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Contacts + Skiing?

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Colt45er
Posts: 1650 - Karma: 336
does anyone wear contacts while skiing? thoughts, experiences?
Jun 10 2007 5:48PM
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b-ladd
Posts: 2300 - Karma: 48
yeah, it's just like skiing normal, plus you can actually see...
Jun 10 2007 5:59PM
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45.
Posts: 3164 - Karma: 170
ive never really wanted to try and ski without them.........?
Jun 10 2007 5:59PM
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jibmaster_josh
Posts: 2369 - Karma: 23
i dont need em, but my friend snowboards with them all the time. i imagine its just like wearing them not skiing?
Jun 10 2007 6:09PM
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lolatola
Posts: 223 - Karma: 10
my eyes seem to give me lots of problems when i ski becuase i can't see if i'm not wearing them but if i do they get dried out. they dry out with goggles on too because of the vents but then i just blink a little and the problem is solved..
Jun 10 2007 6:13PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,861
if i dont wear em i will die
Jun 10 2007 7:23PM
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Swan_Solo
Posts: 2374 - Karma: 14
i have to wear them, the air makes them water sometimes
Jun 10 2007 7:26PM
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Lineskiah11
Posts: 2029 - Karma: 21
i wear them all the time. even with goggles though my eyes do get kind of dried out but its not that big of a deal. only time it drives me nuts is when its real windy out because then they water real bad at first and then get really dried out
Jun 10 2007 7:28PM
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nychka
Posts: 1787 - Karma: 61
One day i double ejected and one of my contacts got knocked out of my eye, so i had to ski the rest of the day with super crappy vision

but every other day they've been just fine
Jun 10 2007 7:57PM
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shagalabagala
Posts: 2101 - Karma: 10
yeah dude i need to start wearing mine more often.  It's just so fucking hard to get in the habit. 
The thing for me is that my left eye is wayyy shittier than my right so i was fine skiing for a while when I just spun normally, but now that I'm doing more switch tricks i need my left eye a lot more (i look over my left shoulder).

Jun 10 2007 8:19PM
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tequila
Posts: 834 - Karma: 14
Its just like wearing them normally, with the added bonus of being safer than skiing blind or with glasses (which can get knocked off, broken or lost)
Jun 10 2007 8:36PM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
Works normally for me. I forgot them once, it sucked. I wear them all the time now, ocean or mt. As long as you put it in the solution every night and make sure they're clean for the next day it's perfect. If your eyes get dry they have something you can use throughout the day to moisten them.
Jun 10 2007 8:52PM
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TannerCoulter.
Posts: 1713 - Karma: 111
amen to that.
Jun 10 2007 9:47PM
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pns513
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 12
when i do my eyes water from time to time
Jun 10 2007 10:08PM
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sunshineee
Posts: 153 - Karma: 10
its way better than skiing with glasses
Jun 10 2007 10:25PM
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lushlaxstr
Posts: 3063 - Karma: 41
yeah  i do, its fine, glasses suck for any sport
Jun 10 2007 10:28PM
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hemlockjibber8
Posts: 5955 - Karma: 3,455
just make sure you have good goggles and its no prob. with a shitty pair of goggles i've actually had the contact ripped out of my eye when your going fast.

and i hope everybody cleans their contact everynight. thats pretty gross if you dont
Jun 10 2007 10:29PM
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lanks
Posts: 12543 - Karma: 72
i do what i want!
Jun 10 2007 10:34PM
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hemlockjibber8
Posts: 5955 - Karma: 3,455
and by cleaning them i dont mean putting them in a dirty hotel room glass with your friends solution that doesnt like to neutralize. it burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnssss
Jun 10 2007 11:03PM
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skiracer28
Posts: 32 - Karma: 10
just make sure that you don't waer them when its really cold otherwise they will frezze to your eyes
Jun 11 2007 12:08AM
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zzyzx
Posts: 470 - Karma: 10
im glad i dont need contacts
Jun 11 2007 12:52AM
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Microcosm
Posts: 4765 - Karma: 153
or putting them on, swimming in a chlorine pool and opening your eyes under water then falling asleep with them that night. or wearing them camping and getting dirt and ashes in them. I learned the hard way, always clean your contacts!
Jun 11 2007 2:42PM
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ColbyV
Posts: 1125 - Karma: 57
i don't need contacts but it would probably help - i'm in the middle
Jun 11 2007 3:13PM
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The_Oakley_Kid
Posts: 3128 - Karma: 179
i've never had problems with them.
Jun 11 2007 3:14PM
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