SPRING 2018
Natural Muse Renee Hahnel No Sunny Days Dylan Furst Beyond the Landscape Johan Lolos
ESCAPE ORDINARY
A PATH OF DISCOVERY
In 1977, a young man in the Canadian maritime insurance industry took a chance. He took a family
loan, quit his job and didn’t look back. Launching a specialty sports apparel and accessories company from the back of his van, Blake Annable dove into a highly-competitive industry with a belief that he could build something tangible.
Forty-one years later, Stormtech has gone well beyond the one-man-van operation, but Blake and the
Annable family remain at the helm of Stormtech, and they maintain the values that have been in place since day one. Now a global business with over 600 styles of outerwear and accessories and 10,000 distributors in over 50 countries, the company continues to thrive on providing folks with apparel that enables them to get out and explore, whether close to home or a world away.
Stormtech is also a company built upon strong personal relationships. And within these pages, we
have partnered with three digital-media pioneers to showcase the places and spaces where Stormtech apparel is right at home.
Renee Hahnel’s sense of wanderlust took her from her home country of Australia to life on the road,
culminating most recently with a seven-month journey to all 59 of the US National Parks. Along the way, Renee finds her muse in nature. Dylan Furst embraces the inclement weather of the Pacific Northwest and sees beauty and emotion in the drizzly, dark and dramatic climes surrounding his hometown of Bellingham, WA. Belgian photographer Johan Lolos buys a one-way ticket across the world and uncovers a new direction in life. He discovers that intangible human experiences give deeper meaning to the pursuit of breathtaking landscapes.
All three of these folks share a common bond: they have a passion for exploration, for the outdoors,
and they want to share their experiences with the world. All three left behind a traditional path in life to pursue their passions. And all have succeeded beyond building a following of like-minded folks—they’ve found further inspiration and a sense of self along the way.
Welcome to spring, a time of renewal and growth. We hope you find time to pursue your own path of
discovery, whether halfway across the world or in the place you call home.
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Contents 03 | Introduction: A Path of Discovery 08 | Renee Hahnel’s Natural Muse 18 | No Sunny Days: Dylan Furst’s Subdued Excitement 30 | Beyond the Landscape: Johan Lolos and A One-Way Ticket
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“My travel partner is usually my husband, but traveling with anyone will save you money. You can split food, hotels, camping spots, car rental, gas, etc. As I am writing this very line I am sharing a chai latte with my husband—it’s delicious by the way.” North Cascades National Park, WA.
“Funny thing about comfort — one man’s comfort is another man’s misery.” —RICHARD PROENNEKE, Alaskan Wilderness Pioneer
Richard “Dick” Proenneke left civilization behind at age 51 to “do a thing to completion.” That thing was leaving a conventional life in the lower 48 for what is now Lake Clark National Park and Preserve, Alaska. In 1968, Proenneke built a log cabin on remote Upper Twin Lake using only hand tools and lived alone in the wilderness for almost 30 years. Immersed in an untouched land of 10,000-foot volcanoes, granite spires, glaciers, bears, moose, caribou and wolves, he chose to exchange luxuries that we take for granted—electricity, running water, motorized transport—for a deeper connection to the natural world. And it is there in Lake Clark National Park, roughly 100 miles west of Anchorage, that Renee Hahnel found her own inspirational bliss in September 2017. “I was constantly journaling and writing down creative ideas during our three nights spent in an off-the-grid lakeside cabin,” Hahnel later wrote on her blog. “Is this the greatest national park in America?”
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But the 28-year-old Hahnel’s visit to Lake
camera to effectively document their travels. “I
Clark wasn’t a one-off voyage of discovery, nor
continued to share images from my adventures
an extended stay. Rather, it was part of a grand
when we moved to Boulder, but didn’t actively
tour of the 59 U.S. National Parks. Hahnel and her
pursue a large social media following,” Renee
husband Matthew had been on the road as full-
says. “I genuinely love the outdoors and traveling,
time travel bloggers and social media stalwarts
and I think that passion comes across in my
for well over a year by the time she found her own
photographs. I endeavor to leave a sense of
natural muse in Proenneke’s personal Shangri-
wanderlust in those viewing my social feeds and
La. And they too chose an unconventional route
hope to inspire others to get out and adventure.”
to personal discovery—a circuitous approach of
By mid-2016, Renee and Matthew had gained
constant travel in stark contrast with Proenneke’s
enough of a following to begin making a living
modest permanence.
through digital media. That fall, they took another
Hahnel’s path to a nomadic existence began
big leap by moving into a van and hitting the road.
with an adventurous upbringing in Melbourne,
“Everyone has different passions and things that
Australia. “I was born into a loving family who
drive them throughout their life,” Renee says. “I
raised me with a free and adventurous spirit,” she
love waking up in a new location nearly every day,
says. “I grew up riding horses, playing in the mud
getting to experience unique places and cultures,
and running around the farm. My parents enjoyed
and sharing my experiences with others.”
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“To the eye they may look all soft and fuzzy. But trust us, they aren’t. Joshua Tree National Park.”
traveling and took my sister and I on some pretty
rad trips. When I was 5 they pulled us out of
belongings, trading the security of a 9-to-5
school for a couple of months so that we could
lifestyle and the creature comforts of a home base
road trip up the East Coast of Australia. When I
for the freedom to roam. In April of 2017, to fully
was 10 we went to New Zealand, when I was 15
immerse themselves in the American landscape,
we travelled to Europe, and when I was 18 they
they loaded up their ’88 Westfalia to explore the
took us adventuring all over Southeast Asia. We
national parks. Starting in Utah’s Zion National
lived modestly and didn’t have expensive cars or
Park, the seven-month journey would take them
a super fancy house. My parents made one thing
from the southwest to Florida, up the eastern
very clear to my sister and I: Experiences are
seaboard, to Alaska, and finally across the Pacific
worth more than possessions.”
to Hawaii and American Samoa.
At age 19, after her first year of university,
The couple once again pared down their
“Living out of a suitcase isn’t without it’s
Renee went backpacking around South America
challenges, but it has taught me that I only need
with Matthew. “During that trip I not only learned
a small amount of possessions,” Renee says.
an incredible amount about myself but also about
“Obviously, it is nice to have some extra ‘comfort’
my husband, who was my boyfriend of 18 months
items, but when it comes down to it we really only
at the time,” Renee says. “I learned that it’s okay
need a small backpack of possessions to survive
to look gross and feel vulnerable in front of each
and be happy. I have found that having less stuff
other, that it actually brings you closer. It showed
has helped me feel less suffocated and allowed
me that we could both step up in times of need
me to grow creatively.”
and take care of each other. It taught me to have
a lot of patience and kindness, even if it was the
the road by bringing some reminders of home
last thing I felt like doing. Over the course of those
with them, whether that means decorating and
two months we saw the best and the worst sides
personalizing their van, using essential oils to
of each other. There were some things that I didn’t
unwind, or sticking with simple routines like a
like to see or feel, but these moments helped our
cup of tea in the morning and journaling at night.
relationship to grow and mature.”
But ultimately, creative growth for Renee is based
Over the next half-dozen years, she traveled
upon an ongoing relationship with the outdoors,
to India, Europe and North America, married
and her life as a digital nomad has allowed her
Matthew, and began working as a speech
to fully pursue a life that she loves. Being out in
therapist. With a shared sense of wanderlust,
nature and living a minimalist lifestyle gives her
the couple applied for green cards in the U.S. for
the time, space and mindset to grow and evolve.
several years, and eventually won the Diversity
“Nature is my happy place,” Renee says, “the
Visa Lottery in 2014. They then moved to Boulder,
setting where ideas and possibilities rush to my
CO for its proximity to the mountains. Renee
mind. I strongly believe that life is meant to be
and Matthew arrived with all their possessions
experienced, not just dreamed about or put aside
stuffed into six bags and settled into a life of
for another day. Travel is something that fuels my
hiking, snowboarding, and squeezing as much
soul and makes me happy. Everyone should do
exploration as possible into their busy schedules.
the thing that makes them feel that way.”
She and Matthew have adapted to life on
And they both learned how to operate a DSLR
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“I strongly believe that life is meant to be experienced, not just dreamed about or put aside for another day.�
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“In Redwood National and State Parks, CA I was blown away. This was my second visit, but I swear each time it just gets more and more beautiful. I felt awe-struck walking amongst the massive Redwoods—wise trees that have seen much more than my existence.”
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“Being prepared is the most important part of my job, and having proper gear that can get me out there comfortably is key.” Dylan Furst, at ease in the wet Pacific Northwest.
“You can see a pretty landscape and it’s great, but if it has more emotion, that’s what I love. I strive to bring that emotion out.”
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“I’ve always dreamed of being the first to discover an unnamed lake at the end of a forest road. Access to the outdoors is so easy where I live. It could just take a short hike through the woods to find something totally new.” Lakeside near Baker Lake, WA.
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Dylan’s friends can’t be faulted; located
in the far northwestern corner of Washington State, Bellingham is one of the wettest places in North America. Even die-hard locals take it with a mixture of love and resignation, dubbing their hometown “the city of subdued excitement.” But it’s also an outdoor mecca, and a place for active, creative minds to find plenty of inspiration. For Dylan, that began in high school, while filming mountain biking on the area’s local trails. What started as a fun way to capture his friends soon turned into a passion, and Dylan hoped to attend film school to make it a profession.
Unfortunately, film school turned out to be
too expensive, and community college turned out to be a poor fit for young “Fursty.” At age 19, he took a year-long trip overseas, working at hostels to make ends meet. He also began shooting photos. “When I got home, I just ended up staying,” he says. “By that point, photography was all I really cared about.”
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“I try to make the most out of the cloudy days, the gloomy days. I live in one of the rainiest places in the United States, so I might as well embrace it. As the snow melts in the spring, my favorite trails open again and green fills the forest.” Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, WA.
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“I decided to go all-in with photography. I never intended to make money from it, but I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t try.”
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Dylan found work at the local UPS shipping
center.
Photography
remained
a
But eventually it all comes down to passion,
personal
because otherwise I don’t see why you’d do it.
endeavor; he would shoot the occasional friend
It’s a lifestyle decision. I’ll sleep in my car at the
or coworker’s wedding, but UPS wasn’t a bad
trailhead, wake up, and just look at the morning
gig. His workday would start at 3 a.m. and
fog. It’s where I want to be.”
finished at 9 a.m. It was perfect for Dylan and his
photography.
following
And there are plenty of passionate people in
Dylan’s
wake.
“Social
media
“If I had a 9-to-5, I would be trying to shoot
photographer” has become a legitimate career,
in bad light,” he says. “In the summer, it’d be too
and Dylan is one of the pioneers. He’s not,
harsh, and in the winter, it would be dark when I
however, in it for the popularity. While social
got to work and dark when I got off.”
media may have made his career, it all stems
Dylan
diligently
posted
his
work
to
from an appreciation of the environment in which
Instagram and Tumblr, a daily feed of his foggy,
he works.
soggy surroundings. It was the early 2010s, and
the moody vibe of his imagery resonated in the
it’s beautiful,” he says. “That’s why I’m taking
“I want people to respect nature, because
“Everyone wants to get out of here because of the weather. I’m like, ‘Well, look around, it’s beautiful.” still-young world of social media. After four years
pictures of it. Not because it’s going to get you
with UPS, Dylan found himself with a sizeable
Instagram likes. But a lot of my fan base is all over
following, and a choice: Keep climbing the ranks
the world, as far away as the middle east where
at his job, or dive into a realm where “followers”
the landscape is totally different. For them, I feel
had yet to translate into income.
like looking at my photos is almost a fairytale.”
“I guess I’ve always done things this way,
And Dylan is also reviving a high school
but I decided to go all-in with photography,” he
passion—making
says. “I never intended to make money from it,
hop beats—and combining his talents into a
but I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t try.”
production company, all with a distinctly Pacific
Northwest mood.
It was the risky option, but Dylan has
music,
particularly
hip-
always been creatively driven and his hometown
proved an endless source of inspiration. What
and a lot of the beats I made were a little
in his youth had been a playground turned into
darker,” he says. “That vibe just makes me feel
his studio, and his following—especially on the
something. It’s the same with photos; you can
increasingly-popular Instagram—exploded. Still,
see a pretty landscape and it’s great, but if it has
Dylan didn’t see photography as a potential
more emotion, that’s what I love. I strive to bring
“I’m kind of into the darker side of things,
career until an international granola company
that emotion out.”
reached out about a paid shoot. Then a whiskey
company. Then a clothing company. Three years
Bellingham a little more permanent by buying
later, Dylan has well over a million Instagram
a house just a short distance from the cabin in
followers and is one of the Northwest’s most
which he grew up. It’s the perfect basecamp for
wide-reaching photographers. And he did it all a
his adventures, because while his travels have
short drive from home.
taken him from Australia to Iceland, it’s only
increased his appreciation for home.
That’s a uniquely challenging achievement,
Dylan recently made his connection to
considering the inclement conditions of the
Northwest. Dylan usually covers his camera
Bellingham,” he says. “Out here I feel I’m always
while shooting with a neoprene shell to protect
finding new stuff. I’ve seen some of the most
it from moisture, which is an ever-present issue.
amazing landscapes in the world, but there’s
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something about this place I can’t really put my
degrees Fahrenheit and raining an inch an hour,
finger on. I love the rain. I love the fog. As funny
technical considerations are perhaps the least
as that sounds, there’s just something about it.
challenging part of Dylan’s style of work.
It’s who I am.”
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“I think the biggest difficulty is just making
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JOHAN LOLOS AND A ONE-WAY TICKET
“There are few things I like more than waking up on the top of a mountain and watching the sun rise.” Wanaka, New Zealand.
“I didn’t go to Australia for photography. I went because I wanted a big change in my life. I wanted to be truly independent.”
There are few things more committing than a one-way ticket to a distant land. But, when Belgian photographer Johan Lolos was 25-years-old, he dove headlong into a nomadic existence. “I bought a one-way flight to Australia in 2013,” Johan says. “I told my parents that I was going to travel the entire world by hitchhiking, living as cheaply as possible. I’d never left Europe before. I planned to be gone for three, four, five years.” Johan left behind a public relations internship in Paris, the culmination of his master’s degree. He had 7,000 euros in his bank account and wanted nothing more than to see the world. He moved his life into a backpack and brought along his digital S.L.R. camera. MEN’S BLACK ICE THERMAL JACKET
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“I spent my youth with my Boy Scouts friends in the woods. My love for the outdoors started as a teenager in these Belgian forests.”
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“The places you go are not the most important thing — the places themselves do not make your trip a success. Rather, it is the people you go with and the people you meet.”
“No matter how many times I see these mountain giants, I’m speechless in front of such beauty. Being in such wild and vast landscapes always make me realize how tiny and insignificant we humans are, and how we should be more respectful and humble towards our planet Earth.” Gorner Glacier and Monte Rosa, Switzerland.
Johan had been shooting photos semi-
Johan had settled back in Liège by early 2016. He’d
supply his music festival blog with content (and
become the most-followed Belgian photographer on
gain free entry into said festivals), and eventually he
Instagram—a new breed of celebrity in his own right.
was hired to shoot a few weddings. He’d cultivated
His commissioned work paid well, but it was also
an interest in photography and the outdoors as a
taking the fun out of travel, and travel photography. In
Boy Scout during his early teens, growing up in a
a sense, his success had stripped him of his freedom
small village near the city of Liège. By his early 20s,
to roam.
photography had become an extension of his PR
work, but not an end goal in any of his pursuits.
to follow a very strict program,” Johan says. “If the
“I didn’t go to Australia for photography,” Johan
light wasn’t good on that day of the shoot, then I’d come home without good photos. I just got sick of
life. I wanted to be truly independent. But when I got
it. It wasn’t traveling any more, for me. It was more
to Australia, I started shooting my surroundings, the
about going abroad for the shoot for the client, and that was all. So, starting last year, I really changed my approach. I focused more on personal projects like a three-month road trip in Canada, then a five-month road trip here in Europe for 2017. When you are on a five-month-long road trip, it’s not rainbows every day. There are bad moments mixed with the good moments, but I like to leave my comfort zone.”
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“Delphine is the most smiling and loving person I know. She’s my favorite subject to photograph, and I’m lucky to call her my best friend too—she’s the best travel partner I ever could have dreamt of.”
“I found with commissioned work, I’d have
says. “I went because I wanted a big change in my
“Trying to challenge myself every single day, every single trip, is what keeps me so engaged with my work.”
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And therein lies the key to Johan’s work: he
same way I had for the last 10 years. I just wanted
thrives on discovery, on overcoming obstacles to
to capture everything that I found interesting, to
find something unique. For some, the pre-packaged
preserve the memories.”
itinerary of a week-long tour is enough. But others,
Yet dreams don’t always come cheap. Despite
like Johan, want to explore untrodden ground. It’s
a shoestring subsistence, Johan knew he’d have
what drove him to leave home in the first place,
to find a source of income. He saw early Australian
what led to his photographic career, what continues
Instagram pioneers parlaying their social media
to push him to grow as a person, to expand his
presence into something tangible. And like any
knowledge of the world. It’s not for everyone, but the
good traveler, he jumped on that train before it got
hardships of the less-traveled path can provide the
too crowded. People took notice. Johan’s work
greatest rewards.
was discovered through Instagram then published
by National Geographic, Buzzfeed, and The Daily
what makes my work very fresh and my job exciting,”
Mail, among others. Soon, he was traveling free and
Johan says. “Trying to challenge myself every single
earning a living while on the road. Johan had become
day, every single trip, is what keeps me so engaged
a full-time photographer through circumstance—his
with my work.”
ability to capture the beautiful places he sought out
kept his wheels rolling, as it were.
home. In the summer of 2017, he took off for the
“Taking these big trips is challenging, and this is
Nowadays, Johan can be found closer to
After a year in Australia, Johan went to New
far-flung corners of Europe on a personal campaign
Zealand, where he landed a gig with the Wanaka
called “Peaks of Europe.” From the Scottish
Tourism Board. He understood the transportive
Highlands and Norwegian fjords to Greece, Croatia,
nature of grand, untouched landscapes, of soft
Montenegro and Albania, then finally to the Alps, he
light, of the far-flung ground upon which he was
traveled by car. He was astonished by the diversity
treading, and could convey his own passion for
and beauty of what he found. “Every single country
travel to a world of likeminded wanderers through
had his highlight,” Johan says. “In Scotland, on the
his imagery. By 2015, Johan had become a full-time
Isle of Skye, it was raining so much with massive
photographer. But he’d yet to realize the profound
winds. Still, we camped one night with friends close
effects that world travel would have on his life.
to the Old Man of Storr and woke up to an insane
“I’d reached a goal where I could continue
sunrise—it only lasted five minutes and it was so
to travel for longer and for less money thanks to
stunning. Then the midnight sun of northern Norway
photography,” Johan says, “but over the following
was mind-blowing. I could go on forever and pick out
years my goals changed. Back then, I was traveling
details from every single country that blew me away.”
and taking photos. Now, I am traveling to take
photos, which is a significant difference. And
journey that went beyond the pursuit of stunning
today, as a photographer, I want to inspire people
geography.
through not only my story, but also the stories of
the people I meet.”
place where I’m from, and show people that you
And he began to discover a new layer in his
“I wanted to focus on my own continent, the
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“Although this photo shows a very brief moment in time— exactly 1/500 of a second—just imagine now how much water is running through this waterfall alone every minute, every hour and every day.” Southern Iceland.
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don’t have to go very far to see some of the most beautiful places in the world,” Johan says. “I saw so many diverse and beautiful landscapes. I traveled with my girlfriend Delphine for one leg of the trip, but I was alone for the other two legs. So, I used Instagram to tell people, ‘Hey, guys. I’m coming to Scotland tomorrow. I’ll be around the Isle of Skye. Is anyone free to join me for a couple of days, and meet up and shoot?’ Many people came to join me, and every day I would share my story. This time, I wasn’t just documenting the landscapes, it was absolutely everything—a series of photos with a focus on the storytelling as much as the imagery. At the end, the people I met were what I remembered most.”
Indeed, travel can mean many things to many
people. Maybe for you, the end goal is seeing that famous landmark or landscape. But as Johan discovered, the rewards of travel go beyond the scenery. The people with whom you share your journey can provide a deeper experience, whether you’re gone for a week or a year.
“What I came to realize,” Johan says, “is that the
places you go are not the most important thing—the places themselves do not make your trip a success. Rather, it is the people you go with and the people you meet. Every little single human interaction, even if it’s just having a 10-minute chat with a guy who sells tomatoes in a market, that’s what makes a trip special, that’s what I remember more than anything. Sometimes on the Peaks of Europe trip it was people that I met randomly for 5 or 10 minutes and had a chat, and sometimes it was friends who joined me for 5 or 10 days, but they all made the journey special. I want to share the travel, I want to share the experience, have a laugh with someone. And that’s probably the most important lesson I’ve learned about both photography and life.”
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BEYOND THE LANDSCAPE: JOHAN LOLOS AND A ONE-WAY TICKET
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“The most emblematic mountain in the Alps, the Matterhorn/Cervino provides a natural border between Switzerland and Italy. An incredible 4,478-meter peak, it’s seen here glowing at sunrise from the Swiss side during my Peaks of Europe trip.”
BEYOND HORIZONS
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1 Men’s Gravity Thermal Jacket
2 Freestyle Commuter Pack
3 Women’s Lotus 1/4 Zip
4 Men’s Avalanche Sweater
5 Women’s Cascade Fleece Hoody
“I had been staring at the mountains the whole day, hoping for the low clouds to lift up. I had very little hope of seeing anything from the summit of the Augstmatthorn, but I decided to go anyway with a couple new friends. Maybe it was going to be a huge failure, maybe not. We left at 3 p.m., hiked for 90 minutes, and arrived at the summit to this scene. It only lasted for about 10 minutes before the heavenly foggy conditions faded away, just like an old dream.” Bernese Oberland Region, Switzerland.
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STORMTECH SPRING 2018
STEADY TRANSIT
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1 Odyssey Executive Backpack
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3 Oasis Backpack
“Most people drive out the North Cascades Highway and go straight to Diablo Lake. But around Baker Lake, in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, there are tons of hidden spots and trails that are easily accessible with little to no people.”
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STORMTECH SPRING 2018
ULTRA-LIGHT, ULTRA-DRY.
NEUTRINO SHELL NS-1 Waterproof and breathable yet soft to the touch, a media port keeps your mind on the melody while the trail unfolds in front of you.
Black
Navy
Electric Blue
True Red
Bright Red
Chipotle
Blaze Yellow
Treetop Green
Titanium
LET IT RAIN
41 YEARS OF
“Since day one in 1977, Stormtech has been a business built on relationships. It gives me tremendous pride to see the passion for Stormtech continue in the family, and their willingness to work hard and drive the business forward into the next chapter.” – Blake Annable, Owner, President and Founder. Clockwise from left: Annable checking fabric swatches in the 2010s; on location in Iceland, 2014; an early Stormtech 3-in-1 jacket, first developed in 1987; the original company van, which was used for sales trips to sporting goods retailers, circa 1979.
INSPIRATION