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How do special blend pants fit?

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ChronicLines
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yeah, as the title says.  compare them to oakley perhaps or obermeyer.  i hate buying stuff off the internet...
Nov 23 2007 6:19PM
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thedawg
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small but wide
Nov 23 2007 6:21PM
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ChronicLines
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like short legs, but wide?
Nov 23 2007 6:21PM
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mmallender.
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special blend has 2 different fit styles for pants and jackets, the revolver fit which is less baggy and a more fitted fit, while the relaxed fit is baggy and big. hope that helps.

Nov 23 2007 6:28PM
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ChronicLines
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yeah that helps quite a bit.  i'm like 5'7" and was looking at either large of XL in what i think is the relaxed fit.  which one do you think?
Nov 23 2007 6:42PM
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mmallender.
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I'd go for the relaxed fit in L or XL if you can try some on because they're really baggy
Nov 23 2007 6:48PM
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ChronicLines
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yeah if they are super baggy i think i'll just get the larges.  i can always return them though...  backcountry is pretty good about that.
Nov 23 2007 6:51PM
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PaulT
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My roommate rocks Sb stuff, he is 5'7" like 160lbs..and wears size meduim in the baggy fit and its huge..if you were wearing an XL, it would look retarded big...Just go to a shop and try stuff on...then order it online
Nov 23 2007 6:55PM
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stinkypoodangle
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ya i am 6'4" and i bought the xxl freedom fit pants and they are enormous on me. not only are they long like obermeyer but they are also super baggy and have this super cool sag system that blocks powder from from getting in your underpanties when your pants are below your butt
Nov 23 2007 8:01PM
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SIMON87
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anything special blend ive ever tried on has been really baggy.
Nov 23 2007 8:08PM
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Silence
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SB gear is generally quite big from my experiences
Nov 23 2007 8:09PM
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psychkub
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those are XXL annex pants, with the waist gaiter that allows you to sag the pants... I'm 6'2" 220lbs for reference. They are definitely HUUUUGE and constructed extremely well. Get them if you can find them. In all the places I've looked they're sold out of large sizes.
Nov 23 2007 8:46PM
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psychkub
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shit, sorry about the size.
Nov 23 2007 8:47PM
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ChronicLines
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so those look like the relaxed fit, am i correct?  i was thinking about getting the Larges...
Nov 24 2007 7:57PM
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knucklehead.
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^^^yeah those are relaxed
Nov 24 2007 8:11PM
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solitaryman
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i have xl's in relaxed fit and im 5'7 they fit fine and they look fucking dopee.
Nov 24 2007 10:42PM
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Piste.Off
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i tried on those exact pants in a large. im 5'7. they were huuuge. definitely baggy.
Nov 24 2007 10:47PM
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ChronicLines
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but were they too big to function?
Nov 24 2007 11:20PM
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Piste.Off
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no. they would function fine.
Nov 24 2007 11:25PM
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ChronicLines
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siiick thank you.  def. gonna order these.
Nov 24 2007 11:27PM
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kickerlicker
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Thats not a very cool get up i would return it
Nov 24 2007 11:48PM
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psychkub
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I know, I was going for the uncool factor of it. What can I say, I'm a rebel.
Nov 25 2007 1:07AM
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hardey
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i have the strike pants in xl i am 6'0'' and they fit pretty baggy and very long and it's impossible for me to wear them without a belt - xxl would be too big

for you:

l-baggy but not very baggy
xl - very baggy
xxl - nearly impossible to wear
Nov 25 2007 11:12AM
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