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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
Lame. I bought a Shelter L and its giant on me and i think it looks sick but like it seems no one wears HH and every just bags on this company i mean some of the shit is like racer but the other stuff can be cool.

I need you guys help you HH lovers!
Nov 20 2008 7:17PM
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mmckechnie
Posts: 1483 - Karma: 29
Its what Pollard wears, so it must be pretty good.  I'm buying a pair of their pants soon, and next year I think one of their jackets.  Stuff looks pretty nice.  10K waterproof and breathability minimum.  I think they look they are going for is more of the BC/Big Mountain look, not so much the park look.  Seems like most of the stuff they make is really tech and clean simple designs.
Nov 20 2008 8:06PM
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sykonaut
Posts: 346 - Karma: 11
HH is tight as fuck imo. Minimalistic-Simple shall reign supreme.
Nov 20 2008 8:34PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
Agreed
Nov 20 2008 8:38PM
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Codfish.
Posts: 529 - Karma: 21
i have some HH pants and they are so sick and comfortable
Nov 20 2008 8:56PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
Yeah ive worn some they are mad comfy
Nov 20 2008 8:57PM
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smells_like_tuna
Posts: 729 - Karma: 104
I really haven't been a big fan of their designs the last few years. All their stuff is kinda funky looking to me. And the fact that they have their own retail outlets at high-end ski resorts is a bit of a turn-off. As a company, they really seem to target the high-end, super-rich gaper market more than the core skier market.
Nov 20 2008 9:00PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
i get all my shit almost free because i have connections with the co-owners
Nov 20 2008 9:03PM
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T_orageskiier
Posts: 580 - Karma: 13
helly hansen is the shit man pump it!!
Nov 20 2008 9:04PM
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iheartgapers
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not so much lame as top of the line
Nov 20 2008 9:05PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
Yeah it is top of the line but like i think my jacket is dope but i got it dirt cheap line 35 bucks or something for this years model
Nov 20 2008 9:06PM
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wils.
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 48
i have a hh jacket that is bigger than my XL Evo Oakley jacket

shut the f up
Nov 20 2008 9:06PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
Ha at that Oakley jacket
Nov 20 2008 9:07PM
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wils.
Posts: 2012 - Karma: 48
why
Nov 20 2008 9:13PM
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sykonaut
Posts: 346 - Karma: 11
Uhhh...my comment was a good comment.

Do you not speak slang?
Nov 20 2008 9:16PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
No i just think the sizing difference is comical
Nov 20 2008 9:20PM
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sykonaut
Posts: 346 - Karma: 11
Haha sorry I am so confused..I wasn't responding to you. I was responding to the guy who mentioned the  Oakley jacket. I think he misunderstood me when I said "HH is tight as fuck!" I meant they are awesome not...literally "tight" size wise.
Nov 20 2008 9:28PM
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huge-go
Posts: 1451 - Karma: 33
And Eric Hjorleifson, James Heim, Mark Abma, Hugo Harrison, PK Hunder, and Chris Davenport.

Yeah, it must be pretty good.
Nov 20 2008 9:51PM
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SteezeNutz
Posts: 293 - Karma: 10
Its all that i wear man. It is super durable and i like it that not many people wear it.
Nov 20 2008 9:55PM
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TheSpaceCowboy
Posts: 1353 - Karma: 31
Thanks i feel alot more secure wearing this around now
Nov 20 2008 9:58PM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7603 - Karma: 20,086
I really like their stuff. I have a HH legit road worker jacket and it is the most bomber thing ever. It's basically impossible to be cold in it, even if it's wet, the outside material is like ballistic nylon, it feels like the same stuff chainsaw pants are made of, and the seams and zippers are fucking MASSIVE. I can't imagine it ever coming apart. Plus it is bright road worker orange with fluorescent green reflectors on the sleeves. Baller. Only problem is, it's now too small for me, so it is being passed on to the little bro.
Nov 21 2008 1:30AM
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Ben.
Posts: 21463 - Karma: 683
HH is legit as hell. their stuff is expensive but super high quality. unlike oakley where you pay out the ass for a piece of crap
Nov 21 2008 1:41AM
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Celone
Posts: 1998 - Karma: 114
yah im gonna buy the old helly hansen full brown suit for like 150 pretty soon i think

Nov 21 2008 1:53AM
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Calb3rt
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i love my HH one piece. its amazing.
Nov 21 2008 2:50AM
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ScriptMedia
Posts: 200 - Karma: 9
the sickest suit i have ever had was a large logan5 and xl logan5 pants, this thing is huge and looks super steezy. really good shit, and who cares what others say if you like then rock it.
Nov 21 2008 3:43AM
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Jacobsen
Posts: 112 - Karma: 18
Got the HH survival jacket and pants from last year. Got the pants in XL, and I just love them. The jacket is L, and it's not small, but It could be a bit longer.

The only durability problem I've had is that the long rubber-ish thingies attached to the zippers to make them easier to pull got wared off on the main zipper (and soon on one of the pockets) since I used it so  much, but you still got the metal part you can pull, so it isn't really a problem at all.
Nov 21 2008 3:49AM
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Mex_LineJib^a
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you should but not cus people here say its cool/tight/sick whatever... i mean don't get me wrong, iv'e been rockin HH jackets for a few years now and i love them... but get your stuff because you like it & and becuase it works for you, not because other people validate it as a cool company... that would make you a tool!

Nov 21 2008 5:49PM
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mmckechnie
Posts: 1483 - Karma: 29
just ordered my pants today, can't wait to get them!
Nov 21 2008 8:27PM
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k-rob
Posts: 14217 - Karma: 2,891
whoever thinks HH is lame probably has issues of their own that ought to be handled sometime soon. HH doesn't look "balla" all the time, but they make some of the best (if not THE best) technical outerwear on the market, and you always get what you pay for.
Nov 21 2008 8:40PM
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mmckechnie
Posts: 1483 - Karma: 29
I also feel like if you spend say 200 or 300 on a jacket you get way more if you spent it at HH rather than The north face.
Nov 21 2008 8:46PM
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SEABURN
Posts: 4859 - Karma: 2,751
it's not that great.
top of the line is arcteryx, mtn hardwear, cloudveil, patagonia

all better than HH...HH is okay, but it has never held up compared to my arcteryx.
Nov 21 2008 9:08PM
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Luc.
Posts: 7540 - Karma: 59
yea but lets be honest arcteryx and patagoniaall etc etc are on a little different level no?

i think HH is pretty under rated actually...their higher end stuff that is.
Nov 21 2008 9:10PM
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eurotune2
Posts: 1450 - Karma: 10
lame? no HH is just a different style, like said in the above posts they make clean simple high quality stuff that has a very understated look which i love and they are the most durable jackets i have ever had, i have been rockin them for years.
Nov 22 2008 11:54AM
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[MEGAMO]
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if anybody is ragging on HH, its because they are jealous, they're stuff is really nice
Nov 22 2008 1:32PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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True, but H/H is legit and the prices aren't too bad.
Nov 22 2008 3:38PM
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