 Poster: A snowHead
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Is it ok (cool) to wear red ski jackets??
I have been skiing few time before and remember that the instructors wear red, well in the french alps, which is where I have been before and am booked to go again this xmas.  . Is weraring a red jacket going to be a problem, or am I goin to look stupid?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wanda?, hi and welcome to  .
don't worry about something like this. wear whatever colour jacket you want to on the slopes. everyone does. also, different ski/snowboard schools use different uniforms (and therefore in different colours) in france.
enjoy your holiday!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If you haven't got a chain of 12 kiddies following you across every inch of the piste and a gauloise hanging from your lips then you don't have to worry about being mistaken for an ESF instructor 
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I think it is ideal to have a red jacket as you will be more visible to other skiiers.
Why would anyone buy a white jacket..I was amazed to see so many on sale last year.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I went for a red jacket as I often ski in pretty bad weather and in a group it's much better to stand out fromn the surroundings... especially if you crash with people coming down fast behind you. Unless you have it covered in badges no one will mistake you for an instructor.
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I have a red jacket, and there is no way anyone would confuse me with an instructor 
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I always seem to end up with red jackets, just bought another one.
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Is it ok (cool) to wear red ski jackets??
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probably not then 
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I have a white jacket and white pants... Apparently that's reallly dodgy (although in my defence, I don't wear them together). Nobody has ever had any problems missing me 
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Why would anyone buy a white jacket
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Why not? I rather like mine. It's a swine to keep clean, mind.
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I've worn red jackets and I have actually have had someone hand me their lesson voucher!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I've got 2, it was 3 until some scrote broke into my car and nicked it.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Bought a red one thinking it might be better in a total whiteout than my old mostly black one. You know a good whiteout when you can't see the person snowploughing back to safety right next to you (had that in Mayrhofen once). The first day I wore it, it seemed 80% of the skiers were wearing red jacket, black hat+pants.
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I just got new Red Pants for this season, first time out of yellow pants in over 25 years
Is Red the new Yellow or am i just way behind the times
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You know it makes sense.
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Red is cool - my wife insisted on buying white despite strongly advising against it. She now realises her mistake...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Wanda? wrote: |
| Is it ok (cool) to wear red ski jackets?? |
Absolutely not! Red is only for people who can make perfect end to end carving turns all the way down through icy red course. Same goes for blue and black, and white... well white is for those who don't want to be seen laying on snow... kinda camouflage thing
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Poster: A snowHead
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Nope, red jackets aren't cool IMHO. It started as being the default instructor colour, although many ski schools now have different colours the red/uncool think has stuck for some reason.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Why would anyone buy a white jacket
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Why not? I rather like mine. It's a swine to keep clean, mind. |
I have a white jacket, and like the look, but as Jonm says , hard to keep clean. If conditions are bad, I wear my black jacket, simple.
Red is fine, multi colour ski suits now that is not cool.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Any color that contrast well with snow and rock, and has a recco reflector just in case. Personal preference after that.
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| twoodwar wrote: |
| and has a recco reflector just in case. |
The only thing a Recco reflector is good for is finding a dead body.
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And with red jackets you can actually be made out in your mates off piste photos
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Scarpa, and piste patrollers are often not in red, but i have seen them in black - just before they dove in and stole my powder line <sigh>. Dont often see instructors off piste.
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Piste patrol tend to have big backpacks with gear dangling off too.
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Dont often see instructors off piste.
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No, I was wondering about that - you do see them doing lessons off piste (near the piste) though. Maybe they don't wear uniform on days off when they do a lot of off piste - can think of a whole stack of reasons why they'd rather be in civvies.
Red jackets are fine - probably the most popular single colour. The ones with white stripes similar to ESF ones are good to avoid, though. You're sitting on a chairlift (and I always try to watch instructors skiing when I'm on chairlifts) and you think "Wow, that instructor doesn't look that good. I can do as well as that" then as you get closer you realise it's not an instructor at all. Personally, I'd prefer to avoid looking like I'm trying to look like an instructor. But in an all red jacket, or red and black etc, you won't.
Welcome to Snowheads, Wanda?, Have a great trip at Christmas. Where're you going?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Thanks all for your comments. Think I will keep the jacket, it was a TKM bargin, it does has a bit of white detail on it but hoping it will not look like strips!!
I am going to Les Deux Alps and really excited, i will be the third time I have been skiing but has been awhile so thinking I should get some lesson. My plan was to get a private lesson with my partner on the first day for an hour or two, is this a good idea??
Thank again
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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A red jacket? OMG, LOL, ROFL, WOOT!
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Wanda?, I wear a red jacket. But then I don't care if I look stupid - I know my stupidity is so difficult to disguise it is not worth the effort trying to do so.
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You know it makes sense.
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probably the most popular single colour
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Is as good a reason as any to avoid it
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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My plan was to get a private lesson with my partner on the first day for an hour or two, is this a good idea??
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Yes, a very good idea, and an even better one would be to contact Charlotte Swift (easiski.com) who is a Snowhead and an independent ski instructor working in Les Deux alpes. There are quite a few of us who can testify to her effectiveness as a teacher - she spots your faults in about 5 seconds then gives you good ways to try to correct them.
Good decision on the jacket.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Wanda?, there are many more important things than jacket colour to stress over.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wanda?, I jest about the jacket, I'm sure you'll look great. And yes, it's a good idea to have lessons. Make sure they are at the beginning of the week so you can practice what you have been taught
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Red is the new black. You chose well.
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I would have got a black version of mine but imagine the heat on a sunny spring day 
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