![]() The 40g of ThermaWeb™ Thinsulate insulation is thin, keeping the jacket from feeling bulky or heavy, but it retains and reflects heat. The Spyder Men’s Fanatic Ski Jacket is described as a shell, but it features a fairly substantial insulation layer that minimizes the layering required underneath on all but the coldest ski days. Even down to their fat, trendy hire skis, they were the epitome of 'all the gear, no idea'.TripSavvy / Justin Park Warmth: Almost too warm for use during heavy exertion Either that or dead, which statistically would put them in the older end of the age spectrum.Ĭontrary to your assessment though DrJohn, the Spyder wearers I remember most were a snooty middle-aged couple decked in particularly garish Spyder logoed pants and jackets who quickly had to drop out of a small, led, off piste group in Verbier freshies because they had no idea at all how to, as you say, 'hit the pow' and didn't have the fitness to make up for it either. People wearing spiders would normally be entomologists. Spider wearers are usually pretty good skiers and at the older end of the age spectrum, so I think there is an element of jealousy and ageism involved. Usually the same people who claim to be carving reds after 2 weeks or "hitting the pow". Some people get into a right old flap about them. I'm surprised at such language from a lady. Pam w, wasn't referring to you, but then I just read your gash comment. ![]() Handy for clearing space in the lift queues and poking snowboarders who dare get too close. This years version might just have a spider picture on it but I'm looking forward to the one with the moving legs. When I looked in Snow+Rock the assistant said 'yes, they're all like this now' and then proved himself wrong with every other jacket we looked at. ![]() the zip pull is fixed to the right hand side (when wearing it). The one thing I find slightly odd is that the main zip works like a ladies jacket. I'm sure it will do me fine but whether you really need such a high level of waterproofing and breathability is debatable for most of us. From memory it was about £312 delivered against £420 in Snow+Rock so 299 euro is a great price.Īt the end of the day though it's just a ski jacket so all it can do is keep you warm, dry and comfortable. I got this years Leader jacket from snowinn but won't get a chance to use it properly until next month. Anyway, snowHeads really is MUCH better when you're logged in - not least because you get to post your own messages complaining about things that annoy you like perhaps this banner which, incidentally, disappears when you log in :-) We don't share your email address with anyone and we never send out any of those cheesy 'message from our partners' emails either. It's rather good and not made up by tourist offices (or people that love the tourist office and want to marry it either). ![]() When you register, you get our free weekly(-ish) snow report by email. 50,000+ snowHeads already know all this, making snowHeads the biggest, most active community of snow-heads in the UK, so you'll be in good company). as well as access to 'members only' forums, discounts and deals that U don't even know exist as a 'guest' user. Log in to snowHeads to make it MUCH better! Registration's totally free, of course, and makes snowHeads easier to use and to understand, gives better searching, filtering etc.
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