Sports Archives

Eye Health and Safety Tips for Athletes

Written By Michael Healy

When participating in sports, it’s easy to focus on improving speed, strength, or skill while overlooking one of the most important assets: your eyes.

Whether you’re a professional athlete or a weekend warrior, protecting your vision is crucial for optimal performance and long-term health. Injuries to the eyes can be severe and career-ending, yet they’re often preventable with proper care.

In this post, we’ll explore essential eye health and safety tips to help athletes maintain sharp vision and prevent injuries.

Ski Goggles: A Cool Gift for the Holidays

Written By Kara Keigan

If you’re looking for the perfect gift for the snow ski and snowboard lovers in your life, a new pair of goggles will have them itching to get to the slopes.

EZContacts offers ski goggles at a range of prices, so we’ve got you covered for different budgets. Before you make your purchase though, take into consideration the conditions of the slopes.

Oakley Kato Sunglasses: Discover Their Innovative Features

Written By Barry Silver

Anyone interested in eyewear knows Oakley is a perpetual innovation machine. Just last year, Oakley hit one out of the park with the Sutro Eyeshade. In fact, the shield-style sunglasses—available with the Prizm lens in a wide array of colors—are currently our most popular Oakley model. But here comes Oakley Kato sunglasses, a crazy cool design with a single lens (64mm high) molded to wrap around your nose and face.

The glasses have no frame, but instead, the top of the lens is molded with an integrated curved bar. You could say Kato is actually a mask to cover a big portion of your face.

Active Sunglasses and Glasses: Our Guide to Vision and Sports Performance

Written By Michael Healy

Eighty percent of perceptual input comes from the eyes during a sporting activity, according to the International Sports Vision Association. For both the casual and professional athlete, good vision is key in maximizing sports performance. Wearing the right protective eyewear is equally important. Let’s take a look at vision and sports performance and how active sunglasses and glasses factor into the equation.

Fine Tune Your Vision Outdoors with Performance Sunglasses

Written By Oliver Torres

There was a time when a car stereo only had one knob to control the sound coming through the speakers: volume. Eventually, stereo makers designed systems which allowed the listener to tune the sound to their liking with frequency control options and more.

The next evolution came in the form of presets. Listening to rock? There’s a preset for that. Jazz? Here you go.

In much the same way, sunglass lenses have evolved past the three basic colors of grey, brown and G-15 (Green). These essential colors are certainly not obsolete, but for those that want optimal vision for a specific activity there are now new and exciting lens colors and coatings to choose from.

In order to better comprehend the innovative new options, let me explain how sunglasses work at the most basic level.