Each year, 686 collaborates with a new company for a limited edition series to offer a Times Line with another premium brand and in 09-10 the collaboration partnered with New Balance. The New Balance x 686 Snowboarding Collection featuring shoes, snowboard boots, outerwear and accessories.

Based upon the original MT580 sneaker, the 686 design team recreated a fully functional, technically advanced snowboard boot with a sneaker-like fit. The intense process utilized New Balance’s proprietary features like Rollbar® and Abzorb®, as well as combining BOA’s® proven Focus® lacing system. The end result is a true masterpiece of New Balance’s quality footwear heritage and 686’s technical snowboarding history.