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Blast in the New Year

Rudy Project has released the Airblast, the first sunglasses aimed at precision sports. These performance sunglasses incorporate a number of new and classic technologies from the Italian crafters of high-quality eyewear. These advances allow the Airblast to provide the upmost in ergonomics, protection and high-definition optics.

The Airblast offers fully adjustable temple tips, which ensure a custom, precise fit for any face and won’t budge during recoil. The newly designed ErgoVI nosepiece further eliminates visual interference by maintaining a low profile and optimal position, while the Vented Brow Bar helps avoid heat buildup and fogging. The rimless mask design also allows the optics to provide for total peripheral vision and a completely unobstructed view of any target.

Most importantly these feature ImpactX technology, which is essential for sporting sports. These technology is used in Apache helicopter windshields and is guaranteed unbreakable for life.

Ruby Project Airblast Official Website

Wiley X Active in Black

Wiley X knows a thing or two about Black Ops, and its collection of sun glasses now includes the Active Series P-17. This has been one of the company’s most enduring and popular sunglass models for law enforcement, shooting enthusiasts and other tactical wearers.

Wiley X P-17 combines a Matte Black frame with Smoke Grey lenses, for a look that’s professional, stealthy and understated. The Black Ops P-17 looks good while meeting the stringent ANSI Z87.1 High Velocity and High Mass Impact Safety standards, providing OSHA-grade protection for all wearers and a wide range of activities. These even provide wraparound-style coverage with clear peripheral vision and full protection against harmful UV rays and can help eliminate distracting eyestrain and keep tactical wearers focused on the situation around them.

Wiley X Official Website

Spy Girl

Many things in life are unisex – but in fitness that means a men’s model that women can wear too. Spy Optics saw it another way and introduced the Libra, which is specifically styled and scaled to fit the feminine face. These feature a smaller wraparound frame with subtle sculptural curves, while still constructed from lightweight, durable Grillamid. These feature 7-Base Victory lenses that offer 100 percent UV protection, along with Spy’s Scoop ventilation system and Hytrel rubber nose pads.

The Libra is available now in four colors.

Spy Optics Libra Official Website

Impossible is Possible

Smith Optics the latest models in its Pivlock V2 series, which include the Impossibly Black lens and clear NXT photochromic lens, which automatically adapt to varying light conditions. The two NXT lens are even available in a mirror blue lens with white frame for those who don’t like the spy look. The glasses maker is also introducing the latest glasses in its Approach line, which are feature the plant-based Evolve frame material, and are sourced from non-GMO castor plants. The impossible is not possible.

Smith Optics Official Website

Oakley On Tour

Even if you can’t head to France and might never race with the pros you can see the road ahead as the riders in the Tour de France will. Oakley is rolling of a couple of limited edition collections of its sunglasses to focus on the 100th Tour de France.

These will include four different models: The Tour de France 1903 Fuel Cell, which features an emblem on the inner earstem with the year that the Tour started (1903) and the colours of the French flag; two RadarLock models including RadarLock XL Straight Stem and a RadarLock Path; and finally a Half Jacket 2.0, which features a Black Iridium lens, blue Unobtainium stems and a dash of yellow in the Oakley logos. The RadarLock models will include a Tour de France bag and two lenses etched with the Tour logo, including a G40 for low light and a +Red Iridium for bright sunlight.

So if you can’t race like the pros you can still get the look with these sunglasses.

Oakley Official Website

Outdoor Retail Show Preview: Vintage Looking Glasses

These retro looking glasses will no doubt appeal to the steampunk crowd but Julbo special edition Vermont Mythics are actually modeled after vintage high-alpine optics and feature leather-shields to help block out intense light in high altitudes. The result is one high altitude pair of glasses with high attitude!

Julbo Official Website

Weekend Reading List (12.15.2012): Bike Gang, Eye Protection, Mudder’ing Through, Scenic Runs

Bike Gang

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From BikeRadar: Can bike racers dance? SRAM goes Gangnam Style
When professional cyclocross racers practice something, they’re typically practicing skills on their bike — training. But when SRAM asked some of its top riders to dance in a video spoof of the globally popular Gangnam Style, many racers found themselves in their living rooms, practicing dance moves. Continue reading Weekend Reading List (12.15.2012): Bike Gang, Eye Protection, Mudder’ing Through, Scenic Runs

No Glasses Required with the Dux Helm

While a helmet can protect the head while cycling it has the unfortunate side effect of keeping the wind out of the hair, but now the Dux Helm (they seem to be going for the medieval wording for helmet) can keep the breeze out of the eyes as well. Riding with sun glasses is a good idea as it can keep particles from getting in the eyes, and even cut on the breeze that can result in tearing.

But glasses aren’t always needed, and many riders simple don’t know where to put the glasses when they’re not needed. Some riders wear them on the back of the head or stick them in the vent holes – the latter not really recommended as they can fall off. Continue reading No Glasses Required with the Dux Helm

Stylish Shades That Protect the Eyes Too

In addition to serving a purpose, which is to keep the sun out of the eyes, sunglasses are often required to look good in the process. Electric Visual accomplished the later with its new Knoxville line, and in the process actually provided a line of glasses that will block 100 percent of UV rays as well.

The glasses feature Electric’s mineral polarized lenses that utilize pure optical glass that provides visual clarity along with color brilliance and contrast. Thus the lenses are good in the sun and because of the polarized makeup, which features two glass wafers and film won’t distort image, making for improved sharpness of vision for the wearer. The design also makes these among the lightest glass polarized lenses available, and as noted they offer 100 percent UV protection. Continue reading Stylish Shades That Protect the Eyes Too

SHOT Show: Wiley X Brings Stylish Eyeware for Shooting Market

Sport Shooters will be looking stylish this year as Wiley X will be introducing a new line of Saber Advanced from the Changeable series. These will feature a 3.0mm thick lens, which meets both MIL-PRF-31012 military ballistic and ANSI Z87.1-2003 high velocity standards. The lenses further are crafted from Selenite polycarbonate, making the thickest and most durable lenses available in the tactical/shooting eyeware market. The Saber Advanced will be available with either a single or dual lens option, for a variety of shooting situations, and come with 100 percent UVA and UVB protection, as well as optional prescription plug-in.

Wiley X will also feature its Black Ops line at next week’s SHOT Show, with black on black shades, created for elite-level military and law enforcement personnel as well as serious shooters. These feature Wiley X’s High Velocity Protection (HVP). These will provide your eyes and have your eyes looking good.

Wiley X Official Site