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mikemac
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some science fiction shit
Dec 9 2012 7:46PM
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manutdsaol
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It costs $600! http://www.oakley.com/products/7094/27029
Dec 9 2012 7:50PM
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kootenayklaus
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There's a free iPhone app that does all of those things besides having a HUD in your goggles, but I feel like that would get annoying to look at even. I'm not really stoked in any way about these.
Dec 9 2012 7:53PM
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Chubz.
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repossstttt
Dec 9 2012 7:53PM
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loganimlach
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that is quite possibly the coolest thing i have ever seen. and the most unnecessary.
Dec 9 2012 7:54PM
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Leeyum
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the tracking feature looks good for avys but other than that , looks like something a rich texan skier would buy
Dec 9 2012 7:55PM
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mikemac
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don't see myself ever getting these I just thought it was pretty crazy. this type of stuff is gonna get more popular in the coming years tho, ie google glasses and stuff like that
Dec 9 2012 7:58PM
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theblacktaco
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that would be so much better in a pair of sunglasses. i cant always where ski goggles but i can always where sunglasses
Dec 9 2012 7:59PM
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Sun_Ra
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Gapers are gonna go apeshit on those googles.
Dec 9 2012 8:05PM
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Sun_Ra
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So if you're stupid enough to the tracking feature for avalanche rescue, you're very likely to find a pair of googles the day of the rescue and a dead body in the spring.
Dec 9 2012 8:10PM
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skiRay
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i agree, especialy for just viewing landings and whatnot in general i could see it being ather annoying. not to mention i cant see them being the most lightweight goggle..
Dec 9 2012 8:33PM
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titsLOL
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Zeal has made that shit for a long time, it's not for real skiers it's for people who love gadgets and happen to have  time share at deer valley that forces them to ski once a year.
Dec 9 2012 8:36PM
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a_burger
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I'm scared of the day this becomes normal and I'm paying more for some goggles then my skis.
Dec 9 2012 8:40PM
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roddy116
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i want that, why i dont know why but i do.
Dec 9 2012 9:18PM
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seanahue.
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i tried these on at the outlet where the gf works and they were seriously fucking insane, super cool how the display is in your peripheral without affecting vision

waaay too many gizmos/gadgets for one goggle though, just imagine someone nerding out with their altimeter and plowing through ski school

i do think the speedometer thing would be extremely useful for dialing in features, so useful that i kinda wonder if they will get banned from competition
Dec 9 2012 9:34PM
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Filmore
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They should create goggles that fully function as a beacon for avy rescue
Dec 9 2012 9:37PM
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sNaubi
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this seems dangerous, rich gapers everywhere focusing more on that little screen than the actual skiing...
Dec 10 2012 10:06AM
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KZA
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The speed feature would be so awesome.

Hey, what's the speed for this jump?

38.4 mph is perfect speed.

Thanks man!
Dec 10 2012 10:08AM
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hnosyalnif
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That about sums it up.

Still wouldn't say no to a pair...
Dec 10 2012 10:24AM
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DR.SHRED
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i feel as if it would take the fun out of hitting jumps.
Dec 10 2012 10:29AM
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SkierPT
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I feel like jumps would be more fun and less scary
Dec 10 2012 10:42AM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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Oh yeah, because I'm sure my goggles will stay on as I'm getting pummelled down a mountain in an avy.....

These goggles are the shit though. I'd love to have a pair, but I can't see that happening any time soon. Not that I can't afford them, more so that I can't justify them.
Dec 10 2012 10:44AM
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Montana_Hoodrat
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I/O Recon is the same thing, but cooler

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Dec 10 2012 10:50AM
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DR.SHRED
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being a bit scared is half the fun to me. i feel that same way about abs packs. why ski somthing that could slide and not worrie about it just cause you have an air bag on.
Dec 10 2012 11:26AM
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andrewblackie
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My thought exactly.
Dec 10 2012 11:36AM
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colin13
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do want!
Dec 10 2012 11:41AM
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Karma_Police
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Recon is a body finder, nothing more.
Dec 10 2012 1:02PM
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Dirty.Harry.
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No that's RECCO (agreed that it's just body recovery though).

The Recon is just the model name for Smith's 'fancy' goggle. Easy to mix it up though for sure.
http://www.smithoptics.com/products/#/Snow+Goggles/Vaporator+Series/IO+Recon/view/
Dec 10 2012 1:22PM
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*Michael*
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Didn't Zeal come out with something like this a couple years ago?

Lol at texting and flying choppers
Dec 10 2012 1:38PM
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Dr.Dickless
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i think controlling your music would be cool, but $600? thats a new pair of skis
Dec 10 2012 2:14PM
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ny300z
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haha yea i wish i could text someone...."in the heli lol"

id own these if i was rich or a pro skiier. Other then that id rather spend the $600 on anything else.
Dec 10 2012 3:05PM
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andrewblackie
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The thing I like most about having spherical lenses is that you have full peripheral vision...but this kind of defeats the purpose of that. I think it'd just piss me off after a day or too. It's cool that they CAN do it, doesn't mean it needs to be done.
Dec 10 2012 3:13PM
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