Man that took forever to get thru customs. Standard T-shirt should be live soon but it's winter so here's a long sleeve:
This is in regards to the funny video OV posted
Man that took forever to get thru customs. Standard T-shirt should be live soon but it's winter so here's a long sleeve:
This is in regards to the funny video OV posted
Mine too brother. I'm here to tell you my ass was full of ice, man!
I recall cross-country skiing long ago wearing a brand new pair of jeans, not pre-washed but loaded with lots of fresh blue dye. I was not very good and it was a challenging trail through the woods. I left a few blue streaks in the snow on some of the steeper drops.
This was my first time on xc skis. In the early 90s. Not sure those gaiters were actually mine.
I definitely saw some hairy people in short-shorts.
Back in the olden days, everyone wore jeans that had been sprayed with Scotch-Gard ($$) or washed with a lot of fabric softener and not rinsed (¢¢) so that they were waxy. At some point I got some wind pants to go over them, but they were slick nylon and if you fell, you were not going to stop sliding, ever. I was on the gondola reminiscing about the olden times with another guy about how the old 70s bell bottoms would fit over your boots so that was good but they'd get wet and freeze and by the end of the day you'd have about 3 pounds of solid ice clanging on your boots as you walked. The 20 year olds in the gondola just stared blankly at each other and couldn't wait to get away. But before they made their escape I talked about getting gaiters and wool WW1(?) knickers at the army surplus store and those were cool. I wish I still had them, to tell the truth.
Once it gets below around -20 F the snow is dry enough that it just brushes off your jeans.
There was one brief period when the designers though that ultra-shiny nylon jackets and bottoms were the look to have. After a few people slid over cliffs, they changed their minds.
Mine too brother. I'm here to tell you my ass was full of ice, man!
I recall cross-country skiing long ago wearing a brand new pair of jeans, not pre-washed but loaded with lots of fresh blue dye. I was not very good and it was a challenging trail through the woods. I left a few blue streaks in the snow on some of the steeper drops.
It was a story on NPR, so I deem it valid. Funny - I grew up skiing in jeans. I was probably 18 when I got my first pair of ski pants.
I definitely saw some hairy people in short-shorts.
Back in the olden days, everyone wore jeans that had been sprayed with Scotch-Gard ($$) or washed with a lot of fabric softener and not rinsed (¢¢) so that they were waxy. At some point I got some wind pants to go over them, but they were slick nylon and if you fell, you were not going to stop sliding, ever. I was on the gondola reminiscing about the olden times with another guy about how the old 70s bell bottoms would fit over your boots so that was good but they'd get wet and freeze and by the end of the day you'd have about 3 pounds of solid ice clanging on your boots as you walked. The 20 year olds in the gondola just stared blankly at each other and couldn't wait to get away. But before they made their escape I talked about getting gaiters and wool WW1(?) knickers at the army surplus store and those were cool. I wish I still had them, to tell the truth.
