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Clothes Don’t Make You Good At Sports, Practice Does

Ask any serious sportsman and he’ll tell you the same thing – they hate posers. Yeah, sure, they like to wear the fashions that identify them as being into a particular sport, but they don’t get obsessed about it. There’s something really wrong with people who do.

Every sport has its own fashion labels and no sportsman will deny it. After all, there’s nothing special about a brown boot until it has its identifying label attached to it. Then you will know whether its a ski boot or another kind of boot. Clever marketers know that different labels are attached to different sports, so they make casual footwear as well. Those who buy their brand of sports boots will also wear their brand of shoes.

The same thing applies to watches. Surfer’s, sailors and other water enthusiasts all wear watches, but they need an underwater watch when they’re engaged in their sport. A nice leather watch is great when you’re out of the water, but not so practical when a ten foot wave is crashing over your head!

Surfers like to wear a men’s sport watch from a surfing label, but they don’t think they need to have an extra watch to wear outside of the water. They tend to snub others who have a surfing brand of watch that is useless in the water but looks great on land. They call them posers and judge them pretty harshly. It might not be nice, but if you want to be accepted as a surfer, keep it in mind!

Yes, that’s a pretty harsh judgment to make about a guy who’s just trying to fit in, but there’s more to it than meets the eye. Surfers take a lot of pride in their skill and what it takes to get good at surfing. They have nothing to prove because they’ve already proved themselves to their peers. When an outsider who hasn’t paid his dues comes on the scene and thinks he’ll be accepted just because of his clothes, they don’t like it at all!

Just copying their brands is going to backfire on you, though. If you want to be accepted by the surfing subculture, you’ve got to get not just your feet but your whole body wet! If a surfer sees you wearing his gear, he’s going to think less of you for it unless you can actually get in the water and surf. They won’t hesitate to tell you their feelings, either!

Fashion is nice, but skill is all important. Go ahead and buy those trendy watches and shoes, but stay away from the slopes or the waves if you don’t want to tackle them head-on!

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