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How come skiers here like tall tees and just really big all around clothes?

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Lioncourt
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I'm not hating, just trying to figure out how that all started.
Nov 29 2010 10:39PM
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Jonny7
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Nov 29 2010 10:41PM
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Lioncourt
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I'm curious for real though.
no need to face palm.
Nov 29 2010 10:41PM
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Imagination
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I suppose it's just something that grows on you. Also, it helps to make your style, if you have any, a little more fluid, although we all know that style is how you move, not what you wear.  Plus, it's pretty comfortable.
Nov 29 2010 10:45PM
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the604
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once you start wearing bigger clothes for awhile its really hard to go back.. small clothes just feel so restricting, and dont promote style as nicely
Nov 29 2010 10:46PM
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steezenskis
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i dont like super baggy or anything that harlaut wears but loose is better. more flexability
Nov 29 2010 10:49PM
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gus555
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because of the deep rooted tie between ski culture and african american society
Nov 29 2010 10:49PM
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POWDER.RANGER
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1, it looks better than tight
2, more room for movement
3, room for growth
4, air is a good insulator, so therefore baggy is warmer
Nov 29 2010 10:51PM
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cbeebzthasteeze
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And 4bi9.
Nov 29 2010 10:52PM
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Panchuk
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Baggier = more ability to move.

Well at least that why I like baggy stuff.



























oh and I guess its pretty steezy...
Nov 29 2010 10:52PM
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ACrombie
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big and baggy clothes shield body movements so even if you flail you cant really tell as much. big clothes hide errors and for the most part it looks good. but some people take it too far
Nov 29 2010 11:47PM
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SeanTom
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i started wearing tall tees because 1) i was a trend whore and 2)because you're a lot more free to move in larger clothing. it doesn't expose body parts as easily.
Nov 29 2010 11:50PM
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dbchili
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because i like feeling like a princess but get made fun of when i wear real dresses
Nov 29 2010 11:56PM
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Kreech
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dude...MEE TOOOO!!!!!





and you dont grow out of them as fast....
Nov 30 2010 12:00AM
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binturong-qwerty
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1) It's really comfortable.
2) It gives you more room to move.
3) Some people like the look.
4) Tall tees come from recent and sometimes still present day hip hop music and African American culture, which many skied like to associated them selves with.

Nov 30 2010 12:03AM
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Kangbang
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agreed. baggy shirts/hoodies and skinny jeans (not skin tight though) thats how i rock it
Nov 30 2010 12:46AM
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BerGNARdo
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long clothes keep my quads and hammys warm. you're much more prone to injury with cold muscles.
Nov 30 2010 12:58AM
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cbeebzthasteeze
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Lolololol slim-cut jeans are so restricting it's crazy.
Nov 30 2010 2:54PM
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soup
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because Im 6'6" and clothes normally dont fit me.
Nov 30 2010 3:12PM
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Rosbif
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Because I'm a trend whore, straight up. Plus I am kind of lanky, so baggy clothing just looks better.
Nov 30 2010 3:44PM
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tommyp1ckles
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baggy/sagged pants protect your nuts on rails
Nov 30 2010 3:45PM
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HiTz
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baggier clothing definitely doesnt restrict your movement as much but newschoolers can definitely take it too far.. like 5'6 kids rocking xxl pants, just stupid.
Nov 30 2010 4:11PM
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Imagination
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What makes it stupid? It's much different than you're used to, yes, and some kids that wear it that big can be cocky fucks, yes. However, I think that if you have a really smooth style it doesn't look half bad, and it also helps if you have a good attitude to other skiers and not think you're a bigshot just because you have huge stuff.
Nov 30 2010 6:41PM
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gwhitey
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same im 6'8"
Nov 30 2010 6:51PM
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Parker.
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Despite what anyone has said, baggy tall tees DO NOT increase mobility.
Nov 30 2010 7:01PM
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ownsthepark
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I think that people take it too far, I have Loos fitting stuff but I'm not wearing xls some think it looks colon
Nov 30 2010 7:01PM
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Stewie4
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Less common in the backcountry but if you go to the park is just swagger... steeze... its what makes skiing style different from snowboarder style in the park+ there's a lot of benefits to it (listed above) Hope that helps..
Dec 1 2010 3:41PM
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brakes
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I have heard this alot, but I still have no idea how its possible
Dec 1 2010 3:46PM
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Most-D
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Pretty sure this is a boring repost...
Dec 1 2010 3:55PM
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Twig
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hahahahahahahaha
Dec 1 2010 4:10PM
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tall_t
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first, snowboarders dont go well with hoodies and baggy stuff so SCORE ONE FOR SKIERS and also its like wearing your pjs

Dec 5 2010 12:09PM
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I_Am_Mod
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we need baggy pants to accommodate our huge balls and we need 4xl tees to accomodate our massive shoulders and sixpacks... just my .02$
Dec 5 2010 12:11PM
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howlongcanausern
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i know man, it sucks wearing baggy pants but it'll have to do til i get that penis reduction i've always wanted
Dec 5 2010 2:45PM
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LockyK
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i wear skinny pants and tall tees. legit.
Dec 5 2010 2:51PM
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s.nenkov
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I guess that may sound stupid as fuck, but it might be true as well.
I listen to both hip-hop and rock music.
when i ski I listen only to hip-hop though, cos I cant really feel like goin smoothly on the rail and doin my tricks with style while listening to some hardcore shit bangin in my head.
hip-hop = baggy clothes (i guess we all know where that comes from)
so yh, there u go, another argument i guess :D
that wat works for me.
Dec 5 2010 2:56PM
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s.nenkov
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hio-hop comes from jazz, it has a more floathy adn smooth rhythm, just the way we all want our trick to be I guess?

it is weird though how in sk8boarding there is this rap and rock divison, where rappers got a smoothier style and rocker got more hard style and they do less tricks but just gnarly shit . whereas in skiing is all rap and its all smooth : D
Dec 5 2010 3:05PM
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SneakyTurtle
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They asked this to some pro skier in the month's Powder mag. He said he liked baggy clothes because they made it so you couldn't see all of the little movements his arms and legs were doing.
Dec 5 2010 9:46PM
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