> Once you hang out in those circles (as the article states), you don't want to have cheap gear Having been hanging out in ski bum circles for quite a few year

> Once you hang out in those circles (as the article states), you don't want to have cheap gear Having been hanging out in ski bum circles for quite a few years now, this doesn't seem to be the case to me. Most of them buy their gear used via ski swaps, craigslist, etc. People with blatantly expensive gear like Arcteryx are routinely mocked. We like to joke that if you don't have duct tape on your ski clothing, you're nothing but a poser who must have just flown in from NYC that morning.