Now that the ski season has ended, it’s time to wash your ski gear and put it away until next winter. Technical performance apparel like ski wear, requires proper laundering to keep it performing best. Sport specific fabrics should be treated with extra care in order to help maintain their integrity and functionality.
Performance Insulation for Arctica Ski Wear Explained
Manufacturers formulate proprietary insulation to be very similar to the brand name products like Thinsulate™, Primaloft®, and Polartec®, without the big brand name cost. Arctica has three proprietary synthetic high performance insulations. They are called Heat 40, Heat 80 and Heat 100. Here’s a little more information about our proprietary insulation to help you decide what is best for your needs.
Arctica Fabrics: Glossary of Terms
Performance fabrics are very technical and product information labels can be super confusing. Here’s a glossary of terms for Arctica fabrics to help you better understand our products and how they can best suit you.
Behind the Scenes: Arctica Product Photo Shoot
Ever wonder where all those product photos on the Arctica website come from? We spend countless hours each year in professional photo shoots. Here’s a look behind the scenes at a professional photo shoot for our Arctica Speed Suits.
Don’t hand it down – retire it
There’s no denying it. Ski racing is expensive. Especially when your kids are growing like weeds. To save money you have been handing down gear for years. Until Arctica came along, there wasn’t any alternative. Now, you CAN buy new ski racing apparel.
Spring Skiing Essentials
Spring is here. On the best days this means sunshine, blue skies and corn snow. On the other days this could mean rain or heavy, wet snow. Be prepared for all the conditions Mother Nature could throw at you with the right gear. We’ve picked four spring skiing essentials we think no ski racer should be without.
All Good Things Must Come to an End
We’ve reached the time of year when alpine ski racing is wrapping up. As the ski racing season wraps up we too are wrapping up old business and moving on to new. Therefore we are having an end of the season sale. All merchandise that we are not carrying forward to next season is discounted to closeout.
You Don’t Have to Wait for a President’s Day Sale at Arctica
We don’t inflate our prices to be able to have a big President’s Day sale. Our value is day in and day out. We keep our prices low everyday so that you can be assured when you need something the price you pay is the same as everyone else.
Fall in Love with Arctica Side Zip Ski Pants
This Valentines Day fall in love with Arctica side zip ski pants. Although originally designed for ski racers, our pants have now come to be known and loved by non-ski racers as well. What sets our pants apart from the rest?
6 More Weeks of Winter? We Have a Jacket for You
This past week on a semi-sunny Thursday morning in Pennsylvania, the world-renowned weather forecasting groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, did see his shadow indicating we’ve got six more weeks of winter in store. Six more weeks of winter is not disconcerting to us. Winter jackets and pants are what we do.
13 Inspiring Ski Racing Photos to Motivate You
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Ski racing offers so much more than competition. Working hard and mastering the skills involved with ski racing is so satisfying for all ski racers. These confident athletes feel good and look great in their ski race suits. Here are 13 inspiring photos of young ski racers in action.
Make a Statement on the Podium in an Awards Jacket
Easily distinguish your team on the podium with the Arctica Speed Freak Hoodie. An ideal awards jacket for ski teams, clubs and high school state champs.
