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Can you tell how good someone is by what they're wearing?
10+ years ago you honestly could. It's been a slow change but I still forget sometimes. I'll see a kid all decked out in the steeziest shit drop in and then side jump.
Everyone has twin tips now. You can get fucking hello kitty twin tips these days. Gone are the days of the random hand me down pants/jacket or snow suit. All the noobs are repping saga, and other stuff now.
Hell, even if you saw somebody with twin tips at one point you could be fairly certain they skied park.
absolutely not, i feel like today, the better you look, the worse you actually are. most people that are good skiers don't need to look cool because they just rip
Borty10+ years ago you honestly could. It's been a slow change but I still forget sometimes. I'll see a kid all decked out in the steeziest shit drop in and then side jump.
Everyone has twin tips now. You can get fucking hello kitty twin tips these days. Gone are the days of the random hand me down pants/jacket or snow suit. All the noobs are repping saga, and other stuff now.
Hell, even if you saw somebody with twin tips at one point you could be fairly certain they skied park.
True, but I feel like you wouldn't see a newb repping factions and wearing tomahawk
kbrandoabsolutely not, i feel like today, the better you look, the worse you actually are. most people that are good skiers don't need to look cool because they just rip
This. I buy new gear when it breaks. Ski pants lasted 7 years, helmets at 10 years, skis/bindings are on their 9th season, jackets 3-4 years old now, stickers on helmet are 10 years old and mostly fallen off by now, boots were like 8 years old and just fell apart this year. I think you can tell a good skier by their demeanor and humbleness.
Meh I rock some pretty "steezy" gear, and The best trick you'll see me throw is a shifty or a 0 spin tail grab.
But I'm a full time working weekend warrior and would prefer to spend my money in the industry supporting the brands that are at the core of the sport I love.
Dennis_ReynoldsTrue, but I feel like you wouldn't see a newb repping factions and wearing tomahawk
There are always some underground brands that aren't really big enough for the mainstream people to have heard of them, know enough about them to buy etc, but still a ton more people out there with new gear these days than ever.
Just don't judge someone's skills by what he is wearing.... The guy who look like a gaper may throw big tricks in the park and this steez guy with brand new stuff may be a side jumper....
You guys make it sound like only park skiers are good skiers. Plenty freeride big mountain slayers that don't really ski park but slay the rest of the mountain. That being said. You can definitely get a sense of a skier by their getup. I find trendy fan boys wearing overly newschoolers brands to usually suck .
I feel more and more just dress ugly almost, because of this. People are so busy looking cool in the slopes. Buy shit in secondhand stores and have fun with it:):)
baityes, if you see park skis mounted behind center
nah. for asymmetric skis, its better to use the recommended mounting location. where you should mount mostly depends on how much you ski switch and whether the skis are symmetrical.
yes, and no i think. i work at a shop and what i have begun to gather is that the better the skier the more moderately they tend to dress and the more of their own style shows through. for the reason that the best skiers i know generally arent the guys who dress to impress they let their skiing do the talking and will dress in nicer shit but put functionality over fashion. the only thing that i think has any actual correlation with one's skill is one's boots, only the really good kids wear full tilts.
Definetly not, sure a lot of good skiers also look good, but at my hill there's a guy who wears the tiniest sweatshirt you've ever seen and bright yellow pants but was throwing back 4s of a donkey dick. Also I gave some of my old outerwear to my little brother so if you see someone looking steezy but struggling to pizza down a blue... that's probably him
MarcuntusMeh I rock some pretty "steezy" gear, and The best trick you'll see me throw is a shifty or a 0 spin tail grab.
But I'm a full time working weekend warrior and would prefer to spend my money in the industry supporting the brands that are at the core of the sport I love.
Hey man as long as you like what you wear there ain't no problems
