Huge vent about women’s athletic apparel.

I’m pissed.  Seriously pissed.

Sadly, I’m pissed off about something that has been irking me for YEARS.

I want to know why it is that women’s athletic apparel is not nearly as high performance as men’s athletic apparel and why they only make it for small women.

I ski… a lot.  I love it.  I ski enough in enough conditions to warrent having some functionality in my gear.  Waterproof ratings, taped seams, wind resistant, powder skirts, arm pit zippers, you name it….

AND… I would like it to fit.

I’m tall and strong and little too big and I’d like to buy a women’s ski jacket that performs…

But they don’t even MAKE ski jackets to fit me that perform… and if I were small enough to fit into a jacket that peforms.. it would still not perform as well as a man’s jacket.

So only men get out on the slopes and shred?  No women will hit the back country or venture into powder?

I keep thinking that they will figure out that there is a pretty large market out there that is not being served and start increasing their product lines to include some plus sized products… but no.

I cannot buy a pair of ski pants that fit me and are designed for a woman, unless I buy a pair that are not designed for more than a day out sledding with the kids.

I ski in men’s ski pants.  I have since the first time I purchased pants.

I also ski a man’s jacket… that is too big in the shoulders and arms to make sure it’s big enough to go around my hips.

Put it on the list of pet peeves…and  for all you ski apparel makers out there….

GET A CLUE!!!!  I DON’T HAVE TO BE 5 FEET TALL AND 100 POUNDS TO REALLY RIP THE CRAP OUT OF THE SKI HILL!!!!!   START DESIGNING FOR REAL PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY OUT THERE USING YOUR EQUIPMENT!!!

That is all.

S.