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Skiing Park with Goggles

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Andreas_
Posts: 210 - Karma: 21
Does anyone prefer to ski park without goggles? I have splices, but even with those, I have the impression that I can't see shit. I would like getting accustomed with goggles, but everything seems sketchy... anybody else has that problem?
Nov 26 2012 9:11PM
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cwphoto
Posts: 2332 - Karma: 780
i always use my goggles. i just use a really light lens. if i dont the wind gets really distracting and my face gets cold
Nov 26 2012 9:20PM
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FUUUCK
Posts: 18426 - Karma: 4,888
probably using too dark of a lens.
Nov 26 2012 9:20PM
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Quak
Posts: 16 - Karma: 27
Ski without, because who needs undamaged retina's anyway?
Nov 26 2012 9:54PM
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Lick
Posts: 1927 - Karma: 518
I hate the snow and wind hitting my face so i cover everything except me nose.
Nov 26 2012 9:57PM
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connory998
Posts: 1197 - Karma: 34
I feel weird skiing without goggles.
Nov 26 2012 10:02PM
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pussy_puncher
Posts: 194 - Karma: 69
What else is going to hold my snorkle?
Nov 26 2012 10:05PM
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GeorgiaJibber
Posts: 1608 - Karma: 1,353
i wear glasses, so in order to wear my googles i have to wear contacts which i hate, so if it is sunny and they aren't blowing, then i will wear glasses
Nov 26 2012 10:09PM
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250r
Posts: 2276 - Karma: 1,013
skiing at any amount of speed with any amount of snow falling sucks with out goggles
Nov 26 2012 10:13PM
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profa_212
Posts: 8948 - Karma: 36,443
I literally can't ski without goggles anymore. I've just grown so used to it that I feel naked without it. It's just weird lol
Nov 26 2012 10:13PM
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RawrRawrRob
Posts: 1841 - Karma: 685
Goggles for the kill, goggle-less for backyard seshing
Nov 26 2012 10:40PM
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gingaskier
Posts: 623 - Karma: 263
I never liked skiing with goggles unless I had to until recently, I started to ski with them alot. now I'm accustomed to them.
Nov 26 2012 10:55PM
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charcharbinks
Posts: 515 - Karma: 734
Goggles are nice but I like sunglasses for the spring/summer riding here in Oregon.
Nov 26 2012 10:57PM
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d00d
Posts: 2687 - Karma: 7,086
So far I haven't used my goggles yet this year, I get the same feeling as you and to me even going down some trails isn't that bad without them. When it gets colder or it starts snowing though then I'll probably change my mind and put some on.
Nov 26 2012 11:01PM
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alex.k.
Posts: 305 - Karma: 30
night skiing without goggles is so good
Nov 27 2012 12:15AM
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J_Christoph
Posts: 2519 - Karma: 8,755
I've got a clear lens for night and it works dandy
Nov 27 2012 12:23AM
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Ali_Dibden
Posts: 1966 - Karma: 1,688
As other people have said, I just feel weird skiing without googles.
Nov 27 2012 6:12AM
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Jibberino
Posts: 2089 - Karma: 1,346

You chose the wrong sport then.

I mostly ski with sunglasses on good days, on really cold, snowy or windy days I ski with goggles. You just have to get used to it, and to be honest I can't see how you could ski a whole season without goggles, unless you only ski on sunny and calm days, which would be stupid.

Nov 27 2012 6:58AM
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.ZT.
Posts: 5679 - Karma: 2,792
Sometimes I put mine up, like when I'm hiking rails, but no, goggles are important and I like them.
Nov 27 2012 7:03AM
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coldcuts69
Posts: 3718 - Karma: 1,888
Red/rose lenses will solve all your problems. I use red lenses on my electrics, and they work on sunny days, park days, AND night skiing really well.
Nov 27 2012 7:14AM
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GrabsForFun
Posts: 1378 - Karma: 396
I always ski with my goggles but they keep fogging up. But I can´t really ski wihtout them, the wind is a bitch like that
Nov 27 2012 9:48AM
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coolflash8
Posts: 3171 - Karma: 2,048
i bring goggles and wear them to the park, and from the park but when im hitting rails i never wear goggles. i cant see shit cause i have small little anon goggles and a pretty large head so its like im wearing blinders.
Nov 27 2012 10:08AM
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skiingonskis
Posts: 2076 - Karma: 262
i wear shades whenever at all possible, even on cold days, as they never fog. shades + neck gator is $$. However for pow/snowy days - goggles
Nov 27 2012 10:26AM
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twin-tip-hero
Posts: 2896 - Karma: 277
my eyes always water up when I ski with no goggles. So for me, unless it's in the backyard, I always wear my goggles.
Nov 27 2012 10:57AM
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ForeverYung
Posts: 8385 - Karma: 2,060
Only time I don't wear goggles is night skiing and hiking rails
Nov 27 2012 11:06AM
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NotGhood
Posts: 2809 - Karma: 1,255
I always wear goggles, I can see more through them than through my tears resulting from the icy wind hitting my corneas as I drop in
Nov 27 2012 11:20AM
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suckmyjagon
Posts: 142 - Karma: 22
FWIW: The new Oakley Canopys are over-the-glasses and have dynamite peripheral.
Nov 27 2012 12:10PM
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Round-Four
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 174
if its a really warm and sunny spring day and im just cruising the park or chewing up some bumps i like to wear sunglasses. the rest of the time i always wear goggles.
Nov 27 2012 12:13PM
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TommyChong
Posts: 122 - Karma: 76

I usually wear goggles because my eyes hurt without them.

Do whatever is comfortable

Nov 27 2012 12:23PM
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CheddarJack
Posts: 5203 - Karma: 7,380
Poles, goggles, and a helmet are three things that I feel naked without
Nov 27 2012 12:27PM
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freestyler540
Posts: 13106 - Karma: 18,908
If your being blinded by your goggles, change them. Try a few of them on and ride. The best fit for me are the Aframes from oakley or the crowbars. There are some that will be better.
Nov 27 2012 1:24PM
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DERS.
Posts: 6299 - Karma: 1,293
FIYAH LENSE
Nov 27 2012 1:25PM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,011
wtf that supposed to mean? There's plenty of great goggles in existance, not just one.
Nov 27 2012 3:06PM
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caddyshack
Posts: 706 - Karma: 192
get some EG2's you literally see everything. and if you really want to see and are willing to sacrifice a bit of steeze get i lighter colored lens and you can see the world hahaha
Nov 27 2012 4:51PM
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JWeinstock
Posts: 3439 - Karma: 1,352
if im at my local mountain i only use goggles on if its snowing or i get bored and try to go as fast as i can down a trail but in vermont i always were goggles
Nov 27 2012 4:52PM
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Ali.
Posts: 380 - Karma: 68
I ski on snowflex so i only use goggles in the winter. It always feels weird when i put them on for the first time.
Nov 27 2012 4:54PM
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.bo.
Posts: 448 - Karma: 133
i always wear goggles during the day, but at night i usually wont because fire iridium lenses blow at night
Nov 27 2012 4:54PM
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Randy_Quench
Posts: 5447 - Karma: 4,343
idk about anyone else, but my goggles have saved me as many times as my helmet.. falling face first isnt always fun and goggles tend to help at least a little. I feel unprotected without them.
Nov 27 2012 4:55PM
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STAUSS
Posts: 8232 - Karma: 3,311
STYLE OVER FUNCTION
Nov 27 2012 5:04PM
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penguin_steeze
Posts: 2311 - Karma: 241
exact same
Nov 27 2012 5:08PM
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