Featured Image: Sam Maes in the CBL 2.0 ICE – Credit: Sam Decout
As the season comes to a close, spring and summer camps are just around the corner, bringing opportunities for sun-soaked shredding and skill enhancement on glaciers.
This raises an important question: how can you safeguard your eyes and ensure optimal vision while facing the intense sunlight?
SHRED. has the solution. Their new technology, the Contrasting Boosting Lens™ (CBL) 2.0 System, has been developed also with the bright conditions of glacier skiing in mind.
Co-founders Carlo Salmini and Ted Ligety teamed up with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sports Lab to develop a state-of-the-art lens option.
The CBL™ 2.0 GLACIER cuts through strong glare and boosts clarity, contrast, and definition in very bright sun conditions.
Ligety, retired 2x Olympian and 5x World Champion alpine racer and co-founder of SHRED., explained, “When spring rolls around, it’s Contrast Boosting Lens™ 2.0 GLACIER all the way.
Starting in late March, through summer laps at Mt. Hood, the intense sun and high-altitude glare are no joke. GLACIER gives me the clarity I need without squinting my way through a run.”
A Simple Three-Lens Innovation for Every Condition
Alongside the GLACIER lens, SHRED. used the MIT Sports Lab findings to develop the simplest lens system for skiing by providing only three lenses that work well in all conditions.
The other two premium CBL™ 2.0 lens technologies are the ICE and NIGHTTIME lenses.
Contrast Boosting Lens™ 2.0 ICE is the foundation of SHRED.’s lens system, providing exceptional clarity in all winter daytime conditions, thus covering 95% of every skier’s needs. Designed for year-round, all-day use, it effectively combats flat light and removes the necessity for multiple lenses, no matter the light, weather, or where you ski—from northern shadows to southern sun.
SHRED. racers have skied breakthrough races with it from the darkness of Levi, Finland in November and all the way to the brightness of the Southern Alps in March.
The Contrast Boosting Lens™ 2.0 NIGHTTIME is designed specifically for night skiing and extremely low-light situations, effectively combating darkness and minimizing the distracting glare from artificial lights.
Ligety explained, “I get asked all the time what lens I use when I’m skiing. The reality is, I don’t think about it—because I don’t have to.”
He continued, “I only use SHRED.’s Contrast Boosting Lens 2.0 system. I wish I had SHRED.’s performance-enhancing CBL 2.0 when I was racing, with our current racers placing 11 places better than their average in flat and low-light conditions with our ICE lens. I don’t want to think about lens choice, flat light, stormy, or bluebird; it doesn’t matter. I don’t swap lenses; I just ski.”
This three-lens strategy surpasses other brands by being straightforward, allowing athletes to focus on their performance rather than figuring out which lens suits the day’s conditions.
Regardless of the weather, SHRED.’s Contrast Boosting Lens™ 2.0 technology ensures you have the clarity needed to challenge yourself and give it your all.
About the Author: Ellie Hartman
