Functional Sunglasses with an Eye on Fashion

Today's sunglasses excel at multi-tasking.

Sports enthusiasts can find a host of sunglasses that are highly functional yet perfectly fashionable.

Cyclists, runners, hikers, climbers, paragliders and anglers can all find sunglasses perfectly suited to their chosen activity but that look incredibly sharp at the same time.

To prove this theory, we sent testers out with several makes and models of sunglasses.

We hiked in the Cascades, bicycled through Palouse wheat fields, flew paragliders on Whidbey Island and Tiger Mountain, climbed Mount Baker, kayaked on Hood Canal and ran along the Burke-Gilman Trail.

In the end, our team of testers found a few standouts.

For high-speed, wind-in-your-face sports such as paragliding, downhill mountain biking and kiteboarding, 7EYE brand sunglasses proved popular with our team.

The 7EYE Churada features removal soft foam "eye cups" around the lenses to block out wind, while allowing ventilation to prevent fogging.