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Just when I thought First Drop eooked Bad enough this year...

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wellthisisold
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They did this.
13 years ago
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Shifties4Dayz
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i actually kinda like the yellow/gray color scheme, NOT the design though
13 years ago
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Bittner
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no. Their 1st year of production in 09/10 was as cool as FD was going to get. And actually had a unique design at the time. Now I feel like I've seen the same pants for 4 years straight.
13 years ago
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Capurnicus
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Hahaha so true. Some are much better than others, but in general "freeski" brands tend to look like someone vomitted kaleidoscope rainbow all over the place.

I perfer to stick with the more traditional outdoor brands which feature normal people things.
13 years ago
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Shlobby
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I would wear 50% of there pants. The jackets on the other hand are a different story but Ill probably pick up a pair of pants next year for sure

13 years ago
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IanAvery-Leaf
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no
13 years ago
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p-fo
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Everyone in here hates on FD yet enough of you still buy it to allow them to buy custom paint jobs for cars and do tons of other shit. Either that or they've been kept afloat by some serious capital for the past four years.
13 years ago
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razors-chaz
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err, not really its pretty yellow, its true that it is more greeny than the fd proto but its still yellow and red as shown by
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and as said people like armada, saga, fasc, etc are doing just as outragous colourways.
13 years ago
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Virtika
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Just to throw this into the mix... the pics on Facebook are just to see what people are feeling for the brighter, 2 tone colorways. We'll of course have lots of solid (1-color) colorways like we have the last few years. We'll also be letting people customize their suits (as usual) so people can make them as simple or busy as they want. PLUS, we'll be producing another production run of our V3 stuff which will match our V4 stuff to give people tons of options for mixing and matching, whether you like your stuff plain or bright.
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FUUUCK
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No way you can say that, FD puts out the same ugly suit every year, that defines consistent.

Armada makes some ugly ass outerwear, but they get it right just as often as they get it wrong.
13 years ago
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Pastie
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Some pants are cool. Jackets though are a bit too much...
13 years ago
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DaveM
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#youhearditherefirstfolks
13 years ago
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Parrish
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I actually didn't mind the all black one you had one your facebook. Not that I like all black, its just you didn't have all the janky lines that make no sense that you have with a lot of the color combos.

Like with armada and saga, they each have a simplicity to it. Doesn't look like, "Oh lets just take this into photoshop and rotate it some random amount of degrees for the back vent"

Some of your stuff isn't really that bad. But in my opinion its too busy for my taste. Just colors everywhere. It's just like your trying to break the damn thing into the 2 colors as much as you can.

Now to the overall design of the outerwear, you can't really go horribly wrong with it and it takes time to get things perfect. Looks like this year you fixed the weird ass slanted pockets that many didn't like which gives me some hope that you actually are listening to your userbase.

Lastly Quality, which is the most important part of producing outerwear in my opinion. You can dress up dog shit all you want but in the end its still dog shit. When I buy Armada or Saga. Softgoods or outerwear i have had no problems, and have loved the quality so I keep buying from them simple as that. I've seen and witnessed too many of my friends that have bought first drop products which have had various problems. Mainly with the quality of the stitching and the quality of the fabric. If you guys worked on this, and had bombproof outerwear things would be better. Stitching problems are not something you want in hundreds of dollar suits of outerwear that is going to be keeping you dry and warm everyday you go shredding which for most of us is quite a bit.

I'm not even going to touch on your guys image because that wasn't what made me not want to support first drop in the first place. it was strictly quality. whether it be the quality of your designs or the quality of the outerwear itself.

/my$.02
13 years ago
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BROSEIDON
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I'm actually feeling a few of those designs
13 years ago
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freeskibum82
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fd is just like china, they rip off everything, just a year later.
13 years ago
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bigwhite.steeze
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I can definately say that, armada's outerwear has consistently been ugly as fuck. when i first heard the were making outerwear a few years back i was stoked! but each year i've seen their new gear, and its fugly! good quality, but fugly as fuck. sure they get one or two pieces each year thats wearable, but in general, its gross. armada should stick with skis, or hire a better designer.

truth.
13 years ago
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JAHrig
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Vintage steeze sethmang. Haha. But yeah FD just keeps losing points in my book every season. So ugly.
13 years ago
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jblaski
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You clearly haven't look at, inspected, or tested this past season's FD outerwear. I feel as if you're just again blindly hating on a product that you have little knowledge on personally.

I had a FD suit (red/blue jacket, black pants) for this entire season, and I don't have a single complaint. There's not a single loose stitch, not a single tear in the material, all the zippers are still in perfect working order. The waterproofing was on par with any other outerwear brand I have previously owned (Planet Earth, Sessions, 686, Burton, Airblaster). I had some of the wettest days I have ever been in this season, including a super heavy day in Big Sky, and the entire last week at Brighton of rain/snow mix. Never once did I get water inside my suit.

You've been an outspoken critic of FD since day one and I, as I'm sure many other members, are getting pretty tired of your long-winded rants saying the exact same thing over and over.
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.squirrely.
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i think everything but the mcdonalds suit is looking good. red/ purple, blue/ grey, black/ grey and purple/ black are all colorways that i could see looking really dope if they tweaked them a bit
13 years ago
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roddy116
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i want the red and white one, i want the red and white, i want the red and white, i want the red and white one, i want the red and white one, i want the red and white one,
13 years ago
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BROSEIDON
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these two I would actually buy in a heartbeat
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13 years ago
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edai
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They've essentially done the same design for the last 3 years. Fucking creative as fuck.
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BenWhit
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i don't understand why they don't try and keep their designs more simple. i really liked the initial release that first year they started making outerwear, some of the pro models were sick. the designs just don't do it for me. too many lines.
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-emile-
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I like the design , they aren't that bad , but the bright colors are whack.

keep it eart toned or at least darker
13 years ago
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SpliffyJ
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some things are bad but some are really good... haters guna hate
13 years ago
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CRiP
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a lot of these look much better than years past. of course theres still a few that look like anal but they have definitely improved and if the quality is better they could potentially sell a lot of these
13 years ago
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TOAST.
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I like some of the color ways, and dont mind the look of the pants, but the jackets are terrible looking.
13 years ago
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lukewalnuts
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FD sucks


/end thread
13 years ago
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CrotchKiller
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nope
13 years ago
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Keenan_Jones
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You're dumb.
13 years ago
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Bonzalo
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Unbelievable, same color patterns, same design for two years.
I dont own any first drop and so I cant say anything about your quality, but come on, if your outerwear its suppose to be shit then step up your designs at least.
Your designs look like you are mixing the color palette from ms paint.

13 years ago
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Bittner
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I don't expect a response but...

Why don't you change your pant design?? I swear they have looked almost the same with the same pocket placement and color stripe that goes across the leg. Sure there have been little changes each year but It is honestly hard to notice a difference. I mean it is not my company ad blah blah blah but from a buyers perspective it would be nice to see a fresh design.
Im sure NS and most of the freeski population would agree.

13 years ago
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Brown_Bag
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i lol'd....
13 years ago
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Caspaaa
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my 2 cents.


while the colorways are super super vivid in almost every production line FD has had, some of them do look quite sick. the pants themselves look sick this year, and i would pick up a pair if i had not have previous negative experiences with FD.

for me, the colors don't matter. it's the quality, as well as the fit. after buying a suit two years ago i quickly switched to saga and have enjoyed my saga outerwear much more than my fd outerwear. my FD stuff did not last long at all, and i've taken equally as many crashes in my saga with no rips at all. my FD stuff was very comfortable and warm, but also fit too wide (especially the pants).

that's all i have to say.
13 years ago
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84891jnf92048
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so wait... you're making more of last year's stuff??? That seems really low-level.
13 years ago
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smuggs
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important note, they are re - producing last years outerwear, it was such a hit that all the shit they didnt sell will be re made (sit on the shelves all summer) for your color mixing pleasure.
13 years ago
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Bock
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yea some of them look stupid, but they make mad money and have a great time.
13 years ago
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Ski_Alot
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idk, haters gonna hate but i actually kinda liked some of them
13 years ago
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cheener12
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I've loved my blue and yellow first drop hoodie that I got for 30 bucks. I would never wear it when it's cold or snowy but it gets the job done in the steeze department on spring park days haha
13 years ago
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jblaski
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This.

I find it incredibly funny that people continue to hate on FD, and over and over tell them to stop making outerwear, or that they suck at what they're doing. If FD actually listed to these people, where would they be right now?

There's a reason that FD is living this lifestyle:


And the haters are still living like this:
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13 years ago
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CatDaddy
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this. both of these look sick
13 years ago
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Fuknhipster
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^^the black and grey are fresh. everything else is wack. saga looks better because of symmetry. the odd random zippers on back of FD for eg. look fucked. purpose. stupid. most of this years saga stuff is shit. except for camo pants. they are fly as fuck. armada are actually pretty cool. the space shit looks cool. dunno where i am taking this but that is my 2cents right there. poice
13 years ago
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Lolocaust.
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THOSE PANTS ARE SICK.
13 years ago
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Bonzalo
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What the fuck are you talking about??

If they listened to people who is actually giving an honest review about their outerwear, they would be improving the quality and making new fresh designs, that means they would be making a lot more money.

So what you are basically saying is, "Oh we did well the first year lets stick to the same stuff and dont give a fuck about what the costumers have to say"

fucking moron
13 years ago
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Crankset
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All I can think about is how they look exactly like lego men.
13 years ago
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Eggbert
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this... i really liked the blue striped jacket that Kenworthy had
13 years ago
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CrotchKiller
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13 years ago
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Becca
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because FD is so ridiculously successful?
13 years ago
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DaveM
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Rich parents
13 years ago
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Chaunceyskis
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its not like anyone is holding a gun to your head....OH WAIT
13 years ago
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Parks.
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The random shapes just dont look good on that jacket IMO
13 years ago
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