What is the ability of the strongest protector to protect your body from a strong impact? ~ ARK / STC series

10/07/2020

Why are the top riders on the ARK team?

The strong impact on the body from a fall while snowboarding should be something that experienced people naturally want to avoid.However, failure must be overcome in order to improve technology.Of course, falls are common in normal riding, but jumps, jib, gratri, and freestyle tricks can cause even more severe damage from falls.ARK is a brand that faces these problems head-on and continues to seriously develop protectors for snowboarders. ARK is focusing on developing protectors that are particular about high quality and high performance.That's because the snowboarder's technique level has risen, the difficulty and scale of tricks have risen, and the damage caused by mistakes has increased.
"We often get feedback from many riders that they want to use ARK. When riders feel the importance of protectors in hard practice and want something better, we're out there. Get your attention to the brand. That's how ARK supports a lot of riders and evolves their products with feedback from them. "Kawada, who produces ARK, says.
Yuri Okubo, Kaito Hamada, Ruki Tobita, Keita Inamura, Kiyoshi Inamura, Ikumi Imai, Kurumi Imai, Rikuhi Ohashi, and many other riders who are currently active and are expected to grow in the future. It is listed as.While being protected by the ARK protector, they continue to take on challenges, acquire more difficult techniques, and continue to play an active role.How can you reduce the risk that if you accidentally get injured somewhere, you won't even be able to ski the important season?There is no doubt that the existence of a reliable protector is indispensable there.

Born in collaboration with a German BIKE protector maker
The strongest STC series in ARK history

ARKThere are various grades of protectors in the lineup.Among them, "STC" is said to be the strongest in ARK. The feature of STC is that a special material is built into the protector in collaboration with SAS-TEC, which develops a protector for BIKE in Germany.The lineup is the highest grade series with shock absorption that surpasses the past.

　There are three points in the characteristics of the foam material produced by SAS-TEC.
❶ "Excellent shock absorption" Demonstrates excellent shock absorption far exceeding the CE standard EN1621.It is encouraging for snowboarders to have an extremely high level of shock absorption even for motorcycles.
❷ "Lightweight" Foam that is about 1/4 lighter than hard foam materials.Even if strong protection is obtained, it is heavy and meaningless as a burden on movement.
❸ "Adaptive absorption" In contrast to many other shock absorbers, it has the property of absorbing softly to weak impacts and hard to absorb strong impacts, while having a soft fit, and is always on the body. Keep the impact at a low level.

HIP PROTECTOR uses this special foam for the buttocks and knees (long only). By using a special material that "cures instantly", it is possible to protect against even stronger impacts than ever before.And while demonstrating excellent shock absorption, the fit can be kept soft.
And with the introduction of this material, the basic quality that the protector does not shift the point of protection when it is attached is also very important for demonstrating performance.ARK's accumulated technological capabilities, such as sewing technology that enhances the fit considering the movement of snowboards and the placement of each protective material, have created a high-performance product called STC.The STC series using this new material will give riders the power to further improve.

SAS-TEC's special foam exceeds the standard value by 50% or more even for motorcycles.It is a lightweight material that weighs only 1/4 of the weight of a hard shell, and is an excellent material with an extremely soft fit in normal times when it is not impacted.

Equipped with SAS-TEC's special foam pad with the optimum shape for the part to be used
In LONG PROTECTOR, it is meaningless if the knee part is misaligned. ARK wraps this part widely and firmly fixes the position of the pad with sewing technology that does not shift.