Shaun White’s High Performance Jeans
Gold medal winner Shaun White, and other members of the US Olympic Snowboard team have been seen wearing what looks like worn-in denim jeans on the slopes.
Burton lets us know that their very convincing “jeans” area actually made of a waterproof, breathable GORE-TEX fabric. It’s an interesting kind of camouflage that intentionally tones down the high-tech nature of the performance gear.
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| TOPICS: | Design & Architecture, Fashion, Featured Articles, Sports & Fitness |
| TAGS: | Burton, Fashion, gold medal, gore-tex, jeans, Olympics, shaun white, snowboarding, technology, USA, vancouver, winter olympics |
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