|
|
|
|
|
|
Hmm, I must mount a defence of my home team Macky! Here's this bit from my colleague & fellow Canadian Andy Blatchford in response:
Snowboard pants too tight, eh?
WEST VANCOUVER-Feb 15 | When Olympic snowboard-cross racers hit the mountain for the last day of training before the men's event, their conversation slopeside included strategy, track conditions and fashion — especially the Canadians' ever-so-tight snow pants.
American boarders, riding in their baggier gear, have been gently ribbing the Canadians during training runs, telling them to loosen up a little.
"We want to keep the cool factor in snowboarding, we don't want it to go speed suits," Nick Baumgartner said on Cypress Mountain.Fellow U.S. rider Nate Holland said the Canadian team is pushing the limits of a long-standing gentlemen's agreement to keep boardercrossers in loose-fitting pants.
The form-fitting team pants worn by some Canadians give them an aerodynamic edge and even threaten the future of snowboard cross itself, he said.
"It's the red-headed stepchild of snowboarding, and so I think it's just really important to keep that integrity intact." Holland said after the last day of men's training before Monday's Olympic event.
"I'm a snowboarder through and through and boardercross is a freestyle snowboarders' race. I think it should stay that way."
Snowboard cross brings together boarders with backgrounds in freestyle events, like half-pipe, and alpine racing, like the parallel giant slalom.
The flair of halfpipers is seen as one of the engines of snowboarding's lucrative fashion industry, while alpine riders have a more a practical approach, aiming for top speeds with the help of sleeker body suits.
The Americans and a few other teams have unsuccessfully called on the International Ski Federation (FIS) to follow the X Games lead and set a minimum pant-leg width for snowboard cross, Holland said.
So far, no rules to police pants size have been put in place.
For now, Holland said boardercrossers should follow the gentleman's agreement, like half-pipe athletes do.
"If you put a speed suit on in a half-pipe you're going to get laughed out of there," said Holland, a medal contender.
Canadian veteran Drew Neilson acknowledged the Canadian pants are a little more snug than those worn by the Americans, but he doesn't think there's a big difference.
"Everyone has their own different style, there's some other people out there who have tight pants as well," he said.
"There's this issue about tight pants, tight jerseys going on right now, so yeah, if Nate wants to talk about that, well then at least we've got him thinking about something else other than racing, right?"
Neilson said he trained last week in pants that were one size too small, but expected to wear a looser pair come race time.
"I made fun of myself a little bit when I had them on," said Neilson, who heard comments from other riders. "The other guys look fine and I don't see a problem with it."
Baumgartner heard a few cracks on the mountain about Canada's gear, but the atmosphere remained civil.
"Little jokes here and there but we all get along pretty well, so it's hard to get too into it because we're all friends," said the Michigan native, who loves the Americans' denim-coloured snow pants.
"I'm just stoked on ours, we've got the coolest pants."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
So American Seth Wescott won the snowboardcross event in his baggy outfit. It may not be the attire but the skill of the athlete that brings home the gold. That said, I was surprised at the gear the skiers were wearing for the freestyle mogul competition (won by a Canadian). Speaking of baggy!! But they can fly down the slopes. Of course they also need knee replacements by the age of 25. Not attire related in the least, but the extent to which we wish our athletes to push themselves.
I am still awestruck by the "bad-boy's" version of the Olympics- the X-Games.
Cycling is the one sport where a guy can shave his legs, wear spandex and bright colors, and be accepted.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Thank you Scott for mentioning my country's first Olympic Winter Games Gold Medal at home on our soil. That's very much appreciated by this old man. I did a blurb this morning on my website regarding the win:
Brody's Scribbles... Proud Canadian! Bilodeau wins Canada's first gold on home soil!
By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Feb 15 | As I watched the coverage of the Olympic Freestyle Men's Moguls event on my television-my heart pounding, I realised that a long held hope and dream of my Canadian homeland was about to become reality. Then the score flashed across the screen and I erupted in cheers and a happily undignified, for this old fat arsed reporter, dance. My sons called within moments and all of us celebrated. Thank you young Alexandre, thank you, Je vous remercie jeune Alexandre, Merci, Merci, Merci!
It is with SUCH great pleasure that I link you, my readers, to this article from my hometown newspaper, The Globe & Mail. [Here]http://www.ctvolympics.ca/freestyle-skiing/news/newsid=41513.html?cid=rss
Alexandre Bilodeau Photo By CTVOlympics.ca The Globe & Mail
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Macky, I agree I could make them look better and I think spandex allows freer movement; I know if I row in woven trousers that the cloth binds on my knees when I bend my legs tight at the beginning of the stroke.
Besides, since Alexander McQueen I thought it was compulsory to wear jeans with the belt round the hips and a good two inches of 'no-show' pants showing.
I regret to say there *are* people who don't like spandex. I was made to have my picture on the Bristol croquet site photoshopped. Before and after attached: What do you think?
Love,
Anthony
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Macky
|
 |
Really getting into it |
Location: USA
Registered: November 2008
Messages: 973
|
|
|
Photoshopping that masterpiece is criminal.
After all, to me it looks like garden gnomes wear lycra pants and people set these out in their gardens because they think they're cute.
But you strike a similar pose and you are covered up electronically.
The orange lent a certain panache to the photo. The person who photoshopped it does not seem to have the flair for mixing colors that you have. Its a clear case of sartorial splendor being masked with prudish frumpiness.
It's as bad as the pope who broke off all the penises on the statues at St Peters Bsailica, because he found that they elicited impure thoughts in his head.
We gotta break free to be us despite all efforts to contain us. So strut your stuff proudly and damn the naysayers! You are a child of the universe and all that rah rah shit!
Max
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is
For brothers to dwell together in unity!
Ps 133:1 NASB
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
timmy
|
 |
Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796
|
|
|
I've never come across the Olympic sport of being a fashion icon before.
Apart fro the fact that watching boardercross is exciting, and that the sport looks to be awesome fun, I can;t understand why they want to give themselves a disadvantage by being slaves to peer pressure driven fashion.
And the guy in the article narrowly missed Bronze.
I found myself chuckling over that.
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
timmy
|
|
Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796
|
|
|
I think the waistband of the bum bag was too tight.
I am also in accord with the committee in their desire not to show the club as eccentric whatever they accept with sartorial standards of individual members. Unlike boardercross I can see no aerodynamic advantage from the lycra tights.
I'm not sure about the etiquette on a croquet lawn (court?) of presenting one's gentleman's area on a shelf for all to inspect, not unlike an arrangement of dried fruit for a still life. I suspect that playing in speedos would be considered inappropriate, and they are rather less revealing that the tights. On that basis I remain surprised that they have not made a more formal dress code.
One point, a personal point, is that, while I accept and respect your mode of dress, http://tinyurl.com/yd7v6nk
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Honestly, Timmy, how can you be so prudish? Women mostly have no choice about whether to admit they have breasts. Why should men not admit they have balls? The difference between the max & min of balls is tiny compared to the huge range of max and min of breasts so wearing lycra actually tells people very little.
The only people in the croquet club who have made snide remarks have been men. The women just don't do it and I suppose it's because they are less bothered by it. I mean I used to be sensitive about people being able to see my jockstrap elastic across my bum but it seems as if half the women wearing a bra wear it under a practically transparent blouse. It's just not an issue.
And tell me why the club needs to appear not to be eccentric? What's wrong with eccentric? Most of us are eccentric in some way or another. You are - and your blog takes no prisoners. More strength to your elbow!
There really is a lot to be said in favour of a society which tolerates eccentricities and worse. I wore a suit at work for forty years because it was believed that clients would regard anything else as unprofessional. I think the world is a better place now when much more casual dress is accepted in at least some professional milieus.
And I realise that when you were at university you found outré dress hard to take. So did I! (I *did* spend a lot of time totally naked at the men's bathing place called 'Parson's Pleasure' - a revealing name for a revealing place!) But I think nowadays people are much less fazed by it. Certainly in Bristol I've never been made to feel awkward as a result of wearing lycra. And, yes, the curators of the Oxford University Parks have closed Parson's Pleasure down!
Love,
Anthony
[Updated on: Tue, 16 February 2010 14:32] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
kiwi
|
 |
Likes it here |
Location: New Zealand
Registered: August 2009
Messages: 317
|
|
|
Anthony, You're a nut-bar!
But that's okay, i love eccentrics & the world needs more of them.
I admire your courage, going out in public dressed like that. I'd never have the guts - think i'd rather be naked actually!
cheers
Commas matter - 'Party on Dudes' is not the same as 'Party on, Dudes'
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Agreed, Kiwi, so would I.
Love,
Anthony
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acam wrote:>"Besides, since Alexander McQueen I thought it was compulsory to wear jeans with the belt round the hips and a good two inches of 'no-show' pants showing." Actually Anthony you're misinformed. That rather dreadful fashion statement had its genesis in the Yank urban culture inspired by the Hip-Hop "Thugs & Gangstas" music & celebrities nearly 18 years ago. By the late 1990's, it was an unstoppable fashion trend that had migrated to the suburban as well as rural areas, giving many a parent a headache and more than a few rounds verbally with their male progeny battling over the 'display' of undies.... Not to mention more than one U. S. municipality attempting to ban it. From the U. S. its made its way across the globe, again, the 'hip-hop' & rap music culture and fashion trends paving the way with the youth.
Here's an excerpt from an article by Chicago based Shamontiel, author of two novels: "Round Trip" and "Change for a Twenty," and a full-time writer. With over 400+ articles in various magazine, newspaper and online publications, she specializes in entertainment, health, politics, social networking and African-American cultural topics. In this piece she discusses the trend:
Sagging Pants: Hip Hop Trend or Prison Trend?
He's coming down the street with a sparkling earring in his ear, pretty white teeth, maybe a doorag under his sports cap, a fresh shirt maybe overlapping a wifebeater or t-shirt, his shoes are bright white and brand new, and his pants look like they're fresh out of a retail store. He's in popular hip hop gear and wears it proudly. Sometimes he may wear his jeans or khakis with a button-down shirt. He may not wear a cap; maybe his hair is freshly tapered with a Caesar haircut or dreadlocks falling on his shoulders. To me, he represents hip hop and the casual wear of someone who wants to express himself by wearing gear he's most comfortable in. I love hip hop and brothas who can wear hip hop gear neatly; this includes everything from Phat Farm to Ecko to Akademiks. But then he turns around and the outfit and style go down the drain. I look down to see this boy/man's pants hanging under or in the middle of his butt. He pulls his pants up repeatedly because they start to drift down as he walks, and he's perfected that slow dip walk so they don't fall down altogether. I can see the designs and name brand of his underwear and sometimes where the elastic on his boxers or boxer briefs are tucked over his shirt. Suddenly he's not so attractive to me and I walk away with a vicious eye roll.
Sagging pants was never meant to be fashionable. Prisoners wear their pants this low because belts are a popular way to commit suicide by hanging oneself, to hang others, or to use as a weapon in fights. Prisoners are also not allowed to have shoestrings for the same reasons. But there is an even more obvious reason why pants are sagging in prison. If the pants are below a man's bottom, it is to introduce to other men that he is homosexual. As Eazy E once said about women in skirts, "For easy access, baby."
[Updated on: Tue, 16 February 2010 19:09] |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ray2x
|
|
Really getting into it |
Location: USA
Registered: April 2009
Messages: 430
|
|
|
Remember, ancient Olympic events were competed in the nude. Real snowboarders would do it naked.
Raymundo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
timmy
|
|
Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796
|
|
|
I wonder why I need to explain that breasts are not the same thing as displaying the entire vaginal area in all its contours. Men call this "Camel Toe" and not with delight.
It's not "Wow, Victoria wears such tight clothes you can see her camel toe!" It tends to be "That slut Victoria wears clothes so tight that you can see her full camel toe. Yuck!"
But they never mention this to Victoria, they giggle in clumps about it. Perhaps one of Vicky's good female friends will tell her that she is, literally, making a twat of herself, if they are kind. Those who are not her friends will compliment her on her dress sense, knowing that she takes away the glances from their own imperfections.
Yes, while Victoria is displaying her pudenda it gives other girls breathing space. But you putting yours on a shelf for all to examine does not do other gentlemen any service at all.
Since you do it for yourself, and do it as an informed choice, that's fine.
But do not suggest I am a prude. I don't care if you walk down the street looking a total prick (which is truly all one can see), walk start bollock naked, or wear a kaftan. I don't mind walking with you deep in conversation with you either. But I am not going to tell you that it is either an appealing mode of dress, or that it even suits you.
[Updated on: Wed, 17 February 2010 17:54]
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
"I can see your camel toe, deary."
"One hump, or two?"
Hugs
N
I dream of boys with big bulges in their trousers,
Never of girls with big bulges in their blouses.
…and look forward to meeting you in Cóito.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
timmy
|
|
Has no life at all |
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
Messages: 13796
|
|
|
From the Wikipedia picture here, I think two.
[Updated on: Wed, 17 February 2010 20:53]
Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
kiwi
|
|
Likes it here |
Location: New Zealand
Registered: August 2009
Messages: 317
|
|
|
Thanks timmy!
Going to have to wash my eyes now 
Commas matter - 'Party on Dudes' is not the same as 'Party on, Dudes'
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Raymundo,
You need to spend time at the slopes during spring skiing conditions. It's not uncommon to see guys with far too much testosterone and far too little common sense riding shirtless.
Scott
Cycling is the one sport where a guy can shave his legs, wear spandex and bright colors, and be accepted.
|
|
|
|
|
Goto Forum:
|
] 
A Place of Safety
Search
Help
Register
Login
Home
Re: Tight Pants 
Re: Tight Pants 
Re: Tight Pants 
