The item I trust the most and spend the most time with: [TB JACKET SE / TB PANT SE]
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Takayuki Hirano
(Snowboard guide living in Hinoemata Village, Fukushima Prefecture)
Hinoemata Village is one of Japan's snowiest areas, and it snows a lot in the winter. The climb from the village is steep, so you quickly get out of breath and sweat. The deeper the snow, the more exciting it becomes, but so does the amount of exercise required, and your heart rate.
Even in such a situation, I always choose the TB JACKET & PANT. I have been wearing it for over 10 seasons now, and it is the brand I trust the most and have spent the most time with.
At this stage, the wear is so well-made that no improvements can be found, but he still continues to update it almost every year. He would like to improve his own skating in the same way, but that is a topic for another time.
The TB JACKET is designed to accommodate all types of movement on snowy mountains, and its breathability eliminates stuffiness. Except when the temperature is high and the weather is stable, I rarely take it off from the time I enter the snowy mountains until I come down.
Thanks to its excellent breathability, the inside of the garment always stays dry. And yet it doesn't restrict movement. I think it's precisely because it's so comfortable that people can keep wearing it. When you open the jacket's ventilation in a situation where you're about to overheat, the humid warm air inside the garment is instantly replaced by the cool air outside. It's like jumping into a cold bath after being heated up in a sauna.
The ventilation is on the front of the body, so even if it is opened wide it won't interfere with the backpack. In such a situation, I change into gloves for hiking, but I can store the thick gloves I removed in the inner mesh pocket and let them warm up with my body heat.
The large cuffs make it easy to remove the gloves, as if the helmet is designed to anticipate the behavioral patterns of riders as they move about the scene.
I probably spend more time with my TB pants than my jacket. After a heavy snowfall, when I'm shoveling snow up to my waist around the house, there's no better companion.
I think Teton Bros. was the first to offer the ability to detach the bibs from the pants. This has many advantages, but one of the biggest is that it allows you to deal with emergencies on the snowy mountains without having to take off your jacket.
The back of the bib, which comes into contact with your sweaty back when wearing a backpack, is made of breathable mesh fabric. The area where the bib and backpack shoulder straps come into contact, as well as the sides of the bib, are made of soft shell, further improving the fit. The muscles in the lower body are larger than those in the upper body, and the range of motion of the joints is greater, but the comfort of the bib makes this completely unnoticeable. Even when breaking through heavy snow, you can raise your thighs up close to your chest without feeling any stress. This is due to the three-dimensional cut, but it is also worth noting that the bib has a forward lean angle similar to that of boots.
It may be precisely because it is so meticulously crafted, even down to the parts that cannot be seen from the outside and that may seem insignificant, that it even feels gentle on a body tired from constant movement.
Winter is coming again this year, and I'll be heading to the mountains with my TB JACKET & PANT.