill” boot-bind-ing set-ups, people are slowly but surely migrating to the NTN binding, made by Rottefella and sold through Scarpa dealers (scarpa.com).

There are many fine 75-millimeter bindings out there, including the classic Black Diamond O1, the G3 Enzo R and the 22Designs Vice (they’re coming out with a kids’ tele binding this year). And Scott, Scarpa and Black Diamond are all still in the 75-millimeter boot game. But Scott (formerly Garmont) and Scarpa are leading the way with NTN — the first telemark binding with alpine-style drop-down brakes (no more leashes) and a powerful di-rect-drive click-in system that also allows for touring.

“The binding drives like an alpine binding and offers a predictable stability, comfort-ing new patrons to the sport,” said Kirstin Nelson, Breck-enridge Resort ski patroller. “With NTN also producing the Freedom binding, their backcountry version, they were able to start competing with other lighter-weight tele bindings out there.

“The fact that both versions of the NTN are also releasable makes the binding very attractive to avalanche professionals and patrollers, where many organizations require releasable bindings for control work. The boots compatible with the NTN binding were also a change to the sport.”

Scarpa is producing NTN boots in three tiers of stiff-ness, with the TX Pro (same build as the T1) now ranking as the company’s top-selling tele boot.

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