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help me w/ new clothes

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#1 · (Edited)
hi so last season I switched from skiing to boarding :cool: and I need new clothes!! I'm trying to make friends while I'm in aspen/snowmass this winter so I can't be looking too stupid hahaha uhhh I'm a 16 year old white girl and I hope to be in the park a lot idk what else to say?? PLEASE HELP ME im so clueless :dunno:
 
#7 ·
Just rock some cute flannels and or fleeces in the lodge and or warmer days and just get some jacket and pants that look cute to you for when you ride. I assume that you want to blend in, so base off the girls that actually hang around the park. As my lacrosse coach once said, "You gotta look good to play good".

Good Luck!
 
#14 ·
Yeah just board, don't worry about getting all matching stuff, or specifically trying to NOT match, etc. etc. etc.

We've all heard somebody comment about the guy wearing jeans on the hill, or something from the 80's, but if that guy can rip it then we should all shut up!

On a side note: It's got to be tougher to be a 16 year old girl than it was 10 years ago. I'm a perv, but even I scoff at every comment I see on youtube vids, pics, etc. :dizzy: What the fuck people?!? :dunno: We've become a really passive aggressive society.
 
#18 ·
You can get fitted snowboarding clothes that don't have the "skier style". In fact I'd say the two styles have overlapped a lot now. Seems like a lot of skiers have picked up on snowboarders style. The big difference is ski jackets/pants can style come with some AWESOME 80'S LINES!!! :yahoo:

This is for skiing:


This could be either:


At the risk of sounding like a creeper: maybe carleyeahhh should post a pic of her outfit and we can in our infinite wisdom judge how douchy it looks.
 
#19 ·
Last year was my first year boarding. For the times I went I rocked Nomex Pants, an Eira Jacket, Oakley glasses, Vans boots, a Hockey Canada toque, some hot paws gloves, and rental board.

I never heard anyone say anything about my attire. Though I did get quite few "Epic Beard Dude" during the first day.

Overall I'd agree that if you are comfortable who cares.

Have fun!
 
#20 ·
Though I did get quite few "Epic Beard Dude" during the first day.
Speaking of which, I had a pretty good trucker/horseshoe/fu-manchu moustache going on for movember last month. Carried the 'stache on into Dec, walked into a board shop and one of the sales punks says "NICE HANDLEBARS MAN!!!"

I shaved the next day. :blink:

Now the SNOW BEARD is something we should all strive for:

 
#24 ·
Looks good to me!
God damnit there's a fucking firetruck driving around my apartment complex with Santa Claus on top of it waving at people... SANTA, THIS IS A COLLEGE TOWN AND WE ARE IN A COLLEGE APARTMENT COMPLEX, EVERYONE IS DRUNK OR ON DRUGS, STOP
/pissedrant
 
#25 ·
Just my 2¢, but if you go with the baby blue, you'll be washing them after almost every trip to the hill. Unless of course you're the kinda chick that doesn't care if her clothes look grungy.

... then again, if you were that sort of chick? You probably wouldn't be on a sausage fest of a site like this asking "what would look good!"

The darker purple pants will show the dirt less! Of course then, those baby blue/tourquoise looking zippers on the shell will clash! :blink: :dunno:






....FUCK!!! I really need to "Butch it up" some after that!!!!! :blink:

Howabout dem Bears, eh? :laugh: :eusa_clap:
 
#28 ·
Just out of curiosity, since you switched over from skiing, didn't you have snow gear for that? And if so, can't you reuse at least some of it for snowboarding? The jacket at least... snowboarding pants have some specific features which I also like, so they're probably way different from skiing pants. Anyway, I digress... why exactly do you need new clothes? If it's purely for fashion, I'd say save your cash. Get nice boots and a nice board instead...
 
#31 ·
oh dude I ripped my jacket last year when I fell on my ass one of the 200 times when I was learning hahahah and my pants are tight af total skier type :wacko: plus since I think I'm gonna stick with this from now on and my parents wont just buy me new stuff anytime, I'm trying to make sure I'll continue to like what I get for awhile ya know
 
#34 · (Edited)
What looks stupid is new clothes....and can't ride.
What looks better is new clothes....and can ride.
What looks best is riding well....and wear whatever...and a few earned duct tape fixes will be fine.

The better fashion...is confidence, self-worth and self-respect...
The best fashion...the above along with no bs attitude while being friendly.
And if you can ride, do your best and challenge yourself....you will have no problem making friends...you will get noticed.

The more important questions are....
What do you want to get noticed for?
Who do you want to make friends with...and why?

Yes, I am a dad of a 19yr old girl that can tear up the hill on 1 or 2 sticks...and she wears some bat-shit crazy outfits...and has a scary amount of ride/ski friends from all over the place.
 
#37 ·
The better fashion...is confidence, self-worth and self-respect...
The best fashion...the above along with no bs attitude while being friendly.
And if you can ride, do your best and challenge yourself....you will have no problem making friends...you will get noticed.
+1

Although when I was 16, I might not have fully believed this. Or I would have thought "yeah, but adults don't 'get it,' it's different for teens." Maybe 16-year-olds today are smarter than I was. :laugh: But I would have looked at the ski resort's website, FB, YouTube etc to see if I could see what other people were wearing to get an idea.

(Don't worry, I got smarter when I grew up. You should see the crap I wear now and don't give a damn. :laugh: )
 
#43 ·
The better fashion...is confidence, self-worth and self-respect...
The best fashion...the above along with no bs attitude while being friendly.
And if you can ride, do your best and challenge yourself....you will have no problem making friends...you will get noticed.
you sound exactly like my dad! :giggle: and the first sentence of your post is exactly what im trying to avoid :hope: It's only my second season so I'm not very good by any means hahahah but I'm not trying to look like a poser lol no neons for me
 
#46 ·
"What looks stupid is new clothes....and can't ride."

Hey we've all been there...In fact last year, had all the BC shite, splitty, airbag, snow saw, avy snow kit and scared shitless about going bc...definitely a bc poser...but willing to go for it.

However the difference...is posers complain or make excuses or sit around and critque others....instead of going for it and giving it a try. Last week I was helping a 66 yr old, first season, 3 or 4 time out, had all brand new sparkly gear, pads and ect....but he was going for it and STOKED....not a poser....so

What looks good is going for it...in new clothes, dispite what others say/think. :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
 
#36 ·
The policy is no returns, but if there are any problems with the purchase that were not described in the selling post, the people there are really cool and will work it out. The owner was a previous employee of backcountry.com.
 
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