Last week we were invited out to join Nicholas Wolken and Patagonia out in Innsbruck for the launch of both Pata’s #WornWear tour and Nico’s new film ‘Close to Home’.

As well as taking in the event in the city itself, we had a little time to share the blue skies and crisp mountain air on a short splitboard mission around Kuhtai. Joined by a rad little crew including Austria’s own Mitch Tölderer, Whitelines’ former front man turn podcast guru Matt Barr, test team regular Hannah Bailey and a whole host of media bods.

You can catch a couple of shots from that particular excursion below, gain a little bit of insight from the man himself in our interview above, or if you like, make a beeline for the film ‘Close To Home’, which is free to watch right now!

All photos: Mike Brindley