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Poles

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S2S-ARV
Posts: 7 - Karma: 10
is it better to buy cheaper poles in case they break then there cheap to replace, or is it better to buy expensive poles and just hope they break less? like are some of the better poles that much stronger?
Mar 11 2006 3:40PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
if youve got the money buy the good ones but if you dont just steal a pair from rentals like the rest of us
Mar 11 2006 3:46PM
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S2S-ARV
Posts: 7 - Karma: 10
is it me or does it seem like most rental poles wont break either!?
Mar 11 2006 3:47PM
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Xave
Posts: 2672 - Karma: 18
okay, how do you guys steal rental poles? is it cause they dont ask for your driver's license or something when you rent them?? at my hill, they do, so i guess theres another way?
Mar 11 2006 3:56PM
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kabozo101
Posts: 4429 - Karma: 20
jus get some rental poles and then if they break it doesnt cost u anything
Mar 11 2006 3:58PM
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Tinga
Posts: 11349 - Karma: 2,333
well what we seem to do is walk in and walk out with them in our hands works well for us dont talk to anyone
Mar 11 2006 3:59PM
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Elife
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 44
i bought a pair of scott filter poles like 3 yrs ago...they have this weird semi-triangle shaped tubing...theyre tough as shit
Mar 11 2006 4:02PM
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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,011
just walk in and take them, and if they look at you on your way out just say "oh, I broke my poles (having a broken pole helps your case), can I borrow (key word is borrow) a pair for the day?".

Or just take them and walk. I've never (ever) had issues with taking rental poles.
I mean really - who pays for poles?
Mar 11 2006 4:25PM
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japie99
Posts: 2128 - Karma: 20
Yeh take some from the rentals, and if u want to buy some dont buy poles for 100 bugs cause that aint worth it. U can find good poles for like 20 dollars or less
Mar 11 2006 6:14PM
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billy092
Posts: 1202 - Karma: 12
haha, you walk in, you dont rent the poles, you steal them, keyword there is steal so:

1) Walk into rental shop

2) Approach targe with caution (poles)

3) Snag (do not grap or take or grasp), you must snag the poles

4) You walk out of the rental shop

5) Use the stolen goods
Mar 11 2006 7:02PM
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Chicken_P
Posts: 885 - Karma: 21
put your shittty rental poles next to someones good poles..snag the good poles and ski with em and if they broke who gives a shit
Mar 11 2006 7:57PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
I've always got cheap poles knowing that I'd bend or break them and have gone through more than one pair every season up til now. I got some carbon Kerma ones this year cheap though and they're holding up to some big falls so far.
Mar 12 2006 3:26AM
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Tbrody
Posts: 1597 - Karma: 685
i got some fat kermas from the 70s and theyre sick, except for no straps and the heavyness
Mar 12 2006 3:35AM
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Chicken_P
Posts: 885 - Karma: 21
stealin poles is still the way to go i think
Mar 12 2006 12:45PM
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japie99
Posts: 2128 - Karma: 20
Dude u dont steel from other skiers!!!
Mar 12 2006 4:08PM
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Chicken_P
Posts: 885 - Karma: 21
^^ it depends on who the skier is ^^
Mar 12 2006 4:16PM
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lyndon
Posts: 7266 - Karma: 128
no it doeant, unless its a hardcore racer who cuts line
Mar 12 2006 4:42PM
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Aclique_Clothing
Posts: 1807 - Karma: 19
ya i just steal them they dont even care just take them on the rental shop or take some rentals outside when people r inside eat or sumthing
Mar 12 2006 4:46PM
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nickwm21
Posts: 221 - Karma: 11
dont be hood rich and steal... go to a ski swap or garage sale and pick up some poles for $5... make sure that the poles u get are aluminum not steel...the steel ones are a little heavier and tend to break you before breaking... aluminum ones will bend in a bad fall and u can just bend them back.. if u use the money to by nice carbon fiber or fiberglass or whatever poles they seem to break where an aluminum pole will bend. if u bend those materials and they stretch past there natural stretch point they snap
Mar 12 2006 6:20PM
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double[evo]helix
Posts: 55 - Karma: 10
rather than stealing them fron the rental shop...why dont you just steal them from the retards who rent. they all go to lunch cause its their favorite part of the day. so when they go sit down. snag em off the rack. normally the mountain has a specific like pole color or design...so its not hard to spot em. better then getting caught in the rental shop.
Mar 12 2006 6:33PM
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617jibber
Posts: 2391 - Karma: 28
^ or buy some 80s poles
Mar 12 2006 6:52PM
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cjgncjgn
Posts: 3023 - Karma: 21
get some royal shaft poles lifetime warrenty, first pole i havent broken:D
Mar 12 2006 6:55PM
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