first time skiing

[andymc]

could anyone recommend a coat and trousers for my 1st time on the slopes?
thanks

[Crimson Tide]

Will it be the first of many? Do you have a budget you'd like to keep to?

[Semi hemi]

andymc said:

could anyone recommend a coat and trousers for my 1st time on the slopes?
thanks

Brown ones

[Steamer]

I usually hire a jacket & sallopets from the local sport shop.

Cost me £30 all in the other week, simply because its a good standard of kit and takes quite a hammering too.

...depends how often you are planning on going I guess.

[Uhura_Fighter]

Where are you going and why aren't you going snowboarding?

[philis]

Semi hemi said:

andymc said:

could anyone recommend a coat and trousers for my 1st time on the slopes?
thanks

Brown ones

pmsl

Get yourself to tk max
they have bargain ski wear

[ShadownINja]

Semi hemi said:

andymc said:

could anyone recommend a coat and trousers for my 1st time on the slopes?
thanks

Brown ones

[A1GOY]

Uhura_Fighter said:

Where are you going and why aren't you going snowboarding?

'Cos he's no pussy!

I'd say get yourself to TK Maxx. Managed to pick up some really top nitch gear for around £50 just before Christmas.

[astroarcadia]

For your first time head down to TK Maxx. Avoid Snow and Rock. No point spending lots if you dont enjoy it.

[jamesc_1729]

First time I went ski-ing I just wore a Berghaus Goretex jacket (100quid) and some el cheapo Trespass(40quid) skiing trousers.
Now I rock a salomon jacket I bought in resort for 150 quid and by far the bargain of the century, a pair of 10k/10k Helly Hanson boarding trousers which I bought from TK Maxx for 50 quid.

You can spend incrementally increasing amounts of money. Either:

1) beg/steal/borrow kit from friends.
2) buy some cheapo columbia gear from TK Maxx.
3) go to blacks or similar with your credit card.

Have fun.

[Uhura_Fighter]

A1GOY said:

Uhura_Fighter said:

Where are you going and why aren't you going snowboarding?

'Cos he's no pussy!

I'd say get yourself to TK Maxx. Managed to pick up some really top nitch gear for around £50 just before Christmas.

I think you'll find it's the ones that have sticks to help them down a hill that are pussies...

I like to think of them as stabilisers for the simple folk

[sleep envy]

ah, a plank on a plank

[wildoliver]

Who let the boarder in?

[Steamer]

Uhura_Fighter said:

A1GOY said:

Uhura_Fighter said:

Where are you going and why aren't you going snowboarding?

'Cos he's no pussy!

I'd say get yourself to TK Maxx. Managed to pick up some really top nitch gear for around £50 just before Christmas.

I think you'll find it's the ones that have sticks to help them down a hill that are pussies...

As opposed to those that sit on their backsides at the top/middle/side of the slopes instead of actually getting down the hill in the first place

[Uhura_Fighter]

Damn I shouldn't have posted in this thread, it is worse than the blue oyster bar.

Laugh at silly snowboarders Here

[A1GOY]

Steamer said:

Uhura_Fighter said:

A1GOY said:

Uhura_Fighter said:

Where are you going and why aren't you going snowboarding?

'Cos he's no pussy!

I'd say get yourself to TK Maxx. Managed to pick up some really top nitch gear for around £50 just before Christmas.

I think you'll find it's the ones that have sticks to help them down a hill that are pussies...

As opposed to those that sit on their backsides at the top/middle/side of the slopes instead of actually getting down the hill in the first place

How many boarders does it take to change a lightbulb?
Three.
One to actually do it, another to film them changing said bulb and a final one to sit on their arse and say 'gnarly dude'.
Gotta love the broken wrist brigade!

[paul0843]

tk max...4 of us got kitted out completely for £400

[Andy Zarse]

Don't forget to wear your top hat at a rakish angle on the slopes.

[renmure]

Can't really beat TK Max for cheap but decent ski gear.

[Semi hemi]

Andy Zarse said:

Don't forget to wear your top hat at a rakish angle on the slopes.

And the opera cape