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Underwear for protection?

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majortapper
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Any of you wear anything protective underneath your outerwear. I've been thinking of getting something protective for my thighs and shit. Just wondering if its a normal thing or do most just go pants with no layers underneath. Thanks for any replies... no homo
Jan 18 2012 5:08AM
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Mag
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i just wear pants and thermals, and from what ive heard youll most likely want a knee brace, seeing as its the most common ski injury, and id say a neck brace if you do arial things a lot and have the posibility of breaking yiur neck, i cant see how youd injure your thighs
Jan 18 2012 11:26AM
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ShredAZ
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You don't need a knee brace unless you have a knee injury. All braces do is help to minimalize play in your knee after an injury (tendons don't always heal as tight aka scar tissue).

I wouldn't bother with purchasing compression shorts. But if you are looking for something to protect your thighs, look into padded compression shorts.
Low-profile and they have the hips and tailbone padded. More useful to snowboarders imo because of the way they fall.

A friend of mine runs 'em, and he said they are just ok. Just help absorb the blow a little.
My recommendation, pain is the best teacher. Sack up.
Jan 18 2012 11:46AM
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Mag
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thanks for correcting me, never knew that.
Jan 18 2012 11:48AM
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onenerdykid
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A few companies make padded shorts for protecting your hips and thighs when falling off rails, might come in handy for some folks on here...
Jan 18 2012 11:52AM
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timperrett
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+1 on the knee brace advice there. I rock a knee brace but only on advice from the medical guys and girls after i broke my medial collateral a few seasons back. Braces are not fun to wear and limit / slow certain types of movement as its meant to limit types of torsional twisting on the knee that would prove really painful otherwise during an accident. Scare tissue is never going to be as strong as the tissue it replaces.

Basically, unless your doctor/physio says you need one, you don't.
Jan 18 2012 12:03PM
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Mag
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weird, of all the places I've had hurt(and I fall a LOT, must have hit every body part off a rail) i've never had any pain whatsoever in my thighs.
Jan 18 2012 12:07PM
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CMYK
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I originally got these

http://www.amazon.com/McDavid-Hexpad-Thudd-Short-X-Large/dp/B000UVUCO8/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326908356&sr=8-1-fkmr0

for lacrosse Ii'm a goalkeeper) however I use them all the time now skiing, playing hockey, frisbee, basically anything that involves contact. Can't recommend them enough, their really helpful in preventing that next day soreness, low profile, and well worth the cost
Jan 18 2012 12:41PM
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majortapper
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more percisely my hip/ass area has taken the most damage this season just from falling on hard pack snow. Maybe ill just wear some thicker shorts under my pants. I guess no one else gets bothered by it as much as me since the first point of contact when i fall is my hip area.

Jan 18 2012 10:44PM
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northeast
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why did you feel the need to include that?
Jan 19 2012 10:45AM
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Simmo
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I have a pair of dainesse impact shorts.

Honestly I find them a little uncomfortable and they make you look like you have big womanly hips so I only wear them on days then i'm riding a bullet proof ice park or doing urban.
On those days tho, they've saved me from some niiiice bruises

Jan 19 2012 10:55AM
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GayWolf420
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Not to mention it can help with not breaking your tailbone. I wear a back protector, mouth guard and impact shorts. Armored to the Teeth, son.
Jan 19 2012 11:03AM
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