Thanks to the very generous and innovative folks at Buff USA (I’m looking at you, Casey), we have a pile of nifty Buff stuff to cycle through the giveaway pile over the next several weeks – starting off with this damned nifty DeYoung Rainbow Royal Trucker (thirty bucks retail).
Looking at gear from a review and giveaway perspective over the past several months in particular, at first glance it might seem ironic that fly fishers would benefit so readily from wearables invented by cyclists.
Yep, unless you’ve done a bit of digging, you might not know that BUFF is another company that came to be from a very practical need – head and neck sun protection for cyclist founder Joan Rojas. From the Buff site –
Charged with a passion for motorcycles, our founder, Joan Rojas, sought to find a solution to keep his neck and head protected on his cross-country rides. Plucking from his knowledge of tubular knitting, he churned out the first BUFF® headwear product, focusing on supreme craftsmanship, and tested it as he traveled the length of the Pyrenees. BUFF® , short for bufanda, which means “scarf” in Spanish, was born.
Partnering with superior manufacturers of raw materials, over the past 25 years, BUFF® has premiered and innovated the tubular headwear category. Our company-owned factory, which is located downstairs of our headquarters in Spain, allows us to ensure that, start to finish, excellence is built into every product.
If you’re like most of our clan, you’ve long looked to Buff as providers of quality sun (UV) protective gear and very likely have a piece or two in your gear stash, though their move into the lifestyle sector has been a crushing success as well.
Stayed tuned as we review and giveaway some old favorites in the Buff line as well as several new production pieces that will be coming out in Q1.2018.
DRAWING CLOSED, THIS ONE SHIPPED TO CRESTED BUTTE!
If you think you’d look like a rockstar in this DeYoung trucker, or someone in your world would, fire an email here with Buff DeYoung Trucker in the header. We’ll announce the winner and drop it in the mail first thing Monday morning, 16 October.
Hot damn.
