RG-1 Core helmet, £175: protective, comes with goggles, and makes you look like Darth Vader, ruroc.comPhotograph: PRThermals you'll want to wear on the outside: Hawks seamless longsleeve top, £49, sweatybetty.com. Matching leggings also £49Photograph: PRThought 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.comPhotograph: PRDynastar Cham 87: techy skis with great edge hold that also float on powder, £475, dynastar.comPhotograph: PRHalloween meets Christmas in the Emilia après-ski cape, £220, sweatybetty.comPhotograph: PRNorth Face women's Sesia down jacket: water resistant and toasty, £230, eu.thenorthface.comPhotograph: PRBurton Spectre men's gloves, £34.99, snowandrock.comPhotograph: PRSkiers are raving about this new brand, Horse Feathers, and it's cool for kids. Pyxis kids' jacket, €109, horsefeathers.euPhotograph: Lubos Wisniewski/PRSweet men's Supernaut Gore-Tex jacket, £450, snowandrock.comPhotograph: PRBurton Hackett Jacket, £195, snowandrock.comPhotograph: PRNokia and Burton unite for a mobile phone jacket that aids battery stamina, €20-€25, nokia.comPhotograph: PRDakine Elias Elhardt 20L pack, €99.95, ellis-brigham.comPhotograph: PRIt 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.comPhotograph: PRThe North Face Women's Keely Pant in turquoise, £150, snowandrock.comPhotograph: Graziano Piovesan/PRH Duvillard women's Ingrid pants, £219, snowandrock.comPhotograph: PR