Are you a Carhartt cruiser, a Spyder speeder, or something else?
Snowboard clothing, like other fashion, has gone through cycles. We've had neon, we've had dark grunge, and now we have, well, I don't know, because I don't pay that much attention to it.
Has your clothing set up changed over time? What do you wear now? Have you noticed differences in different parts of the country (if you've had the chance to ride in multiple places)?
OK, so you may think this is all superficial. I'm sympathetic to the argument. But face it, you've got to wear something on the slopes.
I remember spending hours in the snow as a kid, equipped with thin, barely insulated rubber boots and empty bread bags over my socks, which may have been white athletics.
I came to skiing and then snowboarding late, so I escaped the one-piece fad, as well as the super-baggy look.
My gear is technical, which is to mean, expensive ($6 socks or something like that) but effective at wicking away sweat.
I did upgrade my snow pants from something I bought for skiing to something (a Ride pair) that seemed to be tougher for those too-frequent butt slides when I was starting out.
Over the thermals I wear a cotton long-sleeved turtleneck, and then an aging Rossignol ski jacket. Some of the insulating material in the jacket is getting compressed. Maybe I'll replace it some day with a shell and rely on fleeces.
The most unusual set up I've seen, and this may not actually be out of place, was on a warm day in early April. One guy I was riding with wore a base layer on his legs, and then ski shorts on top of those.
My brother used to work as a liftie in lower Michigan. He noted that a common outfit there were Carhartt bibs. Can't say that I've seen them around here.