Googles with no beanie - another faux pas...
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Snowboard/ski: recommend a jacket that doesn't make me look like a clown
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Posted 4 months ago #
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Googles with no beanie - another faux pas...
+1, plus it must be pretty chilly at speed even on warm spring day!
First saw the 'helmet over the google strap' thang in Whistler a number of years ago when there as a big international half-pipe competition - seemed very popular with the Japanese participants and the free-style/slope-style riders in general.
At the time helmets weren't quite as commonplace on the slopes but they were mandatory in the halfpipe so it was quite common to see riders with beanie/toque & goggles and a pisspot bike/skate helmet (i.e. one without fury winter liner) hooked onto their belts.
Seems pretty common now with freestyle riders - certainly means your goggles aren't held in place with a little plasic clip or worse - some duct tape!
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Yeah, but doesn't it mean you can't take your goggles off without removing your helmet?? And you have the buckle of the goggles digging into your skull.
As always I'll ignore the fashion and do what I find convenient and comfortable
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@GrahamS
That would be scary, but nope
In which case - I've met your double!
regarding the gloves being over or under the sleeves, I always found that the 'cuffs; of gloves worn over the sleeves got full of snow when I bailed - and the snow would then end up in the glove when I removed it ...
... guess it depends on your chosen glove/jacket interface and what combination works for you. I'm currenty usng a pair of Dakine Cobras and these fit neatly under a sleeve like a harvest festival! (everything safely gathered in!)
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Just look on newschoolers.com to see what the kids are really wearing in freeskiing.
Jackets 5 sizes to large etc
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As always I'll ignore the fashion and do what I find convenient and comfortable
Agreed - not for me either, I'm far too old to try and compete with the youth on matters of taste and fashion!
Craig Kelly used to ride in what looked like jester pants, a football commentators overcoat and Oakley Razor Blades ... thankfully fashion and taste has moved on ... and ski fashion has seemingly benefited from Snowboarding style inasmuch as the dayglow 'one-piece' of yesteryear is rarely seen these days unless one is attempting a post-modern ironic comment on consumerism!
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In which case - I've met your double!
I was in Fernie Feb 2010. There was a group of us staying at Susan's chalet: 4 snowboarders, 2 adult skiers, 2 kids on skis and one fairly pregnant lady (my missus
)I always found that the 'cuffs; of gloves worn over the sleeves got full of snow when I bailed
Proper gauntlets should have a drawstring at the end of the cuff (bottom left in the Dakine Scout photo above), as well as the usual wrist strap. If that is done up then you shouldn't get much snow up there.
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was in Fernie Feb 2010.
I was there for the whole of Feb 2010 so it's possible we did catch a chair lift together at some point!
Congratulations on the baby btw!
Proper gauntlets should have a drawstring at the end of the cuff
indeed - but we all have to walk to the beat of our own drummer don't we?
- so for the time being at least I'll stick with velcro cuff adjusters!
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somebody needs to tell these guys about the gloves:
http://www.pistetopowder.com/snow-report-stanton-stuben-zuers-lech.html
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I was there for the whole of Feb 2010 so it's possible we did catch a chair lift together at some point!
Yeah more than likely. If so, hello again!
Aaah Fernie.. happy days... straight up Timber Bowl then short hike to Morning Glory for fresh tracks in stupid deep pow.
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I always look at boarding-wear in the UK and think "what sort of a goon would wear neon paisley trousers?!? I'll just buy these sensible black ones"..... only to get to the alps and wish I'd gone for something a bit more interesting.
Hurtling down an alp strapped to a snowboard is not very sensible anyway.... why not look like a bag of skittles whilst doing so?
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why not look like a bag of skittles whilst doing so?
Because I remember the 80's?
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Bright pants, normal jacket.
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So bright you've stolen the colour from the sky!
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@GrahamS
Hello again indeed!
Lovin' the Fernie shots.
Morning Glory one of my favourites too! Never fails to put a smile on my face!
Second shot looks like it was taken looking left off the White Pass Chair?
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Second shot looks like it was taken looking left off the White Pass Chair?
Mate's shots rather than mine, so I'm not definite, but yeah White Pass sounds about right.
Loved Morning Glory. Needed more talent than I had to ride it smoothly, but it was always a hoot getting down it anyway and there always seemed to be some freshies in there.
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I just bought one of these - on sale at Ellis Brigham. Looks nicer in the flesh.
Just got back from crazy amounts of pow in Austria - wish I was still there.
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