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From Times Online
December 5, 2008

Ask the expert: the essential snowboarding gear

Sean Newsom of The Sunday Times on what you need to wear on the slopes

Sean Newsom

The ski correspondent of The Sunday Times strips off to reveal what you really need to wear on the slopes.

And watch our video of Mark Frary, ski correspondent of The Times, on his essential ski gear

With thanks to Ellis Brigham for the use of its store in Covent Garden, London

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