Downhill skiers like Canadian Jan Hudec ask the age-old question: “Does my butt look big in those jeans?”
You thought this was a question only women asked, either in private in a store dressing room, or to put their significant other in a no-win situation regardless of the answer.
But downhill skiers of the male variety ask it, too.
“Yes, I have an enormous butt,” Canadian downhiller Jan Hudec replied, when asked about this in a survey of skiers' butts undertaken by the New York Times.
It's so extreme, Hudec says, that when he does find a pair of jeans to fit, he keeps them until they fall apart and when they rip, the 32-year-old drives them across town for his mommy to sew them up.
It turns out downhillers are just like that vast subsection of women with smaller waists and, well, more zaftig lower regions who are on a constant search for that perfect pair of pants, the ones they don't have to have drastically altered at the waist to fit and thus completely ruin the cut and spirit of the thing.
But fear not, Jan Hudec. We here at Eh Game are coming to your rescue.
It turns out there's a website that specializes in this sort of tough wardrobe challenge.
There's a medical/technical term for this: "Hockey Ass." And it's quite a common affliction. But there is help.
They call them "jeans for hockey legs", and they come in dark and medium wash and in the "straight leg beauty cut fit" although they're not cheap, at $100 a pair.
From the site's blurb:
"Hockey players have massive legs and usually what is known as a 'Hockey Ass' – a bit bigger from hours of skating, squats, bedroom games and overall just dominating life."
While you're at it, feel free to tell your speed-skating friends about it, too. Because they're hardly immune.
If those don't work for you, you can always try these sites:
For every figure challenge, there are entrepreneurs ready and waiting to help.