It's Black Friday, a time to avoid stores if there ever was one. To aid you in this effort, we here at the Powder Feed put together a cheat sheet of items you can buy online for the ripper that holds a special place in your heart. After polling dozens of skiers and snowboarders on their wish lists, the results are in. Need more ideas? Check out 国产吃瓜黑料's . 听
TOP TEN WISHES FROM SPORTY BABES:听
1. A fully planned weekend away. Bonus points for powder days and spa treatments. “Fond memories are very reinforcing for liking a guy,” says one gal. If you're coming up blank on ideas, enlist the good folks at to help you plan.听
3. Anything made of cashmere. “It's elegant, it's nurturing, it's decadent, it's sensual,” attests one mountain woman. “Whenever I wear cashmere I find myself constantly squeezing and stroking it. If it's a sweater that [my husband] bought for me, well, that bodes well for his evening.” J.Crew has some nice items to choose from. May we suggest the 听($98)听for apres purposes?听
5. Slippers for our next hut trip. ($39) are cozy, water resistant, and made of recycled polyester. Just spare us the aqua color, ok?听
6. It's always the thought that counts, but nothing quite says “I love you” with a bang like a new snowboard. The ($499) is light, stable, and versatile. 听
7. A custom necklace (from $98) made by Wyoming jeweler . (Act now because it takes a while for her to crank these things out.) Band, also a bad-ass athlete, hand-crafts pendants, earrings, and other shiny stuff from ethically sourced gems and metals. How about an S turn, a tiny skier, or an engraving of your choice?听
9. A (from $60). This new retro-style camera takes 35 mm film and shoots half-frame or square-format photos. Plus it easily fits into a jacket pocket.听
10. A night in which you make dinner AND do the dishes.听
TOP TEN WISHES FROM BURLY DUDES:听
1. Hut Trip Reservations. hut system has a lot of huts for rent, and many have sweet perks like saunas.听
2. Skis. You pretty much can't go wrong with Armada's all-mountain powder boards. Try the floaty, stable, ever-popular ($599).听
3. High-performance gloves. Our sources say that ($155) are tops for mountain-going dudes.听
5. A beacon. The ($499) is made for multiple burials. It's not cheap, but then again, that might be you under the snow.听
6. A spiffy superhero-looking jacket like 听($149), which is insulated with Primaloft on the body but not on the sleeves, making it ideal for high-octane sports like, say, skinning up a mountain. Check out a of it from 国产吃瓜黑料's Gear Junkie.听
7. Whiskey. This might involve you going to a store, actually. Or you can get him a membership to the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society of America ($199 for the first year, $35 henceforth). Membership includes a 750 ml. bottle of the society's cherry-picked single cask single malt whiskey. “For those that don't appreciate such things, go with a 30 pack of PBR, which is always a good choice,” says one wise dude and member of the society from Crested Butte. “Or get him a flask to put it in.” Stanley's stainless steel ($20) is a solid pick.听
8. A good multi-purpose tool. The ($72) is light but has all the essentials: a blade, screwdrivers, pliers, and, most importantly, a bottle opener.听
9. video camera. Sure, it's $299, but witnessing him look like a goober with that thing on his helmet? Priceless. (Plus, watching the vids he comes up with isn't bad either.)听
10. A iPod stocked with amp-him-up songs. (Check back next week for The Powder Feed's snow sports playlist.) A refurbished 8 GB goes for about $99. Refurbished 1 GB iPod Shuffles are about $39.听
Any other wishes from the blog-reading masses? World peace? Ferraris?听
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