Capita, is what I got. I said remember that.
If you know anything about 686, you know that the rider-owned outerwear company is at its best when its collaborating with someone else. That’s taken a lot of different forms over the years, but one thing that’s been consistent is the work with bands. Slayer, Iron Maiden, the Grateful Dead, and Ozzy Osbourne have all had the honor of getting a signature line out outerwear and accessories.
Now, you can add the ska-punk band Sublime to that list. This time, the two parties have linked up with Capita for a limited edition board as well.
The board will be the Outerspace Living, which features a true-twin freestyle shape and an all-terrain camber profile built for freeriding. It is available in just one size, 156 cm, and features a tie-dye orange top sheet with the Sublime sun. The base reads “Sublime” in black and orange block letters, with a 686 logo as well.
Inspired by the Mercury series, the Outerspace Living has positive camber underfoot for powder retention, with an elevated nose and tail to help the board swim through variable conditions. For the rider looking to lap the terrain park after the powder has been tracked, this is the board for them.
Including the board, there are 16 pieces in the Sublimex686 collection. That includes snowboard socks, a balaclava, a beanie, mittens and gloves, goggles, a waterproof hoodie and fleece, and two different jacket and pant combinations.
“Sublime’s music permeated the soundtracks of snowboard and freeski video parts for the greater part of a decade—most notably, at a time when 686 was digging its roots in the snowboard scene in Southern California,” an Instagram post from 686 says. “The 686 x Sublime collection honors that legacy, celebrating a time when freestyle boards and twin tips connected the two communities.”
The band got its start in Long Beach, California in 1988. The group released three studio albums. The first two — 40oz. to Freedom and Robbin’ the Hood — had some popularity, but the self titled album released in 1996 was the band’s first mainstream success. Unfortunately, it was released two months after lead singer Bradley Nowell’s death.
In 2009, the band’s surviving members revived the band with Rome Ramierez, toured for a while, and released three albums under the moniker Sublime With Rome.
Then in 2023, Nowell’s son Jakob joined the band to take over lead-singing duties.
“My mother always played me Sublime’s music growing up. So I think my relationship has evolved—it was always this thing in the background of my life,” he told Vice in a interview back in July. “My feelings towards the music and the role that my father’s work had in my life would grow and evolve over time. When I was younger it was nice to have a little piece of him that I could hear, then when I was a teenager I had my own separate, objective relationship with the music.”
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