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Bent Poles

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90iwish
Posts: 324 - Karma: 10
What do you guys do when your poles get bent? Do you throw them away or just use them until they break?
Feb 23 2006 11:47PM
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ajax
Posts: 2852 - Karma: 1,245
i bought some really cheap scott series 2 aluminum poles, so they get bent really easily, if it's not too bad, just ski with it, or try to bend it back
Feb 23 2006 11:52PM
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90iwish
Posts: 324 - Karma: 10
I have those series 2 ones too, and when i was getting on the lift, it came around fast and i was trying to get the strap off my wrist, and then before i knew it the chair was there and the guy sat on it. Its not that bad but i was just wondering what other people do with theirs.
Feb 23 2006 11:56PM
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SnowMedic
Posts: 2132 - Karma: 25
if ya have a torch of something you can really heat the pole up with you can be it back after heating it and it wont break.
Feb 23 2006 11:58PM
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hartig
Posts: 8192 - Karma: 10
i bend mine back
Feb 23 2006 11:58PM
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AJFreestyle1080
Posts: 191 - Karma: 20
I HAD scott series 2 ones also until some bastard stole them the other day
Feb 24 2006 12:00AM
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squibble
Posts: 4569 - Karma: 104
if there like 5 dollar polls then yet i throw them out if its bad
Feb 24 2006 12:02AM
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Von
Posts: 4869 - Karma: 21
i just go to a garage sale and get new ones
Feb 24 2006 12:05AM
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mattster
Posts: 4120 - Karma: 41
bend them back, but dont break them
Feb 24 2006 12:20AM
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potatofarmer
Posts: 2020 - Karma: 13
I have the series 2. 3 days after i got them I was standing after a rain bow box (I was a good 15 feet below it, and atleast 15 feet off to the side)and this snowboarder decicded that he sucked balls at life and he took me out. I got the wind knowcked outta me and my new pole was bent into an "L" My freind bent it back on a snow gun for me so it was better... I guess. Then Last week I had money to spend so I got joysticks
Feb 24 2006 12:40AM
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$tezzyStu
Posts: 1139 - Karma: 11
i always just rock them till they break'
Feb 24 2006 1:20AM
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Bryan-Ski
Posts: 65 - Karma: 10
i busted my old school rossis, this year, landed a jump and my pole was only 6 inches long, i bought scott series 2 and they havent bent yet
Feb 24 2006 1:33AM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,816
yes. they're especially cool if your poles dont match.
Feb 24 2006 1:35AM
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720skiguy
Posts: 4553 - Karma: 21
i dont give a shit
im on my third season and their bent to hell.
poles are poles
Feb 24 2006 1:45AM
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hippie_cat
Posts: 1569 - Karma: 13
if theyre bent & not broken, just hit them across a tree firmly, dont bash the shit out of the tree cos then youd just break your poles but had enough to move it a bit with each hit
Feb 24 2006 4:08AM
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Coalescent
Posts: 4871 - Karma: 2,063
i ski with them bent....they break eventually
Feb 24 2006 8:22AM
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down-kink-down
Posts: 37 - Karma: 10
My Scott Poles have been bent to hell and back. I always just bend them back.
My poles have kinks in them right now.
I will use them until they break.
When they break I will buy another pair.
Feb 24 2006 8:40AM
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n-o
Posts: 3457 - Karma: 41
make a new pair cut your ones off at the bend and cut the other one at the same length ..take a pair of x country poles and and cut the handles off slide your onees over top and tape them with duct tape
Feb 24 2006 9:11AM
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heymanitsdan
Posts: 175 - Karma: 10
bend em back, and if they break tape em together
Feb 24 2006 9:36AM
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Subjekt
Posts: 1431 - Karma: 12
i ski with snagglepoles.
Feb 24 2006 12:56PM
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hollygrove
Posts: 7845 - Karma: 93
Bend 'em back. then if they break: new ones.
Feb 24 2006 12:58PM
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niels.
Posts: 1282 - Karma: 14
haha two of my friends broke this other kids pole and then blamed it on this other kid so he was all pissed at that kid. but first he saw the broken pole and he was like "what the hell is wrong with that kid???" and then he went over and kept trying to use the wax iron to melt his pole back together. it was so funny. but i usually just ski with them. poles are kind of overrated
Feb 24 2006 12:59PM
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RastaSkier9
Posts: 1563 - Karma: 15
You know the part that holds the chair to the rope, stick your pole inbetween that part and the top of the chair and just bend it back
Feb 24 2006 1:00PM
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Liam.
Posts: 5172 - Karma: 21
i find if u can still use them the way they are bent then leave it but if u can bend them back then i do it
Feb 24 2006 1:03PM
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duhamelski
Posts: 3842 - Karma: 192
you don't need straight poles for the park or big mountain
Feb 24 2006 1:06PM
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JohnnyOldGuy
Posts: 350 - Karma: 35
If you don't want bent poles, then buy series 4 poles
Feb 24 2006 2:31PM
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SaraJ
Posts: 366 - Karma: 52
I bent my series 4 poles. All poles will bend.
Feb 24 2006 2:42PM
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lukew06
Posts: 223 - Karma: 10
buy some chep hollow poles. then fill them with magic fome that expands to the size. it gives it a bit of strengh. then do your own desing on the poles to make them "personal"
Feb 24 2006 2:56PM
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Jake...
Posts: 11976 - Karma: 296
i doubt i will ever spend more then 30$ on poles
Feb 24 2006 3:28PM
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Jake...
Posts: 11976 - Karma: 296
carbon fiber poles cant bend.
Feb 24 2006 3:31PM
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K2_Pubz_360
Posts: 906 - Karma: 10
i bent my poles back but then i bent em again and they snapped
Feb 24 2006 3:32PM
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Dan-Man
Posts: 7488 - Karma: 3,621
bend them back or warrenty them
Feb 24 2006 3:32PM
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Beamer12
Posts: 3227 - Karma: 46
i just ski with bent poles.dosent bother me
Feb 24 2006 5:11PM
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linedawg
Posts: 482 - Karma: 10
i wait till they are warm then try and bend tha back. dont bend them on the mountian, they for sure will break then.
Feb 24 2006 5:14PM
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Edward.
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 445
use them until they break
Feb 24 2006 5:16PM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
ya mine are bent right now but its not too bad so im just gonna use em till end of season, thats what i do most of the time
Feb 24 2006 5:18PM
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BillyGoatMan
Posts: 246 - Karma: 10
just bend them back
Feb 24 2006 5:40PM
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Am.Aaron
Posts: 443 - Karma: 22
http://www.goode.com/skipoles.html


Best poles ever. they cost quite a bit, (100 canadian) but they can bend into a U shape and they just flex back instantly. also, the wrist straps release if you get the pole caught in a bush/fence/whatever. and the baskets thread on, so its easy to replace them.
Feb 24 2006 5:59PM
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reggyboy
Posts: 1608 - Karma: 13
bend them back
Feb 24 2006 6:00PM
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Mr.O
Posts: 1582 - Karma: 23
get a set of composite carbon poles they flex but they will break only if you push them too far
Feb 24 2006 6:19PM
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free]dumb[skier
Posts: 142 - Karma: 10
bend em back...if they break, go buy new ones.
Feb 24 2006 7:15PM
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tBatt
Posts: 9632 - Karma: 580
i broke mine...then i got a new pair off ebay for 15$.
Feb 24 2006 7:33PM
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free]dumb[skier
Posts: 142 - Karma: 10
leki ventrix poles are the best ive ever had...half aluminum half carbon... hella light. but they costed more than my first pair of twin tips (which i got for 45 bucks with bindings...jealous?) haha
Feb 24 2006 7:37PM
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bigsoxfan
Posts: 734 - Karma: 10
just ski with em, got mine stuck in a picnic table lol
Feb 24 2006 8:41PM
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powdr_dayz
Posts: 14 - Karma: 71
Bent poles are perfect for hitting people over the head with...
Feb 24 2006 8:46PM
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RWalker
Posts: 384 - Karma: 11
just use them. bent poles dont even make a difference
Feb 24 2006 8:50PM
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chrismoJBEATS
Posts: 5898 - Karma: 44
composites dont eitehr
Feb 25 2006 7:08PM
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MRGskiier
Posts: 148 - Karma: 10
I tore one of my new poles clean in half yesterday. :/
Feb 25 2006 7:42PM
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lineskier106
Posts: 538 - Karma: 11
i say just get some new ones
Feb 25 2006 7:44PM
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90ski0er
Posts: 122 - Karma: 26
keep using untill broken
Feb 25 2006 7:47PM
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[fisher]
Posts: 1325 - Karma: 11
i use mine till they break, ive gone through 3 pairs of poles since last year, broke 1 last year on a jump, broke both at whiteface last year from the half way point (cause im an idiot), then the ones i have now, one of them looks like a racing pole, if they are bent bad, try to bend them back, if they break, buy new ones, like cheap ones, i find there is no point on gettin joysticks, unless u have money to spend on something like that.
Feb 25 2006 8:31PM
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