Appreciate this is the worst time possible to find bargains, but is there anywhere good to look in London for reasonably priced ski wear?
It's just got to be good enough to survive red runs in the Alps for a week, not the Canadian back country. Don't want to have to spend £300 in Snow & Rock on a jacket I'll wear for a 5 days every other year.
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Just go to Decathlon ffs.
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Or you can get bargains on some of the more expensive brands on Amazon.
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TK Maxx
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Does that warrant a ffs? I'm happy to go to Decathlon, I asked the question because I didn't know about them.
TK Maxx is a good shout, do they stock ski gear in all their stores or particular ones? Can't say I've ever noticed it.
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There should be some new year sales on currently and Snow and Rock had some bargains round Black Friday for stuff that I think was still left over from last season.
As Anna said you can also head to a big Decathlon and kit yourself out cheaply.
I usually for a ski jacket that isn't too obviously a ski jacket and which can also be used a winter coat when it's wet to get maximum use.
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Just looked and Snow and Rock have a mid-season sale with up to 30% off so know what I'll be browsing at lunchtime...
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Sorry for the ffs. Go to Decathlon (there are a couple of big ones in London, try Canada Water) and marvel at all the cheap and lovely kit you can get there.
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Decathlon. You’ll match lots of people on the slopes in the Alps in their stuff. Ha! The amount of kids I saw in identikit Decathlon all in ones last week was hilarious.
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yes, lets laugh at the poor people who cant afford bespoke ski wear
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Sports Direct
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https://www.sportsdirect.com/skiing
faod, everyone will laugh at you.
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Doing your bit for the Newcastle transfer fund there welly?
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C&A used to be always good for ski wear and seemed to the only thing it was good at.
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as a halfway house I would suggest go to decathlon for everything except the jacket. You can pick up half decent trousers and gloves and thermals etc pretty cheap, then spend the rest on a nice jacket
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Phoebs, I was in Decathlon and Aldi ffs. I don’t care as long as I’m warm. Just find it funny how popular Decathlon is. We’re obsessed with the place in our house.
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there's a bunch of ski wear shops just south of covent garden + snow and rock to the north of covent garden.
the answer to your conundrum obviously is to do a lot more skiing
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Decathlon sounds like it's what I need. Time to find out what happens in Canada Water.
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some fashion stuff in the sweatty betty sale. Technically speaking it is ok. BUT you need to be long limbed, its all too big for me :(
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i would look fabulous in sweaty betty tbf
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their base layers are very good indeed, fun designs, fine to strip off down to in mountain restaurant
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it's been some years since I bought any sports gear other than from these chaps:
https://www.sportpursuit.com
Admittedly you have to wait for the sales, and also for delivery, but the quality and prices are excellent
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look at sports direct online, i got a colmar jacket and salopettes from them a few years ago for about a ton
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Most people don't need minders to walk around in central London, m2.
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Now that’s just harsh bike boy - there is only a distance of about 400 yards from the station to Canada Water Decathlon and most of that is clear, broad, well lit and with numerous escape routes.
There are no reasons that a large, well equipped party can’t get in and out with only the lightest of losses.
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I will hold your hand and scare off the baddies if you feel intimidated, how about that?
Honestly, these poncey, privately educated wimps.
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Nanny!
I have missed you sooo much.
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WTF is wrong with Canada Water?
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No private schools or Waitrose.
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There's a great way to save on ski wear. Don't go fckng skiing. It's shyt.
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Don't be such an oik, Wang.
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Really? It's what I'm best at.
Apart from the other thing...
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*ponders Wang's various talents*
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True, but you must admit that fitting as many old style 10 pence pieces as possible under the foreskin isn’t the draw that it used to be.
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Still can't get over me taking your Cuppers Windsock Stuffing record eh struts? You had a good 10 years at the helm(et).
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No old sporting records ever stand though do they - it is mostly down to modern training techniques and of course drug cheating.
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Marmite is not a drug, it's just a helpful lubricant
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And the quickest way to a yeast infection.
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I thought that was NTF?
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All available in charity shops. All fine. All quite new. Presumably put there by relatives of people who died in apres-ski pissups.
No idea why anyone would buy it new unless loaded / very fashion victim.
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Ffs don’t buy all new ski wear just to go skiing for a week, that is lunacy
cant you borrow a jacket and ski pants from a friend?
Buy some uniqlo heat tech layers and get a good pair of ice breaker thermals. But borrow or charity shop buy everything else!
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Don't buy ice breaker unless you want to itch all week. Helly Hansen's wool version does the same far more comfortably.
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https://www.mountainwarehouse.com/womens-ski-package-p18327.aspx/one/
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