Langely McNeal is an Icebreaker sponsored athlete and has just been on an extreme skiing trip to Alaska. Below are some pictures and a video she has shared with us from her trip. Langely is the last girl in the video segment.
“I sported my Icebreaker everyday and it kept me warm on those long days when we were standing around for production, and it kept me the perfect temperature while ripping it up. I love being a part of the Icebreaker team, it is such an honor.”
- Langely McNeal, US Ski Cross World Cup Team/Freeskier
Ever worn your Icebreaker planking? Turns out it’s just as good for wearing while acting like a plank of wood as it is for hiking, skiing and running.
Icebreaker’s Northern Hemisphere Sales and Marketing team put our gear to the planking test in Amsterdam the other week, when we met to launch the new Spring/Summer 2012 range.
In typical Icebreaker fashion, the sales meeting was a mix of early morning meetings and late night scavenger hunts. Frank Spiewack, General Manager of Emerging Markets, demonstrated a few inspirational planks before giving us the challenge of trying it for ourselves.
Our in-house photo documentarian, Kent Hawkins, captured the Icebreaker International Planking Team as we planked our way through Amsterdam. Planking wild!
Want to join the planking craze? Give it a try, and share your photos with us on our Facebook Page. Between now and August, post photos on our wall of you wearing Icebreaker while planking. Tag the Icebreaker you’re wearing in your photos, and you may be the lucky planker who wins an Icebreaker planking outfit!
Planking has a strong history in New Zealand – Kiwi IndyCar driver Scott Dixon planked on the tires of his race car, and Prime Minister John Key appeared hovering mysteriously in the background of a shot of his teenage son, Max, planking on a sofa.
So give planking a go. And don’t forget: plank safe.
We’re making all sorts of wonderful new friends here in Manhattan at the new Icebreaker Soho TouchLab store, including a woman who is an Icebreaker addict through and through.
She attends film school here in New York, and sent us this video with a note:
“I learned a great deal from making this video and hugely enjoyed the opportunity to talk with Gretchen — who’s an inspiration — and spend lots of time in the store! As I’ve said, I adore Icebreaker products and New Zealand. And New York. So this was a fun chance to combine the three. The footage at the beginning was from my bike trip in New Zealand at the beginning of the year.”
