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What do I want??? Help me out! "Technical hoody"

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ESAND
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Basically I want a sweatshirt that I can wear skiing. I love skiing in a slightly baggy hoody in the spring but there are 2 problems. 1. Wind cuts through a cotton sweatshirt like its not there and you can get cold pretty quick. 2. cotton sucks when it gets wet. So to that end i'm looking for a sweatshirt like cut, wind proof, and not water proof but slightly water resistant would be nice.

Does such a thing exist?
Jan 25 2008 2:20AM
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BigJew
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You want a softshell.
Jan 25 2008 2:29AM
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ESAND
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I  want lose relaxed fit.
Jan 25 2008 2:35AM
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Sharko
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You want a "softshell" dude. It's a hoody made with technical materials, usually about 3-6k waterproof and usually has zippers over the kangaroo pocket. Any store like backcountry.com has a ton of them, usually $80-$150.
Jan 25 2008 2:43AM
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ESAND
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could you give me a link to one of the jackets your talking about. The only softshells i've seen are tight fitting things that middleaged guys are try to stretch over their beer guts.
Jan 25 2008 2:47AM
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tomahawk
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try a clear garbage bag over your hoodie so u can still see wat ur wearin

Jan 25 2008 2:47AM
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Silence
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Sessions make an excellent tech hoodie - 8k/8k i think
Jan 25 2008 2:52AM
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Sharko
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word!
Jan 25 2008 2:54AM
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Sharko
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Here ya go dude
It's so easy, just go to backcountry.com and type softshell into the searchbar. I bet you could even do it yourself if you tried :-P


Jan 25 2008 2:57AM
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iggyskier
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I like my Flylow softshell a lot.  Not super baggy, but not euro steeze either.

See if you can track down an older (1-2 years) Orage softshell.  They looked great, pretty baggy.
Jan 25 2008 3:14AM
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PacificRimJob
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Yeah. I have one.

Check out my review about them as well if you want.
Jan 25 2008 4:04AM
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eshc
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sessions softshells are sick, im pretty sure they are slim fit so go up a size if you want it baggy
Jan 25 2008 7:35AM
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uni-corn
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Oakely Apex...... awesome
Jan 25 2008 8:02AM
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R-Bertsch
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yeah oakley has some too, they've been on the sac lately too so check that shit
Jan 25 2008 10:39AM
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Ar5king
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get the oakley tech hoody they're some doe but whatever its what your looking for
Jan 25 2008 10:44AM
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dammitmike
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i love my apex for both spring riding and just wearing around town. they changed the name this year to the acid rain jacket though. same jacket just different design. i find my softshell to feel more like a jacket than a hoodie, oakley also makes some technical hoodies that wont be as stiff as the softshell material but are still wind and water resistant. i have last years called the volt but i cant remember what theyre calling this years, they have a few different ones though. they are sick as well and a little cheaper.
Jan 26 2008 12:44AM
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