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sauceau
Posts: 42 - Karma: 155
Do think they are gay or useful?
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Mar 13 2016 11:03AM
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Shoey-Ski
Posts: 1649 - Karma: 6,190
Your spine isn't something to mess around with, I don't personally wear one but if I was out tucking flips all the time, and lived at a resort with a bigger park I most likely would, you don't want to take one bad crash and never ski again, it wouldn't be worth it
Mar 13 2016 11:22AM
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csteezy
Posts: 139 - Karma: 330
depends on what you are throwing
Mar 13 2016 11:30AM
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teflon66
Posts: 201 - Karma: 675
I'd rather protect my spine than not wear them because some people think they're "gay."
Mar 13 2016 11:40AM
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Julius_Steezer
Posts: 776 - Karma: 4,536
I rarely wear one as it feels a bit weird IMO (not restrictive, just weird). But I wanna try frontflips and maybe Lincolns in the next few weeks and I'll wear the back protector on the day I try
Mar 13 2016 4:19PM
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404404
Posts: 11358 - Karma: 21,034
HH rocks them.

http://slytechprotection.com/athlete/henrik-harlaut/
Mar 13 2016 4:30PM
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sauceau
Posts: 42 - Karma: 155
And for those who doesnt wear them at all what kind of skier are u?
good or bad park skier, pow shredder or are u doing everything
Mar 13 2016 5:28PM
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Deepskier
Posts: 3267 - Karma: 4,829
Most kids at my hill wear them but i dont own one because im broke but if i had one id probs wear it
Mar 13 2016 9:34PM
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JGWI
Posts: 2842 - Karma: 7,812
Id rather run the risk of looking "gay' than eating through a straw for the rest of my life.
Mar 13 2016 10:07PM
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Dddsz
Posts: 3042 - Karma: 7,324
_SkiPow_Do think they are gay?


No, because I'm not an immature 12 year old that calls in-animate objects "gay", or anybody for that matter. I don't think any back-protectors are having sexual relationships with other back protectors of the same gender.
Mar 13 2016 11:32PM
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Zimmy
Posts: 1258 - Karma: -1,327


Gay but useful for rail slip-ups??

I think at HC mountain there'll be a stand of these behind the ticket counter.
Mar 14 2016 1:10AM
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CarsonDaSkier
Posts: 146 - Karma: 1,403
I need one hard core
Mar 15 2016 9:18PM
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slothking
Posts: 53 - Karma: 140
I have a slytech one that I use pretty much whenever I ski. Not super neccessary but nice having the extra peace of mind. I ski mostly big mountain sort of stuff and a bit of park.
Mar 16 2016 12:11AM
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