SO IT BEGINS AGAIN...

Everyone thinks fall and winter are the cold sports seasons. They're wrong.

September and October, it’s still pretty warm outside and sure, December, January, February and sometime November (depending on where you live) are cold. But the kids are mostly playing indoor sports anyway.

Unless your kid’s coach wants to get a head start on practice for the spring season - then tryouts may actually start in January. 

THE GREAT SPRING DECEPTION

Spring sounds warm. It sounds like sunshine and comfortable afternoons watching your kid play soccer or lacrosse. The calendar says it's spring. The marketing materials show parents enjoying pleasant 65-degree days..

The reality? You're standing on a wind-swept field at 6 PM on a Tuesday in February and March and it's 42 degrees (if you are lucky) with a wind that somehow makes it feel like 32. And because the word "spring" tricked you, you left your heavy jacket at home.

We've been there. Multiple times. More times than we'd like to admit.

FROM LACROSSE & SOCCER SIDELINES TO BASEBALL DIAMONDS

Spring sports can run from February through May, which in most of the country means you're covering everything from late-winter conditions to actual spring to early summer — sometimes all in the same week.

Early morning soccer games in March? That's winter. Evening lacrosse practice in April when the sun goes down and the temperature drops 20 degrees in an hour? That's colder than half the winter games you sat through.

And here's the thing: in winter, everyone knows it's cold. Stadiums have heaters. Indoor facilities are heated. There's no pretense.

But spring? Spring games are outside. There's no shelter. There's no "it'll warm up." There's just you, a metal bleacher that's somehow colder than the air temperature, and 90 minutes of trying to look supportive while you're slowly losing feeling in your toes.

THE INFINITY POCKET ADVANTAGE

This is where Constant Mountain was born. Not in the winter sports season everyone prepares for, but in those deceptive spring months when you need a jacket that works in 35-degree mornings and 65-degree afternoons.

The patented Infinity Pocket runs through the whole front of our jackets,  like a hoodie pocket, but smarter. When that March wind kicks up during your daughter's lacrosse game, your hands have somewhere to go. When the sun breaks through in the fourth quarter and it's suddenly pleasant, you're not stuck carrying a bulky winter coat around.

And those Secure Pockets at the top of each Infinity Pocket opening? Perfect for your phone, keys, wallet, and whatever else you're juggling while trying to manage snacks, water bottles, and the fold-up chair you definitely should have brought.

THE MARATHON, NOT THE SPRINT

Spring sports aren't a two-week tournament. They're a three-month endurance test of variable conditions. Games get rained out and rescheduled for 7 PM on a Thursday. Tournaments start at 8 AM on Saturday when it's still 40 degrees, then continue through lunch when it's 70.

Don't even get me started on all of the winter prospect camps - I've already been banned on a couple of parent's recruiting Facebook groups.

You need a jacket that can handle all of it. Something that keeps you warm when it's cold, doesn't overheat you when the sun comes out, and has enough pocket space to stash everything you need for a full day at the fields.

CLOSING THOUGHTS

So here's the truth: Winter is the obvious cold season. Spring is the sneaky one.

Winter, you expect the cold and plan accordingly. Spring tricks you with promises of warmth and then hits you with that wind-chill reality check on a soccer sideline in late March.

That's why we built Constant Mountain jackets the way we did. Not for the cold you expect, but for the cold that catches you off guard. For the parent who's watching their kid play sports year-round and needs something that actually works in real life.

Because spring sports season isn't warm. It's just winter in disguise. And now you know.

Find yours here: Sideline Jackets