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HOTTEST FITNESS KIT
From falling off snowboards to risking
rips on drag lifts and dealing with brutal
weather conditions, your salopettes
have to cope with some pretty shoddy
treatment – and that’s without the
disparaging comments from posh twats
discussing “doing a season in Whistler”.
So Vollebak’s 100 Year Ski Pants are made
from a material designed to handle heavy
rain while motorbike racing – where the falls
are fast and the water hits you at high speed
and high pressure.
Ultra-tough, highly breathable and rated
waterproof to 43,000mm, these 1200g
pants come with an advanced membrane
that contracts in the cold to retain warmth
and opens up in the heat to disperse sweat,
a bit like testicles – no, really.
Whether you’re skiing a resort or deep in
the backcountry (terminology that will
quickly adhere to the private schoolboy
set), a cross-flow venting system dumps
heat even faster when you realise you’ve
ventured down a mogul field by mistake,
while the inside is made from a brushed
polyester that’s soft on the skin. So at least
you’ll be careering down that mountainside
towards your impending death in comfort.
As hot as... your legs in cheap ski pants
£695 / vollebak.com
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Vollebak
100 Year Ski PantsOut on the
leak end
Bespoke materials created
by Schoeller in Switzerland
are stitched then bonded and
sealed to make the ski pants
watertight, so your actual
pants won’t risk
getting wet.