G-Form for the coming snow season

G-Form is a low-profile but effective base layer body armour that’s flexible under normal use, but stiffens up upon impact to protect you from falls and collisions, the perfect accessory this snow season.

Have you noticed that wearing a helmet is now the norm on the ski slopes, but rarely does impact protection extend down below the neck. Well now it can with G-Form, a light, flexible base layer that can be worn during the winter months by skiers and snowboarders to keep you protected this snow season.

The base technology that makes G-Form’s body armor different from traditional foam padding is the use of non-Newtonian material that the company calls rate-dependent technology, or RPT (learn more here).  Under normal conditions, the molecules in the foam slightly repel each other, allowing the material to be soft and flexible. When a sudden force is applied, however, the molecules bind together, absorbing and redistributing the shock throughout the entire material. This means that the armour will flex with your body while you’re wearing it, but becomes both hard and shock-absorbing in a fall or collision.

G-Form have a range of products targeted to be worn at the snow including:
- Pro-X Shirt (womens) (youth)
- Pro-X Shorts (womens) (youth)
- Pro-X Knee (youth)
- Pro-X Elbow (youth)

There are also pads that either separately cover the shins or integrate shin protection with the knee protection.

There’s little question about the effectiveness of the non-Newtonian protection material. There’s been plenty of demonstrations at how well it absorbs and dissipates shock across various applications; G-Form has its video showing how effective its product is at protecting the delicious candy shells on M&Ms.

There are many options for armour, but the real differentiating factor between G-Form’s offerings and foam or hard pads is how well it performs the vast majority of the time when it’s not taking hits on your behalf. For those that know armour the real test is how well the armour stays in place. G-Form's activewear approach to the product is a stroke of genius making it very comfortable to wear... Of course, like any piece of activewear, it’ll need regular washing after use – something G-Form has taken under consideration with its moulding process that creates a seal on the pad surface, allowing them to be fully machine washable.