Originally Posted by
Seattle Forrest
I put a small hole in mine, in a spectacular crash. I overcooked a turn ("the turn") on an icy day, hit the ground, wound up with my skis tangled around me. Got back up on my feet and immediate face planted. At some point in all of this, I slid about a yard on my shoulder, still have a bruise.
I'm going to see what Arc'teryx has to say about repairing it. I don't think I'll be ski
ing in it going forward though. I was very excited to have full storm protection, it packs small enough to clip to your belt and forget so I'll probably still carry it.
I have this jacket in the first iteration colour way (blue zippers and highlights), chose this over the Gore stuff because 1. this has a hood, and the hood rolls up nicely 2. it doesn't say GORE-TEX in massive fonts on the sleeves like how Gore does it.
I normally use it for road riding, trail running, and used it once for mountain biking (too scared of crashing and tearing this jacket). The front zipper isn't fully waterproof, not a big deal to me but it will irk some especially at this pricing.