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For over 57 years Smith Optics has been bringing high quality safety to your eyes and head to maintain you secure when you embark on your mountain adventures.
Then again, (though not for fairly as lengthy) North Drinkware brings that journey proper to your desk. Their hand-blown glassware options most of the iconic mountains we play on so that you can take pleasure in whereas consuming an iced chilly beverage.
In their very own proper, Smith Optics and North Drinkware are the perfect of the perfect.
Now these two worlds collide as Smith Optics and North Drinkware have partnered as much as provide the final après-ski collaboration with their restricted version Obsidian Glass Assortment.
A Collaboration that Protects Your Eyes and Your Beer?
The limited-edition assortment debuts Smith’s first Lowdown 2 sun shades with ChromaPop™ polarized glass lenses alongside North’s black tinted topographic Mt. Hood Pint pint glass, made solely for the undertaking of blown obsidian glass.
That is proper, a tinted pint glass.
Now your eyes and your beer will probably be protected against these dangerous UV rays.
In all honesty, I am unsure if UV rays harm your beer (as a minimum, they heat it) or if the tinted glass will even do something to guard it. Nevertheless, what the obsidian glass does do is honor the majestic options and formation of Mt. Hood – the enduring volcanic peak situated in Oregon’s Cascade Vary.
Drawing Inspiration From Mt. Hood
The Pacific Northwest is understood for its beautiful elevated panorama. Amidst this legendary topography, Mt. Hood stands as a pinnacle function inside the state of Oregon. The lively volcano produces obsidian, a tough, darkish glasslike rock fashioned by the speedy solidification of lava with out crystallization.
SMITH optics and North Drinkware are each headquartered in the shadows of this iconic volcano. The 2 manufacturers drew upon their distinctive geographic connection to Mt. Hood as inspiration for his or her new assortment.
Whereas the underside of the North Drinkware Mt. Hood Glass options an correct USGS 3D Information of Mt. Hood blown into its base, it isn’t the one a part of the collaboration to function the volcano. The temples of the Lowdown 2 additionally embrace a illustration of the majestic terrain. That, together with the black glass tints of each the sunglass lenses and pint glass convey the magic and great thing about obsidian and its Oregon roots to life.
SMITH x North Obsidian Glass x Après Ski Garments
Bought as a set in ready-to-gift packaging, the SMITH x North Obsidian Glass Assortment ($299) is out there solely on Smith Optics and choose Pacific-Northwest retailers.
What’s a great pair of sun shades and a pint glass with out the correct après ski garments?
Ummmmm, nothing.
That is why you’ll want to choose up your Raised on Après Ski T-shirt. Whereas SMITH and North Drinkware pay tribute to the enduring Mt. Hood, we salute those that grew up with après ski of their blood. Barely much less awe-inspiring their dedication to their craft is value noting.
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