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T
he folks over at Alpinestars
invited the media to their U.S.
headquarters in California last
week to unveil its new additions
to its 2015 Technical Motorcy-
cle Collection. Alpinestars has
added 25 new products across
every category – racing, sport/
performance riding, touring and
its new line geared towards the
urban/outdoors oriented rider –
in both the men and the women's
Stella line. And it's also more
than just some new color waves.
Meet the new GP Tech leather
suit, which takes all the technol-
ogy tested in MotoGP by Marc
Marquez, Jorge Lorenzo and
Dani Pedrosa, including the pre-
mium kangaroo leather that has
not been offered before.
There are also some new
boots offered in the sport/per-
formance line: the S-MX3 boot
that features a new micro pump
buckle that allows for more fine-
tuned micro adjustments and a
quick release. And if you liked
their Fastlane shoe but wished
it was waterproof, you got your
wish with the new Faster shoe.
In the touring line, Alpinestars
have added the all-weather Bo-
gota Drystar jacket and pants
that fall in between the Valpara-
iso and Andes line. Also added
was a new cold weather glove –
the Oslo Drystar glove - and the
Monofuse Gore-Tex boot with a
new buckle system on the back.
Alpinestars has also added
to its popular "urban adven-
ture/outdoors" line – Ride Out,
which made its debut last year.
There are three new jackets to
cover three seasons – the Tor-
nado Air, a more serious cold
weather jacket; the Runner Air, a
breathable, light summer jacket;
and one that fits somewhere in
between, the Spark Soft Shell
jacket. They also added some
gloves to the line – the Yari Drys-
tar glove, Haku glove and Asama
Air glove.
In addition to these new
products, Alpinestars was ex-
cited to share the news of a
product it's been working on
for a long time – the Tech
Air Street – which takes the
technology they've devel-
oped for the track in the
Tech Air suit and puts it in
more hands of those who
ride on the street. The street
project is set to launch in No-
vember with more details.
(Above) Alpinestars showed off some
of its new gear last week at its HQ in
California. (Below) There were more
additions to Alpinestars popular Urban
Adventure/Outdoors line Ride Out line,
including the new Runner Air Jacket
pictured here.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
ANDREA
WILSON
PHOTO
COURTESY
OF
ALPINESTARS
