Please enlighten me.....

[Eddepet]

Okay, don't get mad right away, I know there have been alot of "This probably has been asked in a thread before" kind of threads, but I missed those.
What I want to know is, why do lots of ballers 'curl' up their flex on their goggles? Everytime I see someone like that I kind of tend to loose my temper. I just cannot understand why anyone would want to risk getting shot in their chin(s) and not to mention their pearly whites (or skanky browns).
So tell me people, is it a pro thing? Is it some sort of bet? What, what, what?!

Thanx,
Eddepet

WhUUUUUUUUTTT!!!

 

[LPB]

Sometimes whens its hot it helps em breath and theyre goggles dont fog up,but yeh, i would rather not be able to breath than get shot in the mouth

 

[Robbo]

Originally posted by LPB
yeh, i would rather not be able to breath than get shot in the mouth

Seems a bit extreme to me, choosing certain death over intact nashers

 

[Billteamdirt]

....some of it might be cause some of the guys out there are dinosaurs (like me) that started playing in shop goggles and big wooden clubs day and it's the when i started play we didn't even have goggles or clothes either in the snow 6 feet both ways the flag was a python that would choke the life out of people while they were running back and the ref's would cut trees down on us while we were hiding you guys are soft but i'm not and i don't need that anyway blah,blah,blah thing or something to that effect (that being said i do not curl mine anymore except when i use a whistle to start/stop a game and i have since stopped using my python as a flag when he swallowed my angel)

Partly it's communications...the mask front does muffle the sound so people want that front part free so they can yell easier IMHO

other than that i cannot think of any reason why it's done....

 

[LPB]

i meant it as not being able to breath good,but in the situation of not being able to breath at all,i would choose to flip it,not that situation would ever come up.

 

[Robbo]

Originally posted by LPB
but in the situation of not being able to breath at all,i would choose to flip it

No ****

 

[Billteamdirt]

be worth a darwin award if he didn't

 

[Bud]

Its easier to smoke with it turned up slightly.....might be that the turnuppers forget to put them down after a puff

 

[Philip]

My guess is that they just like the taste of paint.

-Philip

 

[Micah]

Originally posted by Billteamdirt
....some of it might be cause some of the guys out there are dinosaurs (like me) that started playing in shop goggles and big wooden clubs day and it's the when i started play we didn't even have goggles

Sarcasm of his post aside ... I think that is the main reason. Guys that have been playing since the early, mid, or even late 80's would be more accustom to getting shot in the face or ear than people that have started playing in the last few (7-10 I think) years. Masks have been full since I started playing, and I can't imagine getting shot in the ear or right on the lip. The ear is the thing that kills me, people playing in those foam half ear flaps for the JT's you know where half you ear is exposed. I'd rather get shot right in the mouth than take a direct hit in the ear. And what's worse is that I've seen the likes of SC Ironmen (among other teams who have old school players) practicing and some of the players having no ear protection at all.

ok, I'm done ...

-Micah