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Airblaster: does it belong in skiing?
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We've all seen skiers out there wearing airblaster gear and getting stoked on it, the question is whether or not they should. It's easy to say "wear what you want", but in this case it's not so simple. For years skiing has taken a lot of tips from snowboarding, for example, what makes a press on a rail a press on a rail- the fact that the board is flexed to where the rider is pressing...how can you do that when you're on skis? Skis don't press! Airblaster is a company which says openly that they are by and for snowboarders. Their mission statement is to promote fun on snowboards through awesome outerwear. No where on the website or in any of the movies is skiing stated as a purpose for airblaster's products. When you wear airblaster, you're saying "I'm ok with taking 90% of my influence on the mountain from snowboarding, even though I'm a skier." We ride the features that they invented (halfpipes, rails, wallrides, etc) we dress like them, we talk like them, our magazines and movies look like theirs, do we really need to take it so far as to wear the one clothing company that they created to be just for them? You don't see many snowboarders wearing line sweatshirts or orage coats. To kids who wear airblaster stuff when they snowboard it's a statement: "I'm a snowboarder and I love being awesome." Do you really wanna say that when you're actually on skis? It's their thing, and its one thing that we don't actually need to steal for the progression of our sport. Lets create our own awesome clothing companies and give our money to them instead of snowboarders. We're all one in the same on the mountain, but it's a statement to wear airblaster when you've got skis on your feet, a statement that isn't worth making.
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That was a well thought out argument and all, but I'm all for wearing and doing what you want. I don't care if every snowboarder at my hill wears saga or every skier at my hill wears airblaster. If you enjoy wearing it, who's to say you shouldn't? Worry about yourself, ya know
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I disagree, I don't think it was well thought out at all. While following a vaguely logical construction within itself, it ignores the fact that Evan here has romanticized the shit out of his sport of choice and has subsequently become xenophobic towards any cross-culture interactions. He argues that Airblaster, a company I've never heard of before, is all about snowboarding. 5 seconds on their website gives me "Airblaster is in the business of providing original quality product to everyone that wants to enjoy the outdoors." Well, fuck, that kind of blows his argument out of the water. I ski and snowboard, I have my full zip Spyder pants with suspenders that I wear everyday on the mountain, and my go-to jacket is from FourSquare. I say this not to make the point that its ok for me to wear these things because I do both, I say this because defining yourself by the apparel you wear is infantile and divisive for no good reason. Go out on the mountain, have fun, and if you see somebody do something awesome, get stoked for them, even if they don't have the same kind of plastic coated wood attached to their feet.
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Tim Eddy told me himself that he supports skeirs in airblaster
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Every single snowboard company supports the fact that it is "built by snowbaorders, for snowboarders".
Honestly who cares what you wear. I can say that I would be stoked if Saga started to represent our sister company.
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Snowboarders wear Saga, do you think they care that it is a skiing brand? Really it's all snow sports when you look at it and if someone like the way a jacket looks let them buy it. I but my outerwear based on price, specs and look, I could care less if it was an airblaster jacket or a saga jacket.
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The owner and founder of Airblaster, Travis Parker, is well known for showing up on skis on a regular basis.
Therefore, your argument sucks.
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Yea, but they have Jed Anderson! CHEESE DICKS
Airblaster makes sweet stuff...
I'm sure ski companies don't market themselves towards snowboarders, cause they don't need to. They don't need to get cocky about being core either.
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