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What do you do with old, unusable gear?

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ReturnToMonkey
Posts: 6416 - Karma: 69,673
What do you guys do with things like helmets, goggles, and gloves that are way too damaged for anyone to use again but you don't just want to throw them in the landfill?
Oct 8 2024 1:27PM
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Rock_Inhabitant
Posts: 1204 - Karma: 12,168
I have an old helmet I filled with dirt and planted some beans then hung from my tree. Hanging pot
Oct 8 2024 1:31PM
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oldmanski
Posts: 3324 - Karma: 23,959
Most of my gloves end up all ripped to shreds and no reason to keep them around so they end up in the bin. Other than that, Ive pretty much kept everything,lol. I have a few plastic totes in storage holding all my shit.
Oct 8 2024 2:29PM
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switchlip2
Posts: 2142 - Karma: 25,107
Throw them in the trash
Oct 8 2024 2:35PM
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Lip_on
Posts: 462 - Karma: -2,013
Core homeless fit
Oct 8 2024 2:48PM
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stokedelic
Posts: 1529 - Karma: 4,098
i just store it indefinitely like random shit in minecraft

Oct 8 2024 3:08PM
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ParkingLotPiss
Posts: 242 - Karma: 1,385
For most gear: try to get new stuff before my current kit is wrecked then sell it cheap or give it away (gotta give back) I'm lucky enough to be a position to do so
For skis: ride them until they break then hang them up as like taxidermy
Oct 8 2024 3:19PM
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bertBertson
Posts: 268 - Karma: 4,303
Ik it sucks but most of it just has to go in the trash 😔 sad reality of consumer sporting goods.
I like to keep the bigger stuff as momentos - One of these days I'll have a man-cave and mount all the glorious detritus of cracked bike frames and delammed/snapped skis on the walls.
Oct 8 2024 3:37PM
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BallClapper
Posts: 3040 - Karma: 12,613
For skis and boards, make chairs, outside furniture for a firepit or something. Saw a dude on ig that uses old coats to make bags. All sorts of colors and look sick.
Oct 8 2024 3:53PM
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Senpai
Posts: 122 - Karma: 705
you're supposed to get a new helmet when its damaged? damn
Oct 8 2024 6:09PM
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TRVP_ANGEL
Posts: 12521 - Karma: 116,362
They go right beside my car battery. In the ocean

**This post was edited on Oct 8th 2024 at 9:15:47pm
Oct 8 2024 9:15PM
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BigPurpleSkiSuit
Posts: 9405 - Karma: 68,924
I will keep certain skis forever and when I'm 80 and have a house and a wall to hang them on, I'll put them in chronological order. I'll be able to look back at each one and remember the things I did with them until alzheimers gets me and I can't remember any more, but the topsheets will help
Oct 8 2024 10:54PM
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TheClap.
Posts: 21671 - Karma: 4,158
BigPurpleSkiSuitI will keep certain skis forever and when I'm 80 and have a house and a wall to hang them on, I'll put them in chronological order. I'll be able to look back at each one and remember the things I did with them until alzheimers gets me and I can't remember any more, but the topsheets will help


I like this
Oct 9 2024 8:07AM
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BLandz
Posts: 1678 - Karma: 27,667
TRVP_ANGELThey go right beside my car battery. In the ocean

**This post was edited on Oct 8th 2024 at 9:15:47pm

Lmaooo


For outerwear/boots/goggs and shit like that I just give to the homies for free. Usually try to hook up the young kids first because they usually don’t have jobs. For skis/bindings, trash. I do keep an old pair of FT’s for parts tho. Saved my ass a bunch of times
Oct 10 2024 9:27PM
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gnarhuck
Posts: 25 - Karma: 26
TRVP_ANGELThey go right beside my car battery. In the ocean

**This post was edited on Oct 8th 2024 at 9:15:47pm

thats f**ked up bro
Oct 11 2024 4:42AM
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Lubu159
Posts: 28 - Karma: 66
for thrashed clothing and usable gear I have friends I give it to who will upcycle it into something else if its still usable. they've made some dope fanny packs and tote bags out of my old bibs and jackets.
Oct 11 2024 10:45AM
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hamsauce
Posts: 296 - Karma: 2,587
free on facebook marketplace. Half the time its some flipper/business racoon, half the time its a homie making a chair or looking for beater gear for a homie
Oct 11 2024 12:09PM
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CantBeliveButter
Posts: 19 - Karma: 128
decoration in my room
Oct 11 2024 12:14PM
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partyandBS
Posts: 4754 - Karma: 73,165
i’m delusional and think that there might be a use for it. total hoarder mentality. most things i dont give a fuck about but ski/bike stuff i get weird about lol.
Oct 11 2024 2:34PM
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lil.Boye
Posts: 2708 - Karma: 12,366
i keep old mittens in good use, i have some hestra mittens that are torn up that i use for shaping and waxing rails. i try to get rid of worn out stuff, but a lot of it is stashed at my parent's place. two seasons ago i tried to get rid of some clothes, but my mother stopped me since it was sentimental value for her (me too tbh)
Oct 12 2024 5:27AM
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crf741
Posts: 119 - Karma: 452
ender chest mf
Oct 18 2024 2:26PM
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armchair_skier
Posts: 2349 - Karma: 29,658
use it
Oct 18 2024 5:00PM
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Goretex_Vidal
Posts: 805 - Karma: 11,227
Donate it to a local organization that gets kids on the hill. They salvage bindings for brakes and use clapped skis to train kids to tune and mount in their rental shop
Oct 18 2024 5:10PM
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