The new Quiksilver Travis Rice signature goggles have been released into the wild. We thinks they be smoking hot! The Hubble dropped like the A-bomb earlier this year and after all the commotion, the smoke has finally cleared and the goggles are ready to be judged. The fact of the matter is, we rate these snow spectacles pretty damn highly and think about it, if Travis rides in these bad boys then they have to be legit, right? I mean, do you really think he'd be able to accomplish those superhuman feats if he couldn't see? With amazing new functions such as a whopping 160° peripheral vision, a new ventilation system under the lens and being the slimmest and lightest goggle in the Quiksilver range, we feel we don’t really need to blow any more smoke up the Hubble's ass.
Travis is The Boss and he needs the best equipment to keep pushing the boundaries of snowboarding; needless to say, he assisted in creating these goggles to help see him through all of his face-melting stunts. In fact, I have been told by a source highly placed within the Quiksilver administration, let's call him Deep Powder, when you slide this finely tuned piece of ocular technology in front of your peepers you are guaranteed to scope better lines, spot impossible trannies and slice through the flattest of lights. Which in turn means that you will be as big of a badass as Travis. Maybe. Unfortunately, when you take them off you revert back to your old self. Which is to say, nowhere remotely close to the preternaturally talented Mr. Rice. So we recommend you keep them on day and night. Who cares what your friends say? You will be killing it at life, crushing all comers with Freebird by Lynyrd Skynyrd playing in the background, while they continue to wallow in their mind-numbingly mediocre existence.
Despite the sun being over 93 million miles away, it's important to keep your eyes protected. Especially since scientists are predicting a growing number of solar storms in the next couple of years. And while the civilized world might be collapsing around us, you can rest easy in the knowledge that the Hubble will keep you safely ensconced from all that nasty UV radiation, because it’s no fun getting sunburn on the eyes. You wouldn't want to miss all the chaos and destruction just cuz your eyeballs are fried, am I right?
But let's face it, the chances solar storms will wreak havoc with modern civilization are slim, and when the smoke screen lifts these goggles were created with crystal clear visuals as the driving force behind them. As the late, great John Lennon once said, "The more I see, the less I know".
We can’t help wonder if Travis was thinking the same thing, or maybe he even had that exact quote in mind when he helped design these goggs. Mind you, John Lennon also said, "I am the eggman, I am the walrus," so make up your own mind! Personally, we think you are ripping yourself off if you don’t have a pair of the new T-Rice Hubbles.