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Whats with the full face masks?

7K views 54 replies 41 participants last post by  LJSurfa 
#1 ·
I get it if it's blizzard like conditions, or below -25, or that icy snow that pelts your face like little needles, but I don't get how people need to be covered up like the invisible man all the time. I realize some people just don't like to be cold, but WTF? Seems like a fairly recent phenomenon too so I blame the millennials who refuse to harden the fuck up.
/rant
 
#10 ·
Some people get colder than others, thats the reason... i only put my mask on unless its under 10 degrees... but i know people who wear one every time... its just a personal thing... and i don't look at them as sissys for it at all... Honestly who cares?
 
#21 ·
Windburn, sunburn, staying warm, and keeping your breath from fogging your googles up just to name a few reasons.

I guess none of these are issues if you are sitting on the side of your 400 ft vertical drop groomed run, or watching everyone else ride the park half the day... but some of us ride in windy, cold conditions where hoofing it 100 yards to the lodge isn't an option.

Don't despair, though... there is always the chance that maybe one day we will live up to your golden standards.
 
#23 ·
I wear one most of the time even in the less-than-frigid weather because it warms the air I'm breathing and allows me to ride all day without triggering the asthma-like symptoms I've had the past couple of years in the winter. Twice had asthma attacks after riding into the night in cold air without one. Has nothing to do with hardening the fuck up, can't ride if you can't breathe.
 
#28 ·
I don't want to get skin cancer and I'm pretty sure the alternative of putting on sunscreen seems more feminine than wearing a ninja mask. Unless you think getting skin cancer makes you manly or something.

Not to mention I can wear less layers because I lose less heat while other people freeze and have to wear more layers (or I suppose with your theory they should wear less layers and no facemask and be even colder - does that make them more manly? I'm not really sure how this man scale works).

You're welcome to keep being more of a man than me if that's how you see it. I'll stick to wearing my facemask and enjoying a skin cancer free face while also staying warmer.
 
#29 ·
Maybe its an increase in muslim women on the slopes??................ If not Im with OP. I generally consider face masks as a sign of weakness. Some fellas are wearing them when its above freezing. Take the cold like a MANNNNN!!!!!


PS. there have been times when I wish I had one but since Im stubburn, I suffered. It sucked.
 
#30 ·
Even when temperatures are not freezing, raindrops and windgusts hurt. I've no thick leatherish skin and I've no interest to get it and I lack the capability to grow a beard, but have the ability to think practical, so I wear a face mask.
Now we can begin to discuss, how ridiculous baggy pants look which you like to wear :p
 
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