Dynafit DNA Race Wind Jacket

Hannes Namberger wore this jacket at this weekend’s Transgrancanaria race. First off all: Congrats Hannes for a stellar 2nd place.

But here’s why this jacket is cool and the first piece of interesting gear I have seen in quite a while (Part of the reason is that it’s not gear made for trail running but skimo racing): The jacket has a zipper expanding along the full backside allowing the jacket to expand and to be worn OVER the vest/race pack and still allowing for access to the gear stashed in the pack.

This jacket features a special secret at the back: A long zipper can create room for your pack when needed. That means you can simply wear the jacket over the backpack and do not have to spend valuable time taking it off first. Via the open zipper you then also have quick access to for example crampons or to attach your skis.

It seems to offer very low water resistance and is really only meant for skimo races as a wind breaker, but I believe this idea could be improved on and optimized for trail running?

I need to investigate this further, and would love to test one sometime.