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Snowpants are a marketing gimmick

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raull
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Thread title pretty much says it all. Snowpants are unnecessary. I can understand needing them for skiing pow, but other than that, what is the purpose? they arent usually insulted, so they arent providing any additional warmth compared to jeans or khakis. i think companies invented them simply to generate a profit and now everybody wears them just because its the norm on a ski mountain. The truth of the matter is that snow pants are unnecessary, ugly, bulky, and unnecessary. Think about it. you dont wear snow pants out on the town, to work, or to the grocery store..so why do you wear them while skiing? its not like youre rolling around in the snow, and unless you eat shit constantly, theres no functional purpose to using a water resistant pant. I havent worn them in years, and it feels great. i just throw off my skis and boots, put on my shoes, and im good to go. no difference between on and off hill transition. plus, snowpants are usually so baggy, and we all can agree that style is fugly.

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Mar 1 2014 5:07PM
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TheWakes.
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tomorrow's forecast for my resort is 6-10 inches of new snow. high near 14 with wind chill values as low as -25 at the summit. i'll wear snowpants thanks.
Mar 2 2014 1:30AM
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ebonyzebra
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He is what urban dictionary calls a
Dickweed
1) A completely self-absorbed, useless asshole with shit for brains;

2) A person so irredeemably stupid that their idiotic behavior causes pain to everyone that they interact with.

jeans are not practical for most dickweed.
Mar 2 2014 1:57AM
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yangumane
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Thanks bro, just what I was looking for
Mar 2 2014 2:01AM
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toiletstore
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http://youtu.be/7gN2IeQlZYc
Mar 2 2014 4:14AM
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Rem-Dog
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You're a f*cking retard! They are more stylish whilst also being practical keeping you dry and warm.
Mar 2 2014 10:36AM
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powerbong2000
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bahh hahaha, why don't you guys just follow raull's instructions and check out his vids.

Best NS member.
Mar 2 2014 3:17PM
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TheDetectives
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water proofing, wind resistance, i wear slim shell pants, considerably warmer then jeans or khakis
Mar 2 2014 9:45PM
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Amarino
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Saying unnecessary twice is unnecessary.
Mar 2 2014 10:01PM
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Iliveinutah
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haha op kills in in jeans, do you man!
Mar 2 2014 10:03PM
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skiRay
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snowpants are necessary becasue 90% of people that freeski need baggy bottoms to compliment their tall ts, massisve hoodies, and jackets.
Mar 3 2014 4:50AM
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Lemuel
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I'll see if I can find him at Okemo today.
Mar 3 2014 9:22AM
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NWT3K
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In light of the topic we thought it would be insightful to shed a little light on why we created "snow pants". Keep in mind, we originally launched NWT3K as just a custom jacket company, no snow pants at the time of our original launch.

Answer: Skiers & Snowboarders came to us and specifically asking for snow pants - so we created them. Although your opinion is completely valid (as everyone's opinions are), we would be willing to assume that the majority of the snow sports industry would disagree with the following - "The truth of the matter is that snow pants are unnecessary, ugly, bulky, and unnecessary." Keyword here is "unnecessary".

Simply put, we added snow pants to our custom line because skiers & boarders requested them directly. We didn't build them because we wanted to, we built them because they wanted us to. This had nothing to do with company profits or marketing, but everything to do with filling customer demand. Our customers & non-customers demanded pants, so we fulfilled that request.

Hope this provides some insight on why our company made the decision the build snow pants.

Keep shredding all!

- Nick


Mar 3 2014 2:26PM
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hi_vis360
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Obviously jeans are way sicker. Anything that pros do is automatically chill and its best to just blindly imitate them and not develop a style of your own. Plus looking snowy and wet is cool because people can tell how gnar you are. #jeanz4lyfe #allCottonEverything
Mar 3 2014 2:44PM
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powerbong2000
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bwaaaahahahahahahahaaaa
Mar 3 2014 3:58PM
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RubberSoul
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wake up sheeple, you only think you need snowpants because of an extensive PR campaign by the consumerist snowsports industry

in reality, wearing anything that admits that you plan on falling makes you a chode

besides on storm days i just wear sunglasses, shorts, and a tank top, with chapstick rubbed all over my bare skin to prevent wind burn
Mar 3 2014 4:13PM
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louie.mirags
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OP is better at this game than you
Mar 3 2014 4:49PM
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raull
Posts: 384 - Karma: 2,232
Many people in this thread (including the clothing company ive never heard of) seem to have missed the part where i wrote " I can understand needing them for skiing pow."
Mar 3 2014 5:02PM
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RubberSoul
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dude im a way better skier than you are
Mar 3 2014 5:17PM
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bwilson17
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Hey everyone go checkout the buy/sell forum. I'm selling all my snow pants, get em before they're gone!
Mar 6 2014 3:09PM
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bwilson17
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Hey everyone go checkout the buy/sell forum. I'm selling all my snow pants, get em before they're gone!
Mar 6 2014 3:09PM
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