[PatsPalace24]

Hello all. Yes Yes, coming up is winter, which means skiing. I just got an iPod last Christmas, and took it a few times skiing, which I loved. However, i just put it in my pocket, not even thinking about falling and stuff. This year, I want to be prepared. If anybody can recomend a method they use for ski/snowboarding w/ their ipod... casing? How would you guys recomend? Thanks alot. I appreciate.

PS. I know it is a "safety hazard", but just ignore that one for a second please. Thanks

[Weezer]

http://www.burton.com/Burton/gear/pr...umber=B5253101

[subego]

LiliPod

But, ouch... I wouldn't want to fall on it weird.

[homgran]

Are you planning on listening to the James Bond Theme while you hit the slopes, by any chance? That would just be too cool.


-Matt

[d.fine]

Originally posted by Weezer:
http://www.burton.com/Burton/gear/pr...umber=B5253101

That looks like an awesome jacket, with iPod controls right at your fingertips. Damn, I want that ...

[OreoCookie]

Theoretically, you could, but practically, I wouldn't dare because of my skiing skills (rather the lack thereof). Plus, I wouldn't want anyone listening to music instead of watching the `traffic'.

[billybob128]

personally i just keep it in my pocket and try not to fall but i no my brother keeps his in a ock and that works perfectly

[JHromadka]

I have one of the Burton jackets that has a pocket that the iPod will fit in but without all the buttons. I tried skiing with the iPod, but I found that while cool, it is distracting because you can't focus as well on your surroundings. Save the music for the apr� ski.

[nerd]

Last year I had bought a 40GB iPod for this same reason. The first day on the slope at Wolf Creek I get ready to go on a run by myself, leaving the girlfriend and brother at base. I reach in my jacket to plug in the headphones and the iPod was no longer in my inside pocket. I sh^t, ran up to the lift which couldn't come close to moving fast enough. On the way up the lift I could only think of 2 places it would have fell out, one where I went over head first on the snowboard and the other where I hit a big bump that I couldn't see (it was getting dark).

I found the iPod at the second place, only about a 1/4" of the black clip on the case was sticking out of the snow. I couldn't believe know one had picked it up. It was in the black case, had to have been easy to spot before it got covered with snow.

If I keep the same jacket this year I'm going to use safety pins and pin the inside pocket shut. You can do all you need from the remote.

Brad

[Lancer409]

Originally posted by d.fine:
That looks like an awesome jacket, with iPod controls right at your fingertips. Damn, I want that ...

haha .. i saw that last ski season .. didnt have an ipod then ... and i wouldnt want to try adjutsing earbuds with gloves on .. lol .. or break it ..

[d.fine]

Originally posted by Lancer409:
haha .. i saw that last ski season .. didnt have an ipod then ... and i wouldnt want to try adjutsing earbuds with gloves on .. lol .. or break it ..

I'd just use it to go to work during the winter, it's a 30 min walk and I always take my iPod with me ... it can get pretty cold here in winter .

[MilkmanDan]

iPods are distracting when going really fast down a mountain side. I'd be wary of listening to anything while doing this sport.