Are You 'Factory Pilot' Worthy?
Tuesday, March 12, 2013 | 4:55 PM
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PrintThe new, game-changing Airbrake MX goggle, releasing to the public this week, reflects Oakley’s 35 years of design evolution since its founding as a pioneer in grip and eyewear technology in the sport – with the Oakley MX Grip coming out as the brand’s first-ever product in 1975.
Fast forward to today and Oakley’s rich history and generations of MX Stars – from Mike Bell, Ricky Carmichael, Ryan Villopoto, Ryan Dungey, James “Bubba” Stewart, Eli Tomac and more – are celebrating a new era in Motocross goggle design. And they want to know one thing…DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE AN OAKLEY FACTORY PILOT?
You have a chance to win your own revolutionary Oakley Airbrake MX Goggle, Oakley Sunglasses, an Oakley T-Shirt and Racer X Gear…if you can prove your worth as a Factory Pilot. Answer the following question below in the comment section with a valid email address, or send responses to [email protected] between March 12 and March 19.
QUESTION: Name your favorite Oakley gear that you’ve used in the past (or present) – and tell us why it means the most to you. Share your most badass story, best memory or most intense moments using Oakley gear/eyewear with us.
Oakley’s Motocross Team and Racer X will choose two winners from the submissions after March 19 and announce them right here.
AIRBRAKE MX: THE GAME HAS CHANGED
More Airbrake MX Technical Information: http://www.oakley.com/products/7167/27268
- Military-Grade Impact Protection
- First-ever MX Goggle lens made of Oakley patented, optically pure Plutonite® material
- Revolutionary Roll-Off System, Increases total field of view by 1/3, expands vertical view by an astounding 60%. Change from Tear Off to Roll Off in seconds
- Sheer Optical Superiority
- Patented Switchlock Instant Lens Change Technology
- O Matter® durable, lightweight materials: Rigid outer frame, pliable inner faceplate conforms to face contours
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I was always first with Oakley product, I had an inside line. Been hooked on the O for 30 something years. I was the kid that wrote letters to Oakley so they would send me the mini Oakley sticker that came on the middle of the lens when you bought a new goggle, but didn't come on the replacement lens, Oakley would send me 10 of those and I'd be king in my moto-x populated neighborhood. I don't care to win the contest, I already chased down some Air Brakes......Best story is the red gloves turning your hands red, some of you know what I am talking about.
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My favorite Oakley gear woul dhave to be my Oakley combat boots. I remember being in Iraq and leaving Oakley footprints on doors in the mud and on bad guys. I remember one night almost having our house over ran and running into a near by house to chase the bad guys and leaving an Oakley foot sole mark on the front door from kicking it in. I then thoough I saw a bad guy behind a curtain and kicked through it...and the window. The shattered glass didnt even tear my boots. After that quite a few of my guys invested in them too. They were my lucky boots, I walked through mine fields and IED covered roads and never stepped on one...best boots ever, period.
I remember back to the very first Oakley product I bought, an old pair of Oakley A Frame's. It was back in the day when I was just getting into snowboarding, and my buddy had an old pair I got off of him. I loved them. I have tried a few different brands since but nothing has matched that first pair of A Frames so I keep comming back. I am not rocking the Canopy and loving them more and more. Keep up the good work!
I bougt my pair of Radar Pitch 6 years ago, when I was diagnosed with a rare eye condition that makes my eys oversensitive to light. Oakly literly made my life and my eys live a bether life and they been my trysty sunglasses every single day.
The rough and loong lasting glasses have saved my eys more then I kan count under all cinds of weather and situations.
Oakley has literally changed my life the last couple years. I bought my first pair of Oakley Crowbar snow goggles last season and loved them from the get go. However they saved my life this past season. While riding some glades at Mt. Snow this year I took a pretty hard slam in which I didn't see a rut in the snow. I went head over heals and landed face first. When my face hit the snow my goggles protected my eyes when my face landed on a root sticking out of the ground. Luckily I only had some scrapes on my face and have replaced the lens on my goggles that suffered numerous scratches and a large dent from the accident. Totally dedicated to Oakley now it's crazy! So excited for the new Torstein Horgmo edition Canopy to come out. Deffinately a must buy! Thanks Oakley!
My boy Bryant wears Oakley goggles. He is a ten year old skier. Check this out...
http://youtu.be/VCRs2GxQgjc
Oakley! what else?
Since I started with BMX 30 years ago, Oakley became part of my life wearing googles and having the famous grips on my bike. When the first prescription glasses became available I started wearing them and since then nothing else then Oakley. Same with shoes, cloths, belts, covers, etc And I must admit I even spend more nights with Oakley then with my wife, wearing one of the nice Oakley watches. Oakley is such a part of my life that people call me the O men, something I'm very proud of!!
my dad bought a pair of black O frames when he first bought a scrambler over 20 years ago, and since then the very same pair of goggles have been used by my brother as his first pair when he had a pw50, then i had them when i was riding an kx65 now my sister uses them when she's riding her moped, and i'm sure my little brother will be using them as soon as he gets a 50cc, since then, the only goggles anyone in my family has had have been oakley, and my glasses have always been oakleys as well, we have oakley clothing, and accessories left right and centre in our house, wherever you look you will see the trademark O
My first oakley product was a old pair of the O's my dad bought me from the local flea market when I got my first bike at the age of 3. I loved those goggles and still have them to this day, hanging in my garage by my bikes. It's been 15 years and I'm still staying true to the company that I started with. Oakley was there when I started my riding career, and they will be there Til the day I can't ride.
I bought a pair of Fives Squared at the beginning of Summer '12 because I wanted something that I could wear out while roaming with friends or on the motorcycle.
I had bugs spatter all over the lens, even june bugs didn't phase them.
Unfortunately one day I was riding the motorcycle and a crosswind whipped them off of my face.
I turned around to retrieve the sunglasses, and right as I climbed off the bike, a van ran over them. I found the frame still had one lens and one arm still intact. The other arm was laying 5 feet away, but the right lens was no where to be found.
The frame around the right lens is slightly bent to the point that I don't think it will take a lens.
One thing for sure though; To see the toughness of the frame and lenses after being ran over by a van has done nothing more than make me appreciate the safety these glasses have awarded my eyes after many motorcycling miles.