This season’s best ski and snowboarding kit – in pictures Another season, another excuse to "invest in" new gear … here's some of the best to hit the rails so far Tweet RG-1 Core helmet, £175: protective, comes with goggles, and makes you look like Darth Vader, ruroc.com Photograph: PR Thermals you'll want to wear on the outside: Hawks seamless longsleeve top, £49, sweatybetty.com. Matching leggings also £49 Photograph: PR Thought every way of getting down a slope had been invented? No! Now there's the Dual Board, two short, fat, mini snowboards that attach to your feet, £225, stickyourtrick.com Photograph: PR Dynastar Cham 87: techy skis with great edge hold that also float on powder, £475, dynastar.com Photograph: PR Halloween meets Christmas in the Emilia après-ski cape, £220, sweatybetty.com Photograph: PR North Face women's Sesia down jacket: water resistant and toasty, £230, eu.thenorthface.com Photograph: PR Burton Spectre men's gloves, £34.99, snowandrock.com Photograph: PR Skiers are raving about this new brand, Horse Feathers, and it's cool for kids. Pyxis kids' jacket, €109, horsefeathers.eu Photograph: Lubos Wisniewski/PR Sweet men's Supernaut Gore-Tex jacket, £450, snowandrock.com Photograph: PR Burton Hackett Jacket, £195, snowandrock.com Photograph: PR Nokia and Burton unite for a mobile phone jacket that aids battery stamina, €20-€25, nokia.com Photograph: PR Dakine Elias Elhardt 20L pack, €99.95, ellis-brigham.com Photograph: PR It won't make you Superman but the Recon Mod Live, £319.99, fits into goggles and has graphics showing speed, jump airtime and distance, ellis-brigham.com Photograph: PR The North Face Women's Keely Pant in turquoise, £150, snowandrock.com Photograph: Graziano Piovesan/PR H Duvillard women's Ingrid pants, £219, snowandrock.com Photograph: PR