Send In The Clowns - The Downside To Ski Season, Part II
An unofficial continuation to last week’s post about some of the rarely talked about downsides to the ski season – this time talking about some of the idiotic fashion attempts seen on the snow.
The Man Purse
All across society, there are countless stupid fashion ideas that become a fad, and skiing & snowboarding are no different. The airblaster (A.K.A. The Man Purse) is at the top of this list. Don’t know what an ‘airblaster’ is? Don’t worry - you’re not missing much.
Essentially, it’s a pocket that you attach around your leg. If you’re thinking it sounds stupid, you’d be right. Despite the fact that any given snowboarder or skier who wears one probably has 6+ pockets on their jacket and pants already, they feel some sort of need to attach another pocket to themselves. After all, why use proper pockets when you can spend money on a useless pocket? Additionally, it has a stupid name. This retarded stepchild of the snow world has nothing to do with air or blasting.
What do people put into their man purse? Who the fuck cares, they’re wearing a man purse strapped to their fucking leg.
Above: Airblaster - with & without optional jackass
Flair
On the snow, ‘flair’ can mean one of two things. It can refer to a backflip 180 in a half pipe by a skier (strangely enough, the same move performed by a snowboarder is simply called a backflip 180, but for skiers it’s called a flair), or it can refer to the useless shit hanging off of a skier or snowboarder to make them look ‘cool’. As an example, think of the movie Office Space. Typically the items hang from the belt or pant pockets. Possible items include: a season pass, a bandana, helmet (because a helmet hanging from your pants is as fashionable as it is comfortable).
What purpose does this flair serve? The answers seem to range from ‘Fuck all’ to ‘Umm…it seemed like a good idea at the time. Plus, I saw some other people doing it so I did it as well.’
Much like last time I’m sure I’m forgetting some other equally annoying traits about ski season, but I’m heading up the mountain tomorrow and I’m sure I’ll be reminded about a few more examples of stupidity...
Edit: Here's a link to an article I found when I typed 'ski flair' into Google. Definitely worth a read in my opinion.
Edit 2: The photos don't seem to want to work. Maybe someone at Blogger is fond of the ol'man purse.
The Man Purse
All across society, there are countless stupid fashion ideas that become a fad, and skiing & snowboarding are no different. The airblaster (A.K.A. The Man Purse) is at the top of this list. Don’t know what an ‘airblaster’ is? Don’t worry - you’re not missing much.
Essentially, it’s a pocket that you attach around your leg. If you’re thinking it sounds stupid, you’d be right. Despite the fact that any given snowboarder or skier who wears one probably has 6+ pockets on their jacket and pants already, they feel some sort of need to attach another pocket to themselves. After all, why use proper pockets when you can spend money on a useless pocket? Additionally, it has a stupid name. This retarded stepchild of the snow world has nothing to do with air or blasting.
What do people put into their man purse? Who the fuck cares, they’re wearing a man purse strapped to their fucking leg.
Above: Airblaster - with & without optional jackass
Flair
On the snow, ‘flair’ can mean one of two things. It can refer to a backflip 180 in a half pipe by a skier (strangely enough, the same move performed by a snowboarder is simply called a backflip 180, but for skiers it’s called a flair), or it can refer to the useless shit hanging off of a skier or snowboarder to make them look ‘cool’. As an example, think of the movie Office Space. Typically the items hang from the belt or pant pockets. Possible items include: a season pass, a bandana, helmet (because a helmet hanging from your pants is as fashionable as it is comfortable).
What purpose does this flair serve? The answers seem to range from ‘Fuck all’ to ‘Umm…it seemed like a good idea at the time. Plus, I saw some other people doing it so I did it as well.’
Much like last time I’m sure I’m forgetting some other equally annoying traits about ski season, but I’m heading up the mountain tomorrow and I’m sure I’ll be reminded about a few more examples of stupidity...
Edit: Here's a link to an article I found when I typed 'ski flair' into Google. Definitely worth a read in my opinion.
Edit 2: The photos don't seem to want to work. Maybe someone at Blogger is fond of the ol'man purse.
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