Billabong, Buckwheat Crunchies, and La Sportiva are 3 of our sponsors and over the last few months I’ve tried their products. I’ve tried their products in various situations: training, racing, and casually. In all situations, all 3 products performed superbly!

Billabong’s Revolution is a top notch suit. It’s light, it’s thin, and its WARM. The neck has a system that seals nicely. Plus the design is super cool. Also, it packs down better than any suit I’ve had or seen. I wore this in American River practicing swift water rescue in Febuary and I was plently warm. I wore this suit in the Pacific on a sit-on-top kayak while doing surf entries in March and was plenty warm. And I plan to wear this suit at PQ in Montana’s rushing rivers for the riverboarding sections and I’m confident I’ll be toasty!

Buckwheat Crunchies–just the name is cool! This stuff is made by Kia Foods, a local organic food-maker here in San Francisco. The stuff rocks! It’s all natural, so it goes down and comes out very nicely, while leaving you feelingly clean and charged! No sugar crashes and no mess. The stuff is also great for snacking. In fact, I think I’ve had more at my desk than I’ve had on the trails.

La Sportiva’s Excum Ridge is a running shoe and approach shoe, with adventure racing and multi-purpose bells and whistles. Its basically several bad-ass shoes in one! Basically the front looks grips like a climbing shoe and the rear runs and supports like a trail running shoe. Plus its durable. It’ll stand up to any race situation you throw at it.

As I test and try more products, I’ll share more.

Race and train hard!

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