Olympic Snowboarders- WTF is up with the jeans?

**Dhelihiker** · 02-18-2010, 11:25 PM

its taken two entire seasons for people to realize how stupid plaid looks, this is going to be painful.

uggh~

**deliberate** · 02-18-2010, 11:33 PM

since snowboarding is 90% style, 10% skill they should have the competitors dress themselves and have a judge scoring the outfit.

**tricameron** · 02-19-2010, 08:28 AM

rerun. its burton

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1...-team-uniform/

**skifishbum** · 02-19-2010, 08:30 AM

Spancered by Iceman

**toast2266** · 02-19-2010, 09:43 AM

Its funny sitting in a bar watching snowboarding - I'd say every third person that walks in makes some comment about how they're snowboarding in jeans. Even people who don't look like they ski / board think its stupid.

**userA** · 02-19-2010, 09:44 AM

jibbers park and the knuckle draggin riders try so hard for this lately, an attempt to capture the early dayz of mtn. style. remember the old days of our youth, leather, denim, long johns, steel, these made us tough. today, these kids can only dream, cause it takes years to be a legit redneck.

**raymonster** · 02-19-2010, 09:56 AM

Not that I'm a fan of the jeans, but I think they are better than the super skinny, uber homo emo pants.

**Grange** · 02-19-2010, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by tricameron

rerun. its burton

http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1...-team-uniform/

I always struggle to find:

the look of real, worn, vintage denim

**Tippster** · 02-19-2010, 09:59 AM

Fake Jeans and fake plaid shirt - Burton is going Lumberjack.

**karpiel** · 02-19-2010, 10:24 AM

They are fake, are they not? I guess watching in HD on a decent size screen helps.

advres · 02-19-2010, 10:29 AM

Fake denim has been a fad in snowboarding multiple different times now. If you have spent any time on the hill you would have seen this before the Olympics.

**skiguide** · 02-19-2010, 11:01 AM

Originally Posted by Tippster

Fake Jeans and fake plaid shirt - Burton is going Lumberjack.

you ever been to Vermont / New England, it is redneck lumberjack!!

**bluejet59** · 02-19-2010, 11:08 AM

All the "worn" holes are in the same places. Next year Red Wing boots and Filson shooter jackets with padded shoulders.

**tricameron** · 02-19-2010, 11:11 AM

i caught at least one rider rockin the no gloves. gnar

**fish** · 02-19-2010, 11:34 AM

my sister had some fake jeans snow pants like 6 years ago. i think they were burton too

**snowmonster** · 02-19-2010, 12:50 PM

2014: Tall T's

**Tippster** · 02-19-2010, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by fish

my sister had some fake jeans snow pants like 6 years ago. i think they were burton too

"My sister wears too much [make-up.] People think she's a whore."

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD7RCB7WWkA"]YouTube- Charlie Sheen on Ferris Bueller's Day Off[/ame]

**waxman** · 02-19-2010, 01:07 PM

possibly Sheen's finest work...

**gunniride** · 02-19-2010, 01:12 PM

I'd say those outfits look better than the "Skittle Thug" theme I've been seeing on the hill lately.

Seeing Olympians (from various countries) with pants slung below their ass is a little disturbing though.

**Buzzworthy** · 02-19-2010, 01:21 PM

Burton's designers watch a lot of AxMen.

**blackhand** · 02-19-2010, 01:30 PM

why do all of you little fashionistas care what they are wearing? admire their skill, tenacity etc and stop worrying about what your "wives'" vogue magazines tell you about style

**Chainsaw_Willie** · 02-19-2010, 01:41 PM

Originally Posted by advres

Fake denim has been a fad in snowboarding multiple different times now. If you have spent any time on the hill you would have seen this before the Olympics.

While I've probably seen it, it certainly hasn't registered 'cause I just don't pay much attention to the snowboard kiddies or what they're wearing. I don't ride in the park so pretty much the only time I encounter them is when I have to avoid groups of them sitting around in the middle of the groomers on the way back to the chair.

That said, the stuff Sean White was throwing down was seriously impressing me. He coulda been dressed like a clown and it wouldn't have mattered.

**hutash** · 02-19-2010, 05:39 PM

You have to wonder if the designers of snow board gear look in the mirror and say.."yep, this sure is ugly, let's make 100,000 units."

I assume Apollo Anton Ono does the same thing every morning when he looks at his beard..."Yep, sure is ugly, I think I'll go appear on international television."

**A-wreck** · 02-19-2010, 05:39 PM

I have fake denim ski pants... that i bought frommmmmmm...... powstash maybe? whichever guy skis at the canyons a lot...

I still rock them... they are nice...

**s.p.c** · 02-19-2010, 06:48 PM

shit is tight. to quote a very fashion savvy japanese chick "if anyone can pull of the jeans and flannel shirt look at the olympics it is the americans. there is nothing more american than that."

pretty well done homage to american.