Free Goods Friday: Bonfire

February 17

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For this week’s Free Goods Friday we are giving you the chance to win yourself a Bonfire Sitka Down jacket. We all know that down jackets are typically made with feathers to keep you extra warm and comfortable. But we want you to get creative and tell us alternative options for the filling of a puffy jacket. Let us know what else you think could be an alternative filling for a puffy jacket in the comment section below. Feel free to get creative with your answers. We will pick the best answer to get hooked up and stay nice and warm on those bitter cold days.

Contest ends 2/24/12

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By: Chris G

March 6

Pick a winner already, it is almost time for Spring riding in my board shorts.

By: shane

March 5

grey hairs from the elderly

By: Damien Loy

March 1

pillows

By: t

March 1

Babies, tiny little pro-choice babies! so soft, so cushy!

By: Calvin

February 29

Fill it with a snow-making machine. Then just pop open the zipper and bam, pow!

By: Yoshi

February 29

To be friendly to the ducks I'd use grizzly bear fur to keep you warm on The Big Bear Mountains.

By: Matt Ryan

February 29

Dried seaweed

By: Sindri Þór Jónsson

February 29

An Oven!

By: benjamin campbell

February 28

in an effort to be friendly to ducks and the environment, I would scour the world and collect all the fluff found in everyones tumble dryer filter. for an extra warm recycled quilt filling.

By: Mark Gassler

February 28

Battery powered electric coils and a pack of big league chew. GRAPE FLAVORED!

By: Andrea

February 27

You could fill it up with some hot and fluffy chicken wings.... who doesn't love chicken wings ?!?!?! heheheh or just stick up with some old and good beer it cheers you up if you can't afford a jacket!

By: Kristyanne Beckemeyer

February 26

i need this!!

By: Virgil hart

February 26

So I'm thinkin the best thing that would keep you warm to put it a jacket would have to be wolf fure and lots of it no screw that put heat pads in them:) anybody would like that

By: Emily N.

February 24

Fill the jacket with artificial fluffy snow, memory foam, feathers, cotton, fleece, wool, silk, fur, and lots of awesomeness!

By: Kim

February 24

fill the pockets with coupons for your accessories. Better yet...some cash to spend while watching your Super Pass Event at Powder Ridge this Sunday. I would be sure to stay warm in your Jacket and the "Special Hot Chocolate" Powder Ridges Chalet serves!

By: Ben

February 24

Fill that jacket with heat packs. All you have to do is microwave it for a few seconds before hitting the hill and stay warm for hours!

By: Samuel Millkvist

February 24

"You can use this even if you are fat, because it is so fluffy that no one can see that you are fat!"

By: Carson

February 24

on word... Twinkies.

By: Douglas Mapes

February 24

A helium filled puffy jacket. Help you get a little more lift on those monster table tops, pad your landing off of the stair set and keep you a float if you get caught in an avalanche. Of course you would need to be able to re inflate it from time to time. Who couldn't help but take helium drags on the lift ride up.

By: JP Melencio

February 24

It should be filled with tempur-pedic material! I would sleep all day in it.

By: Jeroen Flinterman

February 24

Fill it with helium to use it for my snowkitesessions, then i can fly even higher and have airtime i can only dream of!!

By: Holden D

February 23

The inside should be filled with Aerogel which is extremely light(almost air) and one of the best insulators to keep you warm. The outside should be coated in a superhydrophobic spray stuff that shoots water/ice off of it so you will never ever be wet again.

By: Emmett Brooks

February 23

Because its easier to pluck a bird than to shave a sheep. Womp!

By: Trevor Harpur

February 23

Fill it with baby pigs so you can go off the jump and make pigs fly and show those assholes its possible

By: FReider

February 23

Late 70's Early 80's Backround Music

By: FReider

February 23

Gender Specific Babe Magenets! (well)

By: FReider

February 23

Grass Hoppers (trained to all jump on demand)

By: Nico

February 23

On the inside there should be fur and pockets inside and on the outside there should be a waterproof material on the outside of it

By: FReider

February 23

No feathers Right um ok Fuzzy Caterpillars (warmth and they extend millions of little feet and bring you to help when you crash)

By: Marcus Castaneda

February 23

Fill it up with tater tots because the one thing I've learned from Napolian Dynamite is that there is no possibility that nothing wrong could happen when we have tots with us at all times.

By: FReider

February 23

Peacock Feathers! Only you will know how cool you really are on the INSIDE!

By: Bryan K.

February 23

Please don't fill it with anything, I want to feel the cold at least once this winter!!! La Nina apparently missed Ohio, PA, and Western NY!

By: Savu Radu

February 23

fill it up with love,cuz the love for powder is like nothing you've ever felt before,fill it up with passion,cuz the passion for snowdoarding will keep your blood preasure high.....

By: Evan Mcdonald

February 23

panda bears. When a skier cuts you off you can go panda bear on their ass.

By: Andrew Brown

February 23

Fill it with Grimbergen Beer, preferably blonde and not dark. Never have I stopped any snowboard run because I was to cold to continue. The adrinaline keeps me warm. Now on the other hand, many times have I started to think about that cold beer at the bottom of the run. Make sure you put some camelback type access to the brew and then I would only have to stop to get a refill. Dreams, I know it would never work.

By: Alan Garland

February 23

Silky Terrier. I used to work beside a woman who called Anne who had a Silky Terrier dog. Being a dog (the terrier, not Anne - she was a really kind lady) it needed walking regardless of the weather. One icy morning Anne took her dog out for its walk and tragedy! Anne, a larger lady, slipped and instead of seriously hurting herself she... well, she was fine but the Silky Terrier was a goner. On the plus side it did a marvellous job of cushioning Anne's fall so sounds like some good jacket filling to me. You'd have to let them out for breaks, only fair. True story. Can't remember the dog's name but if this wins I'll forever remember it as Bonfire.

By: ryan mctevia

February 22

fill it with memory foam

By: Caio

February 22

Well let me think what to put in a Bonfire Sitka Down jacket, mm, well how about we put a bonfire in the jacket. It's warm so it will keep you nice and toasty on a freezing day in the mountains and It's fire so it weighs next to nouthing. And isn't that what the Bonfire Sitka Down jacket is all about.

By: Jack Moran

February 22

Fill it with air... then you have a personal airbag and don't have to worry about the falls

By: Nate

February 22

fluffy fluffy nuggets!!!!!

By: Chia Tan

February 22

Smart nano-fibers that absorb not just warmth from sun rays, but also all that body heat you're radiating when you're zooming down the slopes. Hit a button to activate heat release when you're chilling on the chairlift (the coldest part of the day!)

By: Max Worhatch

February 22

-50% torn up pieces of kevlar (bulletproof) vests for lightweight armor to aid in fighting off yetis/skier javelins -25% helium to aid in higher/longer airs -25% alpaca wool. Mountain animal wool to keep the mountaineer warm

By: Nicholas Wittman

February 22

Fill it up with cotton swabs (aka cotton balls)

By: Jess B

February 22

Tater tots! Then, if you get hungry while riding, you shall have a snack.

By: richard sheridan

February 22

The beard of jesus... I expect this on my desk no later than five.

By: JM

February 22

Whiskey and cookies. 2 best things on earth.

By: Skjerli

February 22

the tears of a black man

By: Tony

February 22

Fill it with country music, the heart and soul of America. AMURICA!

By: Colin B

February 22

Fill it with the film tape from old vhs snowboard films. Keep inspiration in and perspiration out!

By: Alex

February 22

Tacos. Tacos are an excellent source of spiritual, emotional, and physical energy. Not to mention the mythical powers inherent in all tacos. Its quite obvious that tacos should compose a jacket because of lettuce, cheese, salsa, magic, and tortillas.

By: Jacob

February 22

Methane from Unicorn farts as they don't smell and have magical particles that help you stay in the air longer enabling you to pull crazier shapes!

By: Tobias Steiger

February 22

Fill it with primaloft ;)

By: Jakey

February 22

I've collected space hoppers since the summer of 1984.

By: will pye

February 22

bubble wrap.

By: Dzaeman

February 22

As the ever incresing demand for new matirials are putting more and more pressure on what our finite world can provide I turn to more sustainable sources.. feathers are a good source as you can grow ducks however they requre more and more space, food and fresh water. What i think we should fill it up with is with matirials which you can recycle from used garmets for example.. you could turn untangle old merino jumpers, gloves hats and scarfs and turn them into filling matirals! I understand that it might be too dificult to pin point to a single recyled matirial but you could always use a mixture, and a mixture with some fluffy wool to get them nice and fat... These days there are many used clothes drop off points where i think you could source your matirals from! Cheers, DZ

By: Maurice Theurich

February 22

I would fill it with some recycled cotton of old clothes I dont need anymore. That would be warm as well and safes the environment and the money in my wallet!

By: Patrick K

February 21

Fill it with bumblebees. They supposedly vibrate inside of hives to warm them up, I'm sure you could train them to do the same for your jacket.

By: Kevin

February 21

Recycled cardboard that has reached its maximum useful life and will be landfilled if not used. It has strong insulation properties, is very lightweight, and would be saving the planet one parka at a time. It's a win all across the board (People, Planet, Profit). People stay warm, Planet stays clean, Profit gets earned.

By: Fuentes

February 21

use polur bear fur on a nice LA NINA day! those bears stay warm for days!

By: Ben

February 21

Easy. No less than 73 live kittens. The jacket purs when you stick switch back 5's.

By: Carmine Conte

February 21

i would have to say Poodle hair! its soft, its warm, its very light and its a very good insulator. Reason why i know that is because i made a kitty condo for the stray cats around my area and i used my dogs hair as insulator to keep it warm in there. I live in Montreal, Quebec so its gets cold up here. So thats what i think would be a good idea. Thanks! Ride Free! Ride Forever!

By: Noel Nocas

February 21

The best insulators are those which have the highest R-value. The R-value basically tells us the thermal resistance of a produce. it the measure of heat flux (rates of temperature changes across a medium). The highest R value is a vacuum...so filling a jacket with nothing would be ideal..but not practical. So the best option is Silica Aerogel...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel A vacuum has a R value of about 40 to 50 ft²·°F·h/Btu., the next highest insulating R value is Silica Aerogel which is about 10 ft²·°F·h/Btu.. This is twice as warm as thinsulate and about 3-5 ft²·°F·h/Btu higher than down. The problem is that Silica Aerogel is technically a rigid solid...which as you can imagine would complicate things as a jacket needs to be awesomely mobile when i dub cork all day. but thin pannels in the chest and back regions similar to volcoms TDS should do the trick, and add a little padding as well. the cool thing about this aero gell is you could use the D30 gells used in the modern day padding items, so it would be safe and the warmest thing next to your coleman thermos.

By: Ryan

February 21

This is a jacket it keeps you warm

By: Davide Carlet

February 21

Fill it with lovely wonderful thoughts and fairy dust. It will let you fly.

By: Enrico

February 21

The art of Bonfire, a real experience

By: Dirk

February 21

I was going to say Chinchilla fur because Jay-Z calls it the best fur (see: Crazy in Love lyrics), but really nothing is as warm as radiation. I say fill it with non-ionizing microwave radiation. It'll kill you sooner than later, but you will sure be warm!

By: David

February 21

The fur from a Liger

By: Rolf

February 21

Fill that jacket the good old way we do it down here... squirrels... fuzzy, puffy, wam squirrels..

By: Toby

February 21

Liquid hot magma.... Oh wait that wouldn't work. How the hair off Austin Power's chest?

By: Jethro

February 21

Do a passionate drive to collect used neon hotdog ski one-pieces from the 80s that are no longer considered in fashion. Shred them all and use that as the puff-pack for the jackets. Then these relics can live on and on without shame. Gape-tastic but in some puff camouflage!

By: Rob C

February 21

Packing popcorn would make it a really puffy jacket! But if we put real popcorn in it we could have a snack on the Mountain!

By: Bailee

February 21

Fill it with Barney Stinson so you would essentially be........wait for it..........LEGENDARY AWESOME!!!!! True story...

By: James Wilson

February 21

X-treme Energy drinks so you can drink it and do double corks like Shane whit.

By: Ricci

February 21

Fill it with hot water and turn it in to a giant wearable hot water Jacket!

By: Alysa

February 21

Feathers soaked in sex panther. Smell sexy look sexy. OR make the outside a shell, whilst the inside is removable layers. Customize your "puffy-ness" preference.

By: Curtis

February 21

leaves. it'll be like falling on a pile of them.

By: gwyn

February 21

wings from angels and the beards off of mountain goats. duh. ask me something hard!

By: Luke Raison

February 21

Stuff it with more Bonfire products then when it gets warmer up the mountains you can take the products out and use them.

By: Amy

February 21

I would fill the Jacket with lots and lots of Cotton balls , because having a jacket filled with Candy would be nice and all but what would you do when you find that your friends had all the candy in your Jacket ? So for me I would fill my Jacket with lots and lots of big Cotton balls !

By: Zach

February 21

I would recommend wiring some flexible,thin,and hi-tech solar panals onto the outside of the coat and then line the inside of the coats with some seriously toasty heating blankets so that way it's environmentally friendly and hooked up with some kick ass technology. Warmth whenever you need it without having to kill anything to do it. Don't get much sicker then that!!!

By: Andy Forseman

February 21

Easy let me fill the jacket and it will see the mountains all year long.

By: Jeffrey

February 21

Whale blubber. It is literally nature's best insulator, although, in an effort to "save the whales" it's probably best to use a type of synthetic whale blubber.

By: Liam Cullen

February 21

Memory foam first layer, then alpaca wool, then feathers. Then the shell as a windbreaker shell with taped seams.

By: Chris Moors

February 21

Energy absorbing foam, exactly what is says on tin and its lightweight and breathable!

By: Xabier Manzano

February 21

The best filling is human hair. Specially the curly one from where you know

By: meg

February 21

candy :D yeeee!!!

By: Nicholas Stroud

February 21

PB&J

By: Ryan Conway

February 20

Using those pesky packing peanuts for insulation in a jacket would be prime. Those things take so long do degrade in landfills, using them for insulation would be much better. Also what they said vv is genius.. Good luck!

By: Sindre Holm Lægreid

February 20

What about a creative way to fill a jacket instead of the material itself. Air is an excellent filling, but what if we could adjust the amount/shape of the jacket as we pleased? Imagine having tens mamybe even houndreds of "straw-like" tubes connected to a venting system within the jacket itself. Want more puff? Just blow it up, manually or mechanically. You could also fit in some kind of built in camelback-like system along the spine, one or two large stabilizing tubes, fills with whatever you like, drink from the end of the hoddie-adjuster. What if we fill the tubes with nitrious-oxide (laughing gas), It's a seriously good insulator, and if you mess up that awesome run you can just cheer yourself up through inhaling some from your trusty jacket. Would be light to. So many possibilities.

By: Andy Leerssen

February 20

THE WARMEST, LIGHTEST, MOST LUSTROUS FIBER IN THE WORLD. . . ALPACA!! Seriously, this is gonna be the next standard in comfort!!!

By: Bry

February 20

Recycled Pillows, sterilize and re-use, those things take up a whole trash bag and some people burn them up, bad news right there, pick me!

By: Tai Marron

February 20

Bacon and 4-LOCO.

By: Matt

February 20

fill it with shredded issues of transworld mags

By: Dan Golembiewski

February 20

I would fill it with the fur from the bear that i killed last week on the mountain

By: GHansen

February 20

Seeing as I own two shaggy Poodles...thats right; Poodles. Don't ask how I got them...its a long story. Living on the mtns, I have let their hair grow so they don't turn into dogsicles! These little shits keep pretty warm up here in the Tetons. I have to think that it is there specially adapted poodle fur ! But now that you mention it, I am always having to shave them.... and I keep the fur ( kinda like sheepskin ) So i have about enough for 1 jacket in a brown paper bag.....! http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150105151069868&set=a.440590899867.234682.844264867&type=3&theater Anyways, i could really use a new jacket here in the Tetons...and I wouldnt have to keep chasing these silly poodles around to try to make a new jacket! Thanks guys!

By: Gilles Kolthek

February 20

Whit fur

By: Jess

February 20

I would fill this jacket with marshmallows and hand warmers. That way the jacket is warm and fluffy and I would have a delicious toasty snack for me at all times.

By: Richard K

February 20

Fill it with neon lights then wait for the dark to fall and have a psychedelic shred down

By: Joshua Bruno

February 20

I would fill it with all the unsold shamwows in the world.

By: Christopher

February 20

I would fill the jacket with Candy cotton so it would be always fluffy ;D

By: Juliaan W.

February 20

I would fill this jacket with big titties and round bootys and I would never ever take it off again !

By: Brent Colley

February 20

A good alternative could be that the jacket is filled with heat packs, and before each time you use it you just put it in the microwave and it lasts all day.

By: brandon

February 20

styrofoam.

By: Daniel Gort

February 19

Popcorn, and when you're hungry...

By: joker

February 19

We already know feathers work, but that pisses off the environmentalist, but everyone knows that snowboarders are rebels, so i say screw em, lets use the whole bird! shove a couple hundred ducklings in there and you would have one puffy warm jacket! plus you would have ultimate bad ass rebel status! The only thing that could top that off would be if you made the jacket out of a Giant Panda's hide, with the head still attached as a hood, then shoved it full of ducklings... or wait, better yet baby Galapagos penguins, cause we all know penguins have waterproof feathers that protect them from some chilly ass situations. .... hmm or on second thought we could rebel against the bad ass fad, and follow the green fad. for example you make the jacket and leave it un-stuffed, and don't sew it up all the way, then sell it for twice as much with an Eco-friendly Green tag on it, then the customer can stuff it with whatever "recycled" materials they want, like newspaper, weed, munchies, or home grown organic salad greens... or all the cash they have, then they could have an "into the wild" experience if you know what i mean. either is a top notch idea that is sure to make the companies lots of money, depending on which fad is in

By: DA DA DA

February 19

marshmallows. duhh.

By: David P

February 19

You can fill it with don don intestines such as in star wars, it kept the young Jedi alive!

By: piles

February 19

reuse some asbestos-free house insulation to keep you warm.

By: Genius

February 19

Some kind of soy-based or rice-based product that is similar to packing peanuts. Maybe even those little foam balls. Something eco-friendly or recycled that is functional, cost-effective, and most importantly, warm. Down is great, but wets out in moist conditions. Synthetic is great, somewhat bulky. We need something in between...

By: Damon

February 19

FedEx Packing Peanuts.

By: LSD

February 19

first you must harness the power of the SUN and place the rays of warmth into the jacket for everlasting warmth. Or you could you marshmellows!

By: daglife

February 19

hypodermic needles

By: Parsa

February 19

some sort of warm soluid to also protect the blows

By: Joe S.

February 19

I would fill my puffy jacket using the fur of the most badass animal alive: the honey badger.

By: Kris

February 19

Queefs....Pussy Farts!!!! Yaaa

By: Kris

February 19

Pubic Hair.......Duh......

By: Renaud

February 19

get the biggest coat you can and fill it with the most chicks possible, warm enough?

By: Nico

February 19

You should use fur silk and a waterproof material

By: Patrick Walker

February 19

Only the finest Woolly Mammoth fur of course

By: speed king

February 19

chopped up hot snakes with cobra saus and jalapenos

By: James

February 19

another bonfire jacket. that would be the most sensible filling.

By: Miles Ritch

February 19

Wool and bamboo fiber stay warm and eco my friendS

By: Jonathan

February 19

a mixture between hulk hogan and rob machado's hair knitted into a fine shell, insulated with puppy ears and jugaboo fur.

By: Luke

February 18

Nobody say Newspaper? Did a science project on insulators in Jr. High and newspaper was the the one that retained the most heat. Re-usable, recyclable. Why pluck an animals feathers when we have a better material already!

By: RobLS

February 18

Tempur-pedic Memory Foam!

By: Mason Buettner

February 18

Fill her up with some good old mechanized chicken. If it's good enough to eat then it's definitely good enough to insulate!

By: Pat U

February 18

Jackalope fur!

By: Hannah

February 18

Packing Peanuts, because it would make everyone feel special and brand new!!

By: Terrible T

February 18

All snowboard jackets should be filled with at least 4 pounds of bomb CHRONIC.

By: Tyler P

February 18

First I would find an albino Polar Bear. Second I would drug the bear with Roo-Hif-Nal so he would pass out. ( no I would not rape the bear or do anything to harm the bear) Third I would shave the bears fur, except around the torso region, leaving him still looking fly for those ladies. Fourth I would take the fur to a buddhist monk who would bless it with the power of warmth. Fifth I would sprinkle a little love, from Taylor Swift's amazing voice, all across the fur. Last I would stuff the jacket with this amazing fur. Not only would this blessed, albino, thick, leg Hair get us warm, but the sweet voice and love that we received from Taylor Swift's voice would keep us warm!

By: David Cardany

February 18

What would Dwight say...beats and bear fur?

By: Victor

February 18

Fill it with ____________(insert creative answer)

By: Tres T

February 18

Nutella. becuase everyone would buy it.

By: Chris G

February 18

How about if we shredded the Olympic qualification rules for snowboarding. Then they would be useful for something, but that wouldn't work because the IOC rules don't make anyone feel warm and fuzzy. I guess the Himalayan Yeti fur is the way to go.

By: Mike

February 18

Fill it with a knife and Newt Gingrich's face. You know, just in case you fall.

By: MaTtY

February 18

Shaun White's hair, obviously.

By: elliot

February 18

Bear and wolf fur, those things live in the cold without bonfire jackets.

By: A-mac

February 18

Half bubble wrap and and the other half r24 insulation. The bubble wrap would be good for protection when one bails, and r 24 insulation is the highest rated inslation you can get so most of the heat would not escape.

By: gabe

February 18

condoms; they are waterproof, and you could put any number of things inside them to heat yourself like the stuff in warmups, and you could do many things inside the jacket...

By: Joseph Childree

February 18

The best thing to put inside the jacket would be a built in heater, like the ones in a heater blanket.

By: William

February 18

Furry rave boots and spirit hoods

By: William

February 18

Those furry rave boots chicks wear

By: Kevin Nolan

February 18

Just straight money so when you stomp your tricks you can make it rain on yourself.

By: Matt B

February 18

Igloos are warm why not just fill it with snow?

By: Luoma

February 18

Dryer sheets-to keep you smelling meadow fresh?

By: Alex Marthaler

February 18

Children's laughter and Unicorns that poop happiness and jelly beans

By: Alin Gurau

February 18

You could fill the jacket with bubble wraps. The material is light and the air makes the material a good isolator. Plus how wouldn't like to fall on air :) ?

By: Liam Pearce

February 18

fill it with hopes and dreams of that next powder day. Maybe could incorperate a small riveted vent to allow a couple of dreams to escape in a rain dance type theory meaning it will snow that night to ensure a perfect next day on the slopes. Failing that fill it with shits and giggles, just for shits and giggles really

By: Andy F

February 18

I think hemp would be a great isolating stuff.. ;)

By: SArah

February 17

Jelly! As it will keep you warm, provide a meal if you get hungry and be shock resistant! Plus everyone loves jelly!

By: Stef

February 17

Stuff it with a good amount of Weed in order to really absorb the shock when you fall, its also warm and most of all...aromatic !!!

By: Brown

February 17

I think the jacket is filled with a ton of candy, so when you eat shit the jacket explodes with candy like a piñata

By: Grant Derifield

February 17

you should put memory foam in it because it will keep you warm and wont hurt if you fall

By: Justin

February 17

I think Hay or straw, it environmentally friendly and Green, its cheap (I'm to poor to buy a $400 jacket), there is a lot more abundance of Hay and straw farm rather than geese and sheep, the moisture, it holds less moisture than goose, wool, synthetic down, its a recycled material to reproduce. Most of all its CHEAP!!!!!!

By: Andrew

February 17

Collection of belly-button lint from Chris Farley. thick and plentiful

By: Zach Loving

February 17

Its simple fill it with the good stuff... The real good stuff

By: Phil

February 17

Filled with baby fat...ain't nothing warmer then baby fat!

By: Jon Wallace

February 17

Go find a Yeti, shave that mother down, stuff your damn coats with that forsure

By: Kevin

February 17

Fill it with all those hot babes in the office! There sure to keep you warm!

By: Hayden Mactavish

February 17

skin of a bear.... its warm and makes u a bad ass... derp

By: Zack

February 17

A jacket should be made with love, to warm even the coldest hearts.

By: Matt

February 17

Pam Anderson'S Tatas' son!!! it will provide you with Warmth, Padding,and a nice sense of comfort with those bodacious mamajamas.

By: Michael

February 17

Ginger hair! cos there's tonnes of it out there and no one wants it, So will keep it out of sight!

By: mclovin

February 17

john jacksons hair

By: Jamie

February 17

Water in a clear plastic lining so you can put goldfish in your jacket and see them swim around. Like those prizes you get at the fairground.

By: Mason Bradford

February 17

They should fill jackets with shredded up copies of snowboarder mag so that you will always have an issue with you!

By: Colby Yee

February 17

feathers from the hawks of mt. hood

By: Jonny Mars

February 17

Bamboo fibres. Economical, cheap. Warm!

By: Sean

February 17

marshmallows. lots of marshmallows. as the day progresses, you get hotter and hungrier therefore you eat the marshmallows and your jacket becomes slowly less warming

By: Zoid

February 17

Dickfarts. Reusable and environmentally safe.

By: Kevin Van Zandt

February 17

inflatable honeycomb pockets with pump and adj due to weather temps Fat on them cold days Flat on blu bird!

By: Lee Swopes

February 17

I believe you guys should use some form of memory foam and poly cotton blend. So the jacket can be warm and soft when you take a bad wipe-out.

By: John

February 17

fill it with nothing because we r hardcore

By: Henry

February 17

Nothing would be better than a soft babies buttox. thank you

By: Anthony D

February 17

Stuff it with Liger fur!

By: Dale G.lover

February 17

Fill it with mgical feathers that warm up when you get on the chair lifts, oh and also fairy dust to help you get that extra boost of airtime :P

By: Aidan Paike

February 17

Soft puppies who are mourning their lost mother, they are looking for a new companion to share all their warmth and love with. you take them and put them in the jacket so your always with them and they be keeping you warm.

By: Eric T

February 17

The righteousness of Jesus

By: riccio

February 17

old newspapers...it's a good insulating material, cheap and it's a good way to rycicle material

By: Arlene Marrinan

February 17

Marshmallows!

By: Ole Marvin Fallet

February 17

A backprotecter in the jacket! So you don't hurt yourselves.

By: slecht

February 17

the hopes and dreams of orphans

By: verdonck frederik

February 17

met een simpele kleine ingebouwde warmte heather met warme lucht die eigenlijk die doorheen de jas wordt geblazen zo verkleint men de kans van onderkoeling bij eventuele lawine's.en waarom niet voorzien van zuurstof you never know!!

By: Rosa

February 17

Used plastic bags. They would make a nice rustling sound down the slopes as well as great insulation (and recycling)to warn people you're coming up behind them ;)

By: Jake

February 17

shredded cash

By: tessa

February 17

stickers, lots and lots of stickers. representing the pasion

By: Enarf

February 17

I think Shaun White needs to cut his hair once and for all and then you could fill it with that. simple.

By: Jeff Gauntlett

February 17

Fill it with recycled products cleaned up from your local beach! It cleans our beaches and provides a reusable product capable of being a waterproof insulation. Plastic is a often discarded and non biodegradable product. Why not clean up our earth and reuse it to enjoy it!!!

By: ryan

February 17

FFind some way to make a faux fur out of recycled bottles(like burton is doing for t shirts) or donated hair or something to reduce waste and protect the environment

By: Mark thewlis

February 17

Fill it with air it's free and enviromentally friendly :-)

By: tyler logan

February 17

you guys should go on a hiking trip and take down a buffalo with ur bare hands and us the fur! orrr haha u goes should kill some whales and use the flubber fronm the whales! that will keep u all nice and toasty.

By: Lor

February 17

Fill it with HELIUM. Great insulator and a sure-fire way to boost your hang time when busting fakie stalefishes in peoples' eyes!

By: Michael S

February 17

You could fill the jacket with cheetos! That way you can snack while you ride!

By: Hanna

February 17

Shaun Whites hair... Not only would it be warm but it could rub off some of his ginger swag on to the wear-er of the jacket

By: Derek D

February 17

Helium, so you can get that extra bit of lift off those kickers.

By: Penny

February 17

Charles Manson's blood. Wait, that won't keep you warm.

By: Futch

February 17

Himalayan Yeti wool. No contest; this stuff keeps the dude and his fam warm up on Everest. While accessibility may be an issue (shaving a yeti is not the easiest thing ever...), this is an environmentally friendly and renewable resource and will provide the Himalayan nations with a source of international industry.

By: Kalen Malueg

February 17

Twinkies: insulation/ survival food all in one

By: mitch

February 17

Playful: POPCORN but not store bought, theatre only.... Genius: I would fill it with pine needles. Their green, sustainable, waterproof, and they'll add a new level of freshness to your riding.

By: Justin S.

February 17

fill it with a bunch of smaller jackets that are filled with even smaller jackets and so on until their is just tiny jacket shaped atoms inside the smallest jacket.

By: Scott

February 17

Maybe just fill it with up since that is the alternative to down.

By: jörgen

February 17

the jacket should be filled with awsomeness

By: david

February 17

a skiers skill at snowboarding. oooohhhh yeeaa then it wouldnt puff :(

By: briz

February 17

bunnies, while they shuffle around in there it will keep u warm and ur body loose!

By: andrew

February 17

Things to Fill Down Jackets with Stealing Skiers down Jackets Red Panda Fur Wolverine "Nevers Freezes" Find a Mammoth and use its fur "probbly good but hard to find them living" or Be nails and just dont fill it and have some skinny swag

By: newbrough

February 17

louif special edition stuffed with all of his 'real street' contest winnings.

By: Allan Planes

February 17

There are many reasons people choose to buy alternatives to down-filled Jackets. Some consumers use them to avoiding allergies; others appreciate their ease of care. Price-conscious customers like the fact that they are generally much less expensive than down and animal friendly.If price is a consideration, consider a polyester-filled Jackets, as these are usually less expensive than the silk, satin, or wool-cotton combinations.For warmth a great filling I would personally choose is Mohair,It is one of the warmest natural fibres known and one of the most versatile.Just straight up pimpin in my perspective.

By: Maccheesey

February 17

extra soft toilet paper

By: Liana Hedlund

February 17

I think the alternative should be turtle fur, if you havent heard of it it is pretty sweet and I have a couple winter wear garments and absolutely love the feeling. I have yet to see a jacket filled with it but I couldn't imagine it would be anything less than amazing. It will keep you warm and feel great!!

By: Catie Clune

February 17

dryer lint! Smell as fresh as you look. reuse and reduce waste. Its the perfect material! otherwise saw dust.

By: Jon

February 17

Coconut, duh. Its all the rage...

By: scott

February 17

its filled with cherub farts

By: Jon k

February 17

Ripped up homework with the option to light it on fire with fireproof material

By: Doctor Dave brake

February 17

Sympathy and some feramone thing that attracts really hot chicks

By: Minna

February 17

Hair donated by Shaun White.

By: J.

February 17

Sea biscuits, and white panties. Keep it fresh!

By: Chris Dargiewicz

February 17

The fire from the upcoming London Olympic Games torch, mixed up with delicious bon bons candy = BONFIRE! :)

By: Dave Miller

February 17

Warm chocolate chip cookies

By: Mark

February 17

It could be a bi-product of hair from the Ghostbusters crossing streams when zapping John Jackson and Danny Davis simultaneously. It's extra warm because of all the "burning" done by the two. It's eco-friendly because the small woodland creatures living in the hair tend to make dens and nests with it once it is ready to be discarded. The care free nature of the hair lends a positive vibe to the rider wearing the jacket, resulting in more fun had on the mountain, in streets or just around town.

By: Brett Saguid

February 17

Coconut husk or hemp....stay green with it!

By: Mantana

February 17

Pubes.

By: Daniel Costa

February 17

Fill it with nice hot-dogs!!

By: Colton

February 17

I don't know what the hell a down is, but I bet it's one of those fat fluffy bunnies with the big floppy ears. That is what this jacket reminds me of. If i win this jacket I promise to be a responsible pet owner. I wont let those bunnies out of my jacket, no matter how great the urge. But holy crap how I would love to cuddle the #$#% out of one of those cute little B@$t@rds....

By: sarah mayhew

February 17

Cattail fluff... the wetland plant.

By: Joakim Bekkevold Kretzmähr

February 17

The Bonfire Sitka Down Jacket keeps you warm on freezin days when the blizzard arrives.

By: Josh H.

February 17

Travis Rice's skills

By: Charlie

February 17

Cheese puffs to open up when in need of a tasty snack

By: Tobias

February 17

easy question: rainbow unicorn tailhair. Which gives you an extra 20minutes of air time on every kicker and keeps you cozy whilst flying high up there :) Also the rainbow on your tail makes tricks seem a little more stylish.

By: Leo

February 17

I think memory foam would be awesome, that way when you land it will be soft and your still really warm

By: Michael

February 17

silicone pads should be nice to touch and be warm

By: christopher bennett

February 17

id shave about 600 chinchilla's and fill it with there fur, you ever stroked one? softest fucking fur ever, like stroking snoop dogg's bong smoke yo!!

By: Marc Piscotty

February 17

Ala Randy Moss..."Straight cash homey"!

By: Ash

February 17

Recycled DENIM!

By: Josh

February 17

i would fill them up with past seasons lift tickets cut into pieces and doctors papers received from injuries sustained while skiing/snowboarding! :)

By: Brian hollis

February 17

Bulll fur

By: Andrea

February 17

why not recycled paper?

By: Brian Hollis

February 17

Rabbit fur breathable and warm

By: dart

February 17

tempurpedic foam would be sick and comfortable it could absorb impact when you fall

By: Jesse

February 17

Cut off skier tall tees, nuff said

By: Max H.

February 17

Most definitely flower petals to serenade the ladies after a long day at the hill ;)

By: Chris

February 17

Organic Recycled cotton. Throw in some aromatherapy so it dont stank!

By: Jeff S

February 17

Stuffed animals. nothings says warm then thick insulated soft fur creatures and there cheap, especially if you have a young sister or an older one who doesn't use hers anymore lol

By: Danny L.

February 17

How about beer? It'd be like wearing a water bed and a camel back at the same time. Preferably some Rainier Beer; love that shit.

By: Andrew

February 17

Fill it with bacon! Bacon is awesome anywhere, anytime and just as you strap in you can have a little bacon sandwich to keep your energy up and there should be refillable bacon packages made by bonfire of various falvours like maple bacon, canadian bacon. LONG LIVE THE BACON! WINNING! P.S. You could also throw bacon slices at the cops to keep em off your tail as your trying to get away at the after parties!

By: Cal Gillet

February 17

Marshmallows! Provides padding during those wipeouts and you can snack on them between runs!

By: cindy b

February 17

Lots of pillows and hand warmers!

By: Mark Morarie

February 17

fill it with hipster mustaches so it will be warm, artsy and smell like chai tea

By: Terrill

February 17

A built in seasons pass because they're just too expensive for the college kid's budget. Oh and I'm sure the jacket above will do for warmth. -Keep up the Mt. Bachelor support!

By: jason clark

February 17

HEMP fiber can be crossed with recycled bottles to produce a warm alternative that is renewable and enviro savy.

By: Jordan

February 17

Jellybeans! Keeps you warm and full.

By: John Canadian

February 17

I am gonna go with a true alternative and use recycled dryer lint,shredded unwanted clothing and bottles.Go green energy!

By: RYAN

February 17

cold farts

By: Tim

February 17

Fluffernutter

By: Dale M.

February 17

Marijuana so i never have to buy a bag again! I better win!

By: Alan O'D

February 17

That memory foam that they make beds out of! However you might hike a line and nod off at the top while strapping in... maybe throw in an alarm clock too then

By: Alex Hosick

February 17

A lock of Jesus's Hair, enchanted with eternal flames.

By: KJ Alexander

February 17

Recycle other puffy down jackets... Never hurts to be Earth conscious.

By: Joel man bro dude

February 17

Beard trimmings from chuck norris and jack johnson

By: Thomas Preston

February 17

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, Brown paper packages tied up with strings, These are a few of my favorite things. Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels, Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles, Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings, These are a few of my favorite things Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes, Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes, Silver white winters that melt into springs These are a few of my favorite things

By: Josh Carson

February 17

Newspaper! It's good insulation

By: Chris Barnes

February 17

Lift tickets, so I can ride everyday!

By: Toryalai Maqdoor

February 17

A gel; like that used in insoles

By: Colter B. Koch

February 17

The fur of a manbearpig!

By: Josh B

February 17

Old pages of Snowboarder magazine. Not only are they inspirational, but I can read them on chairlifts. I can give them to people to make new friends. If I get lost off-piste, I can use them to build a nest and start a new life in the wilderness. And, if I notice that they're a bit on the old side, it's a great reminder to renew my subscription. /suckup

By: Emil Vanjaka

February 17

Puppies! Or koalas (i hear koalas are super warm! Just saying...) It'd be kindda cruel though, maybe just hide them inside the jacket and have 'em hug you while riding :) I'm sure they'd be mad down.

By: D. Scott

February 17

You could use plastic! They make long underwear out of recycled plastic bottles. I can't see why you couldn't use this fabric to fill a puffy. And it's enviro friendly!!

By: Nathan Metaxy

February 17

Nano particles that trap heat.

By: Alex

February 17

ludacris's fro from back in the day!

By: Alex

February 17

Clouds!

By: chris wagner

February 17

unicorn feathers. You know...to help fly off the black diamond runs.

By: John w

February 17

Sorry didnt see someone already said marshmallows....NEW ANSWER: It could be filled with silicone breast implants!

By: jon s

February 17

No questions asked. Fill it with VooDoo donuts, maple. Bacon.

By: Jono

February 17

Skip the middle man and just fill the lining with a couple of live geese.

By: A

February 17

asbestos

By: Dylan Thomas

February 17

I would just use the extra fur from the bear I killed in the previous Friday Goods !

By: Will Nunnelee

February 17

Fill it with unopened twinkies, because they have a 12 year shelf life and if you ever got stranded you could survive by cutting open your coat and eating them.

By: Dan Thach

February 17

Whitney Houston's coke filled nose.

By: John w

February 17

It could be filled with marshmallows!

By: Max H

February 17

Whiskey cause it keeps you warm

By: Ryan

February 17

The jacket could defiantly be filled with money and have extra pockets so when your hungry, just pull out a 20 and your set. You would gain access through the inside.

By: Ian

February 17

kittens and tears.

By: William Pham

February 17

Marshmallows in vacuum sealed compartments. When you're done riding, you can reach in, get a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy.

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