Why HH and Burton? Eazzzzzzyyyyyyyyyyy:
Helly Hansen is, for the money, hands down the best jacket made. 3 ply Helly Tech has only failed to keep me dry once, and it was during a downpour at Whistler. My friend's top of the line Orage? It gets soaked when it snows anything worse than dry interior powder. And if it's not snowing, it's wet because it's not nearly as breathable as anything else out there. As for the Burton pants, well, they're sick, hella comfy, very well designed, and cut properly, which is to say baggy without excess amounts of material where you don't need it. They've got just enough pockets perfectly positioned right where you need them, and dammit, they look amazing.
This being said, it continues to amaze me that no one has designed a nice 3 ply goretex jacket that isn't $600. Goretex prices have dropped significantly, and are at a level now where the stuff's actually affordable. The markup we pay on outerwear is RIDICULOUS, and I'm sick of taking it up the ass everytime I buy a new jacket. Hunting catalogs have tons of goretex stuff for cheap, so why don't snowsports outerwear companies follow suit? If Orage were to take the lead on this and do it, I'd buy their product in a second.
TMC WUUUUUUUUUUUUUT
WE KILL YOU
SKIER: How would you describe your style?
PJ Cliche: Total skate influence. Even doh dis is on concrete, an you are face sideways, an it has sweet fuck all to do with ski, skate 'as play a huge role wit my steeze.