AETHER Alto Jacket

The AETHER Alto Jacket was developed at FYi. Designed with premium poly fabrics, quilted with Primaloft insulation, and combined with Swiss polished metal zippers by RiRi. Available in Stretch Limo and Poppy.

Detailed simplicity is all you need.

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Weekend Corona post - 'from where you'd rather be'

Have a great weekend.

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AETHER fall collection

The Aether fall collection has posted on aetherapparel.com

Ck it.

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[ak] underground - Narufumi Yoshimura

Another member of the [ak] Japowder Posse;

Naru-san is based in Niigata Japan.

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Big Brother

Have you ever had the feeling you were being watched ?

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FYi Design Studio 2.0

We broke ground yesterday at the future site of FYi Design Studio 2.0, in Pemberton B.C. This is step #1, of a design and development project that will be on-going for the next couple of years.

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The smallest car in the world.

The future of personal transportation?

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Corona - 'Drink Responsibly'

You might have to watch this one twice..

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Burton.com

Burton.com 2010 is live.

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2010 Burton [ak] LZ Down Jacket

One of our favorite jackets continues to evolve and improve. The 2010 LZ Down gets a new drop hood design that improves the function in a couple of ways; As the hood is now integrated to the outside of the collar, it allows the collar to stand properly while not wearing the hood. Where the '09 full time hood pulled the front of the collar back against your face, the '010 design allows the shaped collar to relax. Without the hood pulling the collar down you get better weather protection too. The bottom line is, it works better and is much more comfortable.

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AVRO Aircraft Co.

I'll bet you didn't know that in the late 50's, the most advanced fighter plane in the world was designed, engineered and built in Canada. The Avro Arrow was nearly twice as fast as the fastest U.S. jet at the time. It could fly higher, faster, and for longer periods than any other jet aircraft at the time...

In an unbelievable political blunder, the Canadian Government scrapped the Arrow program in favor of a dysfunctional U.S. built Bomarc missile system (that was also scrapped at a later date). In the process, the Avro Aircraft Co. went bankrupt. Canada had the most cutting edge aerospace company in the world - that could have literally put man on the moon, and they threw it away.

Jim Chamberlin from Kamloops B.C., went on to become the head of NASA Engineering, and with a team of 33 ex-Avro engineers, helped drive the Gemini and Apollo manned space programs.

Jack Woodman from Sakatoon, Saskatchewan became the director of flight testing for Lockheed Aircraft.

James Floyd became senior designer for the UK SST, working on the Concorde.

John Hodges, and Fred Matthews became flight directors for the Gemini and Apollo space programs.

Tex Roberts became head of the trajectory group at the Mission Control Center.

John Sandford became Director of Engineering at North American Aviation - Space Shuttle Launch Systems.

Mario Pesando became Senior Engineering Scientist at NASA for the Saturn V project.

Bryan Erb became Assistant Manager of the U.S.- Canadian Space Station Project.

Carl Lindow became Development Program Manager for Boeing Space Programs

Ken Cooke became Landing Gear Designer for NASA & the Concorde.

Frank Brame became Chief Project Engineer at Boeing.

And the list goes on....

This was the largest single brain drain in Canadian history. Another 49,000 Canadians lost their jobs as well. Imagine what this group could have accomplished, had Avro been allowed to continue on it's path.

Today's modern F-18 still falls short of performance levels expected of the Arrow in 1959.

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AETHER - Waxed Vest

Designed and engineered at FYi; The AETHER Waxed Vest is another stand-out favorite from the Fall Collection. A robust waxed cotton exterior combined with a buttery soft quilted Primaloft insulation take a classic vest to the next level.

This garment needs to be seen and felt to be fully understood. Contact AETHER for more information.

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Weekend Corona post - 'what?'

Classic.

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Automotive Art II

'Nemesis'

Motofotography by Webb Bland.

www.notbland.com

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Doggles

Fast dogs need Doggles.

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2010 Burton W's [ak] Hybrid Insulator

Like the Men's, the W's Hybrid Insulator uses a combination of quilted synthetic insulation, and synthetic fleece. It's strategically patterned for warmth and breathability. The objective with the Hybrids is to be the ultimate thermal layering garment.

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Band of Horses

Band Of Horses is on tour right now...

Aug. 12th   Oslo

Aug. 14th   Gothenburg

Aug. 15th   Copenhagen

Aug. 18th   Helsinki

Aug. 23rd   Honolulu

Aug. 28th   San Diego

Aug. 29th   Pomona

Aug. 30th   San Francisco

Sept. 1st    Eugene

Sept. 2nd   Spokane

Sept. 4th    Vancouver B.C.

Sept. 5th    Victoria B.C.

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Weekend Corona post - 'the great wall'

SOPH FSF Project Parka

A behind the scenes preview of the upcoming 'FSF Urban Project'.

A Japan Exclusive design and development collaboration between FYI x SOPH x FRAGMENT. For more information contact SOPH.NET

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Race across Japan part 1

Race across Japan part 2

2010 Burton W's [ak] Static 3L Jacket

This is the Women's technical 3L shell. It's a 3L laminate, with a brushed poly 'flannel' interior. External chest pocket, interior laminated pass pocket, interior laminated chest pocket, hand pockets, pow-skirt with zip jacket-to-pant interface, lower hem draw cinch, pit zips, and an integrated drop-hood that allows the collar to stand even when not using the hood.

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