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The Glove Guide 2012/2013

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Anja Pärson’s glove. After 42 World Cup victories, 1 Olympic gold, 7 World Championship golds, 19 championship medals and a total of 95 podium finishes, Anja has hung up her gloves for good, but she is happy to talk about her experiences when she is helping us design new skiing gloves. Thank you Anja!

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1936 snöade vi in på handskar. Sedan dess har vi inte kommit någonstans.

Every story has a beginning. Our story begins with Martin Magnusson having asthma. This was in the early 1930s, when he realised that continuing to work on the farm was not an option. So in 1935, he and his wife and children moved to a little place known as the ‘Åre of Småland’ which was renowned for the quality of its air: Hestra.

Martin needed to find a new way of supporting his family, and he knew how important it was to have good gloves. This was a lesson he had learned in the for-est and as a soldier in Northern Sweden during the First World War. In 1936, he began making gloves for lumberjacks and farmers around Hestra. A slalom hill was built in the village that same year. Martin’s sons, Lars-Olof and Göte, realised that skiers would benefit from having hard-wearing gloves. The reputation of Hestra’s gloves started to spread, even beyond the borders of the village that gave us our name.

Lennart, Lars-Olof and Göte took over the company in the 1960s, around the same time that downhill skiing really started to take off in Sweden. When Ingemar Stenmark won his first World Cup competition in 1974, we experienced the

‘Stenmark effect’. Ingemar skied in blue-and-yellow Hestra gloves, and suddenly lots of people wanted gloves that looked the same. Our little company grew.

Lars-Olof’s sons are called Svante and Claes. They grew up with gloves and sla-lom gates, and they acquired a lot of know-ledge in their early years. When they took over in the mid-1980s, the company had grown even more. The fourth generation of Magnussons is now being phased in. Svante and Claes each have two sons, and all of them are involved in Hestra. Cousins Anton and Niklas have learned the craft from the bottom up. They have just been awarded their journeyman certificates in glovemaking – the first approved glove-makers in Sweden for 47 years.

Now Hestra gloves are sold in more than 20 countries and have more than 400 glove models for sport, fashion and professional work. We also have three factories of our own in order to guarantee quality through-out the production chain. But three things have not changed: we still manufacture gloves, and gloves only – we are very happy with that. We have never moved away from Hestra – the thought would never occur to us. And the air here is still every bit as good.

In 1936, we drifted into gloves. We’ve been snowed in ever since.

‘ My brother Göte and I were some of the first members of the Hestra Skiing and Sports Club when it started back in 1938. At that time we walked up the hill and skied down, over and over. Winter, forests and skiing remain a major part of our lives, and it was only natural that we should let nature symbolise Hestra and our company. After all, the company exists thanks to nature.’ Lars-Olof Magnusson

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To make your choice a bit easier, we have 314 alternatives.

It is no secret that our world revolves around hands and gloves. Gloves are our big passion, and this passion has taken us from Hestra in Småland to the four corners of the globe. We have 314 models not be-cause we love gloves, but because they are needed. Each and every one of them. Every person is different, their hands are different, and so our gloves have to be different as well. You may be a passionate downhill skier who switches to cycling in summer, or maybe you love entering races but also have an eye for fashion. Or maybe you are a parent who needs gloves for spending hours outdoors with the children? Or maybe you are all of these, just like many of us who work here at Hestra. If so, you need several pairs of gloves.

When you choose new gloves, the first thing you have to think about is when you will be using them. What is important to you? Do you tend to feel cold? Do you need gloves that can withstand extreme cold? Or do you get really hot when you are active? When you know more or less what you need, all you have to do is come into one of our shops and try a few different types of glove. We can help you to find the perfect Hestra gloves for you. Find out more at hestragloves.com.

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When it comes to fit, the small details are vital.

Art. no 1005 Ladies’ Peccary Driver’s

A little town in Hungary is the home of some of Europe’s top glove-makers and seamstresses. They work in small factories with few staff, and over the years they have become renowned for their craftsman-ship. This is where we manufacture our finest Hestra Classic gloves. The pink driving gloves pictured are inspired by a model dating back to the 1950s and are sewn by hand. Our seamstresses need about three hours to sew one pair. This gives them time to sort out all the fine details, such as the little triangular wedge between the fingers that gives a particularly good fit.

Leather is a fantastic natural material that has protective and ven-tilating properties. It insulates against the cold and moulds itself to your hands. We always take care to choose the right leather to suit the nature of the glove in question. Just as the flavour of grapes is affected by where they grow, so leather is affected by where the animal lives, and how. Deerskin, for example, is extremely soft but not as durable as goatskin.

Peccary is one of our favourite leathers, and we are happy to use it for our Hestra Classic gloves. This leather comes from a special kind of Peruvian wild boar and has been used for making gloves for over a century. Peccary is what the Indians call wild boar, and this leather is soft, flexible and very durable. With a pair of gloves made from peccary, you will understand what we mean when we say it feels like a second skin.

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1029Our Head of Design normally describes the feel of Swisswool gloves as being like someone caressing your hand. It feels warm, pleasant and alive. Wool is an almost magical insulating material that provides warmth even when it is wet. And combining wool with corn starch makes it even better.

This combination is known as Swisswool, and a good friend of ours told us about it. Our friend Nicolas manufactures ski wear, and he made a habit of studying his dog, who loved long walks when the weather was really cold. When they arrived home, the dog went and fell asleep straight away next to the warm fire. Fascinated by how well the dog’s fur worked at various temperatures, Nicolas began to look for a mate-rial that would imitate the animal world’s natural insulation against heat and cold.

He found Swisswool, an ecological material made of 88 % wool and 12 % corn starch, which was used in products such as mattresses and furniture. Like all wool products it is elastic, adaptable and excellent for use together with other natural materials.

We think it is ideal for gloves, and so Swisswool can be found in seven of our models for this season. Deerskin Swisswool Gloves are made from soft deerskin, are lined with merino wool and are intended for use when the weather turns chilly. A good example of beauty on the inside which shines on the outside.

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A helicopter perspective can make all the difference. For mountain guides and heliskiers, every day is full of challenges. Skis are loaded into and out of the helicopters several times a day. The snow whirls around and the wind from the rotor blades pulls on clothing. Between flights, there is just the mountain, the snow, and the responsibility for the skiers and snowboarders who rely on their guide. This is a dream job for many skiers; but only if they have the right equipment.

In the late 1990s, when Claes and Svante – owners of Hestra – met the founder of CMH, a Canadian company and one of the world’s biggest heliski operators, they started chatting about skiing, ex-treme conditions, durability and safety. The Canadians had tested our gloves and liked them, but they needed more. They needed long, hard-wearing gloves that worked well in powder snow. And would it be possible to do something to prevent gloves sometimes being blown away by the blast from the helicopter?

Claes and Svante decided to create a glove that would suit advanced skiers skiing in the most challenging condi tions. They opted to make them from Army

Leather, a durable goatskin used by the army. Combined with a strong, water-proof fabric from Japan, these gloves were very hardwearing. The thumb seam was reinforced with an extra strip of leather – an idea taken directly from Hestra’s very first lumberjack gloves. The long life of these gloves was guaran-teed by removable liners which can be washed, or replaced if they wear out. The gloves were also designed with long cuffs with snow locks, a strong carabiner and handcuffs to resolve the issue of gloves blowing away.

The result: our Heli Ski gloves. Each pair of these gloves is made up of 109 parts and undergoes 46 different opera-tions involving 18 quality checks before they are finished. This model has become a firm favourite with many freeriders, mountain guides, heliskiers and alpine ski instructors. The gloves pictured have been to the peak of Mount Everest – twice – together with our former sales represent-ative Bill Crouse.

And surely, any glove that has been used on several Everest expeditions comes highly recommended.

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Hestra Team Rider Henrik Windstedt on his way to Schlicker Seespitze (2 805 m above sea level) in Axamer Lizum, Austria.

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Henrik Windstedt from Åre is one of the best freeriders in the world. He spends about 150 days a year on his skis, and he is one of the pro-fessional skiers that we work with.

Henrik needs gloves that work from October to May, bearing in mind that a long season demands the right equipment. We have been devel-oping two special models and a range of colour combinations since 2005. We work on the basis of both classics and new ideas, and we look at details and requests from Henrik. The gloves have to be made of leather – this is important to Henrik as they shape themselves to his hands and become more comfortable with wear. We have opted for cowhide, which is both soft and hard-wearing. The fit is narrow and tight. These gloves are slightly shorter so that they fit under a jacket, and they have an inner cuff that prevents snow getting in.

When we were designing the Henrik Windstedt Pro Model, we were inspired by a quilted retro pattern in strong colour combinations. The result: exclusive leather gloves that devoted skiers from the four corners of the globe enjoy wearing. Skiers like us.

If you relax your hand completely, it looks like this. The Downhill Comp Ergo Grip glove is based on a patented design which follows the natural shape of the hand and sits tightly on the hand. We are very proud of the way in which this glove fits. The fingers and inner hand of this glove are sewn using as little excess material as possible. The seams overlap and are positioned in the finger joints where they

will not cause discomfort. This particular model is designed for disciplines such as downhill and super-G, but we also have freeride gloves with the Ergo Grip design.

The Swedish national ski team just had time to try out these gloves before the end of the season last winter. They gave us a long list of positive comments, and we are looking forward to their comments after more extensive trials.

An entirely new approach. Again.

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Our narrowest range fits only half of the world’s population.

Art. no 3262CZone Powder Female

In the alpine world, it goes without saying that jackets, trousers and boots should be de-signed especially for women. We believe that the same should be true of gloves. Women’s hands are often smaller and narrower, and so their gloves have to be shaped differently in order to fit really well. We have lots of dif-ferent gloves for ladies in our range. This is one of our big sellers in Scandinavia, Europe and North America and is called the CZone Powder Female. These gloves are narrow and flexible, made from cowhide and polyester fabric with a CZone insert which allows the hands to breathe without allowing moisture or wind to enter. As the leather inside the glove is extra soft, it never feels rigid or hard even when new. These gloves come in many colours, and we launch at least one new colour every year.

Survival expert Lars Fält has been wearing his Hestra gloves in all weathers for many years now. When we asked whether we could take a photo of his gloves in exchange for a new pair of gloves, he thanked us but declined: ‘Feel free to take photos, but I want my gloves back. They are a part of me.’

Art. no 3127Fält Guide Glove

The man who bought these gloves will probably never buy gloves again.

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ars Fält is the survival expert that built up Försvarets överlevnads­

skola – the Swedish Armed Forces Survival School – and now runs survival courses in Lapland together with his British col-league Ray Mears. Lars has also written a number of books about outdoor life, and we have been working with him since the 1980s. If anyone knows how vital hands are, it is Lars.

Mental strength and warm handsThe mental strength of a human is entire-ly crucial to how critical situations are handled. Studies have shown that just 25 per cent of people in stressful situations act wisely and sensibly. 50 per cent most-ly rush round doing things that could even make the situation worse. The final 25 per cent give up straight away.

Modern man no longer has an inherited knowledge of how to survive alone in na-ture, but with training and practice we can learn how to do it. People taking part in Lars’ courses in Lappeasuando are trained how to survive on nature’s terms in an Arctic climate. Among other things, they learn the importance of suitable equip-ment and living on nature’s resources. They spend their nights in bivouacs in the biting cold and quickly find out how important their hands are to their survival

in the wild. One of the most common reasons for people freezing to death is losing the abili-ty to use their hands.

The brain sacrifices the fingersThe fingertips have a network of thin blood vessels inside, and these vessels stay open as long as the rest of your body is warm. But if you start to get cold, your brain will short-circuit the circulation in your finger-tips, the skin will turn white and the flow of blood through your hands will gradually slow. The circulation of blood is ‘saved’ so that a supply of blood is guaranteed to the most important organs in the body, such as the brain, heart and lungs. Problems with fine motor skills are a clear sign of chilled hands. The Indians used to use a sign whereby they touched their thumbs and little fingers together. Anyone who could do this had not been affected by the cold to a dangerous extent, and his comrades could see straight away that there was mobility in his hands and so he could still think clearly.

If you cannot touch your thumb and little finger together, your fingers could be at a temperature below 20 degrees Celsius. After that, things progress quickly. Your grip becomes weaker and you will not be able to hold onto things. When your fingers lose all sensation, they are at a temperature below 7–8 degrees Celsius and this is when you risk frostbite.

Layers of leather, wool and air.It is important to keep your gloves on so as to avoid your hands getting cold. Learn to handle equipment without taking off your gloves, and use layers in order to regulate the temperature. Several layers

L will make the gloves more capable of trap-ping air, and the air between the layers. will insulate your hands. You can also take off the outermost layer without exposing your bare skin to the cold. Also remember not to wear gloves that are too small as this will restrict the amount of space avail-able for the air that will keep you warm.

Together with Lars, we have produced the Fält Guide Glove which is made of du-rable goatskin. Leather provides better in-sulation than synthetics against contact cold, and this is important when working or spending a lot of time outdoors. These gloves come with a removable, washable woollen liner, and Lars always keeps extra liners with him as spares. Getting wet can be fatal when the weather is really cold. ‘Wool liners warm you up even if they get wet. They dry quickly on a line or if you keep them next to your skin. But you should avoid moisture when the weather is cold. The Eskimos always make sure they are dry and brush off every single flake of snow before they go into their igloos. I have learned a lot from them,’ ex-plains Lars Fält. However, this glove is not just popular with outdoor adventurers like Lars. Freeriders Kaj Zackrisson and Sverre Liliequist wore Fält gloves before they were given the opportunity to develop their

own Hestra gloves in partnership with us.

True strengthNot only is Lars Fält a survival expert, he is also a true pro when it comes to looking after his equipment. His attitude is the

polar opposite to today’s throwaway soci-ety; Lars wears the same pair of gloves as much as he can because they have shaped themselves to fit his hands pre-cisely. He impregnates them by putting them on, putting a dab of leather balm on one of the palms and rubbing them together as if he were washing his hands. He repairs the liners until they can no longer be fixed, then he swaps them for new ones.

Your gloves will last for many long winters if you look after them. Even if your name is Lars Fält.

Look after your gloves• Moisturise the leather regularly using

grease, such as our own Hestra Original Leather Balm. Lightly moisturise the leather, then rub in the grease using a polishing cloth until the leather is satu-rated. Do this in the evening so that the grease is absorbed overnight.

• Dry your gloves at room temperature, not close to a fire, on a radiator or in a drying cabinet. High heat will have an adverse effect on leather and synthetics.

• Gloves with removable liners dry more quickly. Most liners are machine-wash-able, and if they wear out you can buy new ones.

• Gloves with Gore-Tex or CZone water-proof inserts must not be impregnated with silicone as this prevents the mate-rial breathing.

• Some models come with carabiners so that you can hang your gloves on your backpack. You can hang them up by their hooks when you want to dry them, too, so that the air can get to them. They dry most effectively with the opening of the glove facing up. Hang them up high in tents as warm air rises.

‘ Skiing has been important to our family for generations. I stood on skis for the first time at about the same time as I learned to walk. Skiing is a sport when you do not have to compete. The experience of winter and snow is there for everyone. All you have to do is get out there and enjoy.’

Claes Magnusson

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Windstopper Breeze Female

The Swedish ladies cross-country ski team wanted beautiful compe-tition gloves that would fit female hands. The girls wanted tight, flexible gloves with a feminine touch. Marianne Knutsson-Hall, our head of design, found her inspiration in timeless Scandinavian patterns and cross-stitch, and she worked hard to come up with the right fit. These gloves come with Windstopper material on the upper section and neo-prene cuffs. They are also available as mitts with a thin lining for frozen skiers and really cold days.

‘Really good gloves are the kind you do not notice you are wearing,’ says team member Maria Rydkvist. That is absolutely true. But we can promise that people will see them.

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An unusually warm winter awaits.How do we make gloves for people who are out in the cold, but do not move around all that much? Gloves that are perfect when you’re looking after children, or simply have hands that feel the cold.

We have worked on this for a long time: just putting batteries and heating elements in gloves is no guarantee of effective gloves. After several years of research, tests and development, we now have a model which meets the stringent demands made of gloves with external heat. These gloves have undergone thorough testing with the help of Ingvar Holmér, Professor of climate physio-logy at Lund University in Sweden.

These gloves work in much the same way as thermal soles on boots. They must not be too warm, as this will disrupt the body’s own heating system. The best temperature for your hands is 33 degrees Celsius: you will start to feel cold below 25 degrees Celsius. You can get frostbite in your hands even if the rest of your body is warm, particularly if you do not move about. The heat from the battery is designed to prevent this.

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Warm hands can run in any family.Is there anything lovelier than children’s hands? They are soft, sensitive and the best tool in the world for discovering their surroundings. Little miracles like these need really good gloves that stay on their hands and keep their fingers warm. Gloves that can withstand freez-ing icicles and playful cartwheels while also being flexible enough to hold onto the rope on a sledge.

Gloves are subject to the very tough-est wear when worn by children. This is why we work in partnership with both children and parents who test them in strollers at preschools, in snowball fights and in wet sandpits. This is how we know that hard zips are unpopular, that reflectors are cool and that hand-cuffs are very handy when the gloves are taken off and put back on all the time.

All in all, we have around 35 junior models that can be worn from toddler-hood to black runs in the mountains. Fjellvotten (the favourite glove of

Swedish preschool teachers) and Baby Zip Ecocuir for those first trips in strollers or on sledges are some of the favourites. Ecocuir is a chrome-free leather, selected in view of the fact that our youngest users will sometimes put their gloves in their mouths. The zip makes them easy to put on and take off – and the extra Pancho Baby lines are knitted from the finest lambs-wool and angora.

All of our gloves for children are sewn every bit as carefully as our gloves for adults. Children’s gloves often require more effort, actually, as they are so small and seams must not be felt or impede movement. If they are uncomfortable, then off they come! Every parent knows that. Our aim is for our gloves to last so that someone else can inherit them when your child has outgrown them. This makes it easy to be environmentally responsible while also acting sustainably and economically.

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Hestra Team Rider Andreas Fransson. Couloir des Cosmiques, Chamonix.

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Army Leather Ascent

Making gloves for mountaineering is a difficult task. Such gloves have to be extremely hard-wearing and keep your hands warm regard-less of whether you are moving or standing still and securing ropes and equipment. You also have to be able to make fine motor move-ments and handle equipment. If your hands end up injured or very cold, you could very quickly find yourself in a critical situation.

We have been manufacturing gloves for high alpine climbing for many years. When we met Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Stéphane Schaffter, we took a new step in this work. Together, we accepted the challenge of creating an entire collection of gloves for extreme climbing.

The first gloves that we developed with Stéphane were ready in the autumn of 2009. He took them along to the border between Tibet and Nepal, where he worked together with sherpas Little Karim Balti and Apa Sherpa to make the first ascent of Mt Antoine LeCoultre, 5 777 m. Their expedition was a success – and a whole new collection of gloves for climbing was ready.

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Underwear for your hands.

Would you head out into the mountains without wearing long johns? We doubt it. Everyone knows that you have to layer your clothing in order to keep warm, and good underwear can save a cold day of skiing. But what about your hands? If you do not want to get cold, you should use the same method as for the rest of your body: having several layers will keep you dry and warm by binding air and wicking away moisture.

We have a whole range of warming un-derwear for your hands – or liners as they are known to us. Many of them are made of wool, the best material for keeping your hands warm no matter what. Others are made of synthetic materials, which are more hard-wearing, easier to wash and dry more quickly. They can all help you to

regulate the temperature and ventilation depending on the weather and what you are doing. With a pair of liners under your gloves, you will never need to expose your bare skin to the cold even when locking a door, taking a photo or putting on your boots. Just take off your outer gloves but keep your liners on. You can also take shell gloves with you for long days in the moun-tains. This makes it easy for you to be flexible. A shell and a liner together with a base glove will increase your warmth by about 50%.

So give a little more thought to your un-derwear next time you buy gloves. Or why not buy new liners for your old favourites? This is a good way of making sure both you and your gloves will keep going for a long time to come.

These gloves are ideal for anyone who will not allow the weather to dictate whether or not you should head out on your bike. With Windstopper material on the upper side, soft Chamude in the palm, polyester lining and neoprene cuffs will keep you warm and dry even in the rain and wind. The nosewipe on the thumb can be handy when you are cycling in wet, dirty conditions, and the high-viz colours help you to be seen on dark roads.

Of course, which cycling gloves are the most suitable for you depends on which func-tions you need them to perform and what stresses you might face. Road riders will often need different gloves to mountain bikers. Downhill cycling requires protective materi-als, and if you cycle in winter then warmth is the most important factor. Some people prefer leather, others like synthetics.

Luckily, we have a whole range of cycling gloves to choose from. You may need more than one pair, after all.

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Hestra Team Rider Janne Tjärnström on

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‘ Both the company and the family have grown over the years, and now there are many more of us than just the four generations of Magnussons. For instance, we work in partnership with some of the world’s best ski racers, freeriders and mountain guides. Their knowledge and experience help us to develop even better gloves. But the seamstresses at our factories, the families in Hestra that help us to test our junior gloves, researchers, survival experts and everyone else who works with us are every bit as important.’ Svante Magnusson

The whole family.

7. Dominique PerretDominique Perret started skiing at the age of two and has been called the best freerider of the century. He has made a long series of films and run lots of expeditions, and he is driven by his passion for finding new routes far from target lines and other skiers.

8. Anton and Niklas MagnussonThe fourth generation of Magnus-sons. Both of these gentlemen are trained glovemakers, the first in Sweden for 47 years.

9. Lars FältA survival expert who started Försvarets Överlevnadsskola – the Swedish Armed Forces Survival

School – and has written lots of books about outdoor life. This is a man who knows everything about how to protect your hands.

10. Mattias FredrikssonA freelance action sport photo-grapher who works for the world’s most prestigious cycling and skiing magazines.

11. Alriksson go GreenSweden’s first professional female team and the first cycling team in the world with clear environmental credentials.

12. Marianne Knutsson-HallHead of design at Hestra and the person responsible for the develop-ment process of all our gloves.

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1. Martin MagnussonFounder of the company. Martin moved to Hestra in Småland in order to get more fresh air and started the company in 1936.

2. Lars-Olof MagnussonThe second generation of Mag-nussons and the man who took over Hestra from his father in

1963. Still active, both within the company and out on the cross-country ski trails.

3. Anja PärsonOne of the most successful alpine skiers in the world. Has won 42 World Cups, 1 Olympic gold, 7 World Championship golds and 19 championship medals.

4. Claes and Svante MagnussonThe third generation of Magnus-sons. They grew up with Hestra and active outdoor lives. They took over management of Hestra together in 1991.

5. Seth MorrisonA legend among freeriders the world over. Has received lots of

international awards for his films. Lives in Colorado.

6. Kaj and SverreLegendary professional freeriders, with lots of films and top placings on their CVs. Kaj Zackrisson lives in Oslo/Chamonix, while Sverre Liliequist lives outside Stockholm.

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13. Johan SkullmanA survival expert and the former test manager for the Swedish Armed Forces. Now works as an independent expert for various out-door companies, including Hestra.

14. Teodor PetterssonA member of the Swedish cross-country ski team, specialising in sprint. Won gold at the 2012 Swe-dish championships and won the overall Sprint World Cup in 2012.

15. Andreas FranssonAlpinist, climber and extreme skier. He has managed to climb Denali and ski down the previously virgin south side.

16. Daniel and Rikard TynellCross-country skiing brothers from Dalarna, specialising in endurance. Daniel has won three Vasaloppet races to date.

17. André MyhrerAlpine downhill skier from Berg-sjö and winner of the 2011/12 Slalom World Cup. His CV also includes an Olympic bronze from Vancouver 2010.

18. Mike DouglasLegendary freerider from Whistler, Canada. Started his career in the world cup but switched to freeride and big mountain skiing.

19. Vera SimonssonGlacier instructor, photographer, freelance guide. Works every-where, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Lives in Härnösand, Sweden and Molde, Norway.

20. Team SilvaA successful Swedish multi sport team that took second place. in the World Championships in Tasmania in 2011.

21. Stéphane SchaffterSwiss alpinist and mountain guide who has done a lot of climbing in the Alps and the Himalayas. Is working with us to develop our mountaineering collection.

22. Jenny HanssonA cross-country skier specialising in endurance. Won both the Vasa-loppet and Tjejvasan races in 2011.

23. Maria RydqvistSwedish cross-country team

skier, with lots of top placings in the World Cup, Junior World Champion-ships and Swedish championships. Born in Smålandsstenar, just a few kilometres from Hestra.

24. Cody TownsendA colourful freerider from Santa Cruz, California. Films and writes for international ski magazines.

25. Susanne NyströmA cross-country skier specialising in endurance. She has won the

Tjejvasan race five times, and in 2010 she won both the Vasaloppet and Tjejvasan races.

26. Henrik WindstedtBorn in Åre and one of the best freeriders in the world. His CV in-cludes a long list of international victories and films.

27. Aino-Kaisa SaarinenFinnish cross-country skier and holder of a number of Olympic and World Championship medals.

28. Calle HalfvarssonA member of the Swedish cross-country ski team. His successes include a Junior World Champion-ship gold in sprint.

29. Wille LindbergFreerider. His wins include the 2012 Scandinavian Big Mountain Championships in Riksgränsen.

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The whole range.

3054 All Leather CZone

3154 Goodie CZone Leather

3187 Gore-Tex Powder

3554 All Leather CZone Mitt

3141 Gletch CZone Female

3687 Gore-Tex Powder Mitt

3264 Isaberg Flextron

3541 Gletch CZone Female Mitt

3621 Loft Flex Leather Mitt

3564 Isaberg Flextron Mitt

3100 Gore-Tex Classic Leather

3121 Loft Flex Leather

3204 CZone Leather

3124 Gore-Tex Perform

3025 Leather Classic CZone

3604 CZone Leather Mitt

3524 Gore-Tex Perform Mitt

3525 Leather Classic CZone Mitt

Cross country Mountaineering Liners Junior Classics

Alpine Alpine Pro Alpine Racing Pro models Outdoor Bike

3069 Army Leather Griff

3611 Leather Ski Cross Mitt

3079 Ergo Grip Freeride

3015 Downhill Comp Ergo Grip

3512 Rsl Comp Vertical Cut Jr Mitt

3542 Anja Pärson Pro Model Mitt

3229 CZone Pickup

3215 Windstopper Wool Terry

3711 Winter Tour Mitt

3596 Fjäll- jägarhandske

3920 Bike CZone Gauntlet

3950 Bike Leather

3225 Windstopper Light Weighter

3450 Windstopper Pullover Mitt

3218 Tactility Touch

3581 Kebnekaise Mountain Mitt

3941 Annika Langvad Pro Model

3952 Bike Multi Sr

3080 Army Leather Wool Terry

3026 Dexterity Glove

3098 Windstopper Leather Short

3403 Rsl Comp Vertical Cut 3-Finger

3082 Henrik Leather Pro Model

3317 Seth Morrison Pro Model 3-Finger

3123 Heater Softshell

3710 Winter Tour

3572 Ecocuir Ventile Mitt

3537 Leather Box Mitt

3942 Bike Short Jr

3958 Bike Rider

3110 Leather Ski Cross

3078 Ecocuir Short

3000 Rsl Comp Vertical Cut d30 Impact

3422 Army Leather Coach CZone 3-Finger

3050 Kaj & Sverre Pro Model

3023 Henrik Windstedt Pro Model

3130 Windstopper Glacier

3207 Leather Pro Fit

3529 Bivack Mitt

3127 Fält Guide Glove

3943 Bike Short Sr

3960 Bike Winter

3004 Vertical Cut Freeride

3035 Army Leather Softshell Short

3002 Rsl Comp Vertical Cut Jr

3503 Rsl Comp Vertical Cut Mitt

3350 Kaj & Sverre Pro Model 3-Finger

3523 Henrik Windstedt Pro Model Mitt

3741 Windstopper Action

3291 Tactility

3590 Fjellvotten

3305 Wool Terry Lobster

3947 Bike w.s Tracker Sr

3962 Bike Long Sr

3062 Leather Swisswool Merino

3053 Army Leather Spring

3013 Rsl Comp Vertical Cut

3511 Racers Pullover Mitt

3042 Anja Pärson Pro Model

3582 Henrik Leather Pro Model Mitt

3292 Runners Reflex Power Dry

3205 Neoprene Adventure

3480 Seam Sealed Shell Mitten

3911 Bike CZone

3948 Bike Leather Short Sr

3964 Downhill Jr3045 Army Leather Heli Ski 3-Finger

3262 CZone Powder Female

3134 Aviemore Leather Sport

3658 Gauntlet Sr Mitt

3086 Swisswool Merino Loft

3561 Heli Ski Female Mitt

3662 CZone Powder Female Mitt

3145 All Leather Primaloft

3540 Cozy Mitt

3586 Swisswool Merino Loft Mitt

3043 Heli Ski Cuir De Chèvre

3024 Army Leather Patrol

3285 Female Winter Forest

3256 Isaberg

3140 Claude Ski De Cuir

3030 Touch Point Leather

3543 Heli Ski Cuir De Chèvre Mitt

3146 Army Leather GTX

3446 Army Leather GTX 3-Finger

3685 Female Winter Forest Mitt

3556 Isaberg Mitt

3033 Rechargeable Heating Glove

3057 Army Leather Heli Ski

3516 Army Leather Extreme Mitt

3221 Primaloft Leather Female

3258 Gauntlet Sr

3044 Power Heater Glove

3061 Heli Ski Female

3028 Softshell

3646 Army Leather GTX Mitt

3521 Primaloft Leather Female Mitt

3358 Gauntlet Sr 3-Finger

3544 Power Heater Mitt

3361 Heli Ski Female 3-Finger

3457 Army Leather Heli Ski Mitt

3018 Army Leather Short GTX

3047 Peccary Ski de Cuir

3039 Spring Ergo Grip

3022 Army Leather Coach CZone

3515 Racers Short Pullover Mitt

3017 Seth Morrison Pro Model

3040 Ecocuir Ventile

Your hands are sensitive tools and can do the most amazing things. It is easy to see why you should look after them and protect them from the cold, wind, bumps and bruises. But when it comes to choosing gloves, the practi-cal aspects should not be your only consideration; your gloves should also

express your personality. You need different gloves for different days, different environments, different acti-vities. This is why we have so many of them. All our models are shown here. For more colours and more facts about us and all our gloves, take a look at hestragloves.com.

3675 Female Leather Sonata Mitt

1245/2145 Classic Wool Tricot Ladies’/Men’s

1029 Ladies’ Deerskin Swisswool Glove

2040 Alexander

2914 Voss Mitt

1705/2705 Wind-stopper Taifun Ladies’/Men’s

2044 Deerskin Wool Short

1035 Deerskin Primaloft Zip

1187 Claire

2047 Men’s Deerskin Swisswool Glove

1033/2043 Deerskin Silk Lined Ladies’/Men’s

6366 Basic Wool Mitten

1917 Lambskin Mitten

2909 Deerskin Swisswool Mitt

2908 Deerskin Lambskin Mitt

1048/2048 Lapponia Reindeer Suede Glove Ladies’/Men’s

1272 Classic Sandwich Glove

4004/4204 Firenze Ladies’/Men’s

2041 Deerskin Sandwich Glove

1907 Elk Leather Älvdalen

1188/2188 Classic Lambskin Ladies’/Men’s

3275 Female Leather Sonata

1916 Deerskin Primaloft Mitt

2083 Utsjö

3965 Downhill Sr

3732 Windstopper Action Racing

3708 Basic Winter Tracker

3051 Army Leather Blizzard

3412 Merino Wool Liner

3159 Insulated Liner Finger

3967 Bike Short Guard

3740 Windstopper Action Coach

3704 Active

3509 Army Leather Expedition Mitt

3410 Merino Wool Liner Knitted

3417 Insulated Liner Mitt

3716 Windstopper Breeze Female Mitt

3721 Windstopper Active

3702 Tracker Jr Mitt

3201 Via Ferrata Short

3164 Power Stretch

3056F Heli Ski Jr Liner

3709 Windstopper Race Tracker

3715 Windstopper Breeze Female

3014 Army Leather Ascent

3200 Via Ferrata Long

3413 Polartec Power Dry

3656F Heli Ski Jr Liner Mitt

3722 Windstopper Action Race Cut

3706 Active Short

3329 Gore-Tex X-Trafit 3-Finger

3055 Army Leather GTX X-Trafit Mountain Works

3415 Polartec Power Dry Waffle

3061F Heli Ski Female Liner

3158 Insulated Liner Short

3537F Pile Lining Mitt

3050F Wool Pile/Terry Liner

6362 Kebnekaise Wool Mitt

3356 Army Leather Heli Ski Jr 3-Finger

3095 Gauntlet Jr Wide Fit

3561F Heli Ski Female Liner Mitt

3127F Wool Pile/Terry Liner

3305F Wool Terry Lobster

6354 Fjällvante

3656 Army Leather Heli Ski Jr Mitt

3695 Gauntlet Jr Wide Fit Mitt

3420 Touch Point Liner

3348 Wool Terry/ Wool Pile 3-Finger

6051 Pancho

3257 CZone Gauntlet Jr

3081 Cuir De Chèvre Jr

3160 Gore-Tex Jr

3509F Army Leather Expedition 3-Finger Liner

3585FA Wool Terry Lining Mitt

6053 Pancho Half Finger

3357 CZone Gauntlet Jr 3-Finger

3681 Cuir De Chèvre Jr Mitt

3560 Gore-Tex Jr Mitt

3416 Primaloft Extreme Liner

3590F Wool Pile/ Terry Lining Mitt

6751 Pancho Mitten

3657 CZone Gauntlet Jr Mitt

3150 Kaj & Sverre Pro Model Jr

3202 CZone Pickup Jr

6600 Silk Lining

3009F Army Leather Expedition 5-Finger Liner

6750 Pancho Mitten Baby

3056 Army Leather Heli Ski Jr

3650 Kaj & Sverre Pro Model Jr Mitt

3620 CZone Shell Mitt Jr

3587 Kids’ Gore-Tex

3288 Primaloft Jr

3585 Fjellvott Jr

1001/2001 Peccary Classic Unlined Ladies’/Men’s

2006 Peccary Crochet Jaques

1027/2025 Deerskin Country Glove Ladies’/Men’s

3698 CZone Kids’ Mitt

3688 Primaloft Jr Mitt

3648 Kiddy Mitt

1002/2002 Peccary Nubuck Unlined Ladies’/Men’s

1020 Deerskin Edelweiss

2021 Deerskin Primaloft Rib

3230 Windstopper Glacier Jr

3642 Baby Zip Long

3625 Baby Zip Ecocuir

1007/2007 Peccary Classic Wool Ladies’/Men’s

1021 Deerskin Trachten

2024 Men’s Unlined Deerskin Glove

3188 Isaberg Jr

3691 My First Hestra

3548 Ecocuir Leather Box Jr

1008/2008 St Moritz Ladies’/Men’s

1022/2022 Deerskin Classic Wool Ladies’/Men’s

2028 Deerskin Winter Lined

3588 Isaberg Jr Mitt

3635 Baby Zip Primaloft

3659 Kids’ Ecocuir Wool Terry Mitt

1009/2009 Peccary Lambskin Ladies’/Men’s

2042 Deerskin Wool Chrochet Glove

2029 Deerskin Driver’s Lined

3633 Cozy Mitt Jr

3644 Kids’ Wool Terry Mitt

3628 Swisswool Merino Loft Jr Mitt

1010/2010 Cortina Ladies’/Men’s

1028 Ladies’ Deerskin Primaloft

2031 Deerskin Lambskin Lined

3969 Bike Trailer

3730 Windstopper Action Power Dry Mitt

3701 Tracker Jr

3208 Crevasse

3411 Merino Wool Liner Active

3345 Insulated Liner 3-Finger

Production: Forsman & Bodenfors.Photos: Pelle Bergström/Skarp Agent.Other photographers: Kalle Gustafsson/Skarp Agent (pp. 8–9), Mattias Fredriksson (pp. 16–17and 44–45), Gösta Fries (pp. 28–29), Daniel Rönnbäck (pp. 36–37), Kent Malm (pp. 52–55).Portraits, pp. 46–49: Gösta Fries, Nisse Schmidt, Andreas Strand, Anton Vos, MattiasFredriksson, Flip McCririck, Fotograf Heléne, Falun. The pictures of Johan Skullman andWille Lindberg are on loan from Fjällräven and Cross Sportswear respectively.Illustration: Fredrik Persson (pp. 4–5).Repro and printing: Göteborgstryckeriet. Paper: Munken Polar.Hestra is certified to ISO 9001 for quality and ISO 14001 for environmental management.All information is subject to any colour deviations and changes to our range.