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Andy Mahre no poles

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kj_hud
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Andy Mahre skiing the back nine with no poles? what do you all think about this? personally i think its hella chill if someone can make it look madesteeze in the park, but in the back country poles are kind of part of the sport...i dont know, there are threads about it i know but wanted to know what ppl thought SPECIFICALLY of Andy mahre going no poles steeze in the back nine
Mar 16 2006 12:22AM
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spinverted
Posts: 323 - Karma: 11
No poles is cool as long as you're balanced enough to look good.
Mar 17 2006 2:41PM
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waynewong
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actually you were trolling for this type of arguement.

"i personally would never go BC no poles itd just feel weird...just wanted to see what other people thought"

You already knew how other people felt, yet like a kid with a bucket of gasoline you had to throw it on the fire.

That said, the Back Nine event was not really BC skiing. It was heli and snowmobile assisted jumps built up over natural features...these guys were not hiking or skiing 2000-vert chutes. They were being dropped off via snowmobile/heli to hit one jump at a time.


Don't blame me for calling out a troll when i see it
Mar 17 2006 2:45PM
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kj_hud
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oh really so you know exactly what i was trying to do? you know exactly what im thinking? chill the fuck out unlike you and 90% of this site i dont jump on everythread i see and start saying shit like "oh man this thread is so pointless im too cool man this guys such a noob wow your such a fag for posting this shit"...i actually didnt know what other people think that is why i posted the thread cause, correct me if im wrong, but usually people post threads with questions cause they want to know something, but according to you i just do it to start shit. i dont understand why people on this site have to hate so much. whatever just another doosh on the site i personally dont care cause you got some issues to work out man if your hating on someone you dont even know
Mar 17 2006 8:28PM
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Schwags
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waynewong your half right.. the back 9 was actually a mix of lines and drops with built features.
Mar 17 2006 9:03PM
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spere
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and BC means back country which is out of bounds. you may be confused with the term "big mountain". the back 9 took place in the BC.

I think andy mahre with no poles is beautiful
Mar 17 2006 9:06PM
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ECfreeski3
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well maybe he should, because people pay money to watch him ski. no poles just plain looks retarded, i dont see why youd want to ski without them.
Mar 17 2006 9:09PM
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freerider54
Posts: 387 - Karma: 14
This is an official quote from Johnny Decesare "Andy Mahre is officially the fastest switch skier in the business". He skied a line at the back nine faster than any of the other riders did regular...Poles or no poles, does it matter when the kid is shralping like that?
Mar 17 2006 9:43PM
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timoski
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exactly no poles defintaly should be a nser learnign tool
Mar 17 2006 10:14PM
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stayclassy
Posts: 126 - Karma: 10
have YOU ever tried to ski with no poles...

its damn difficult... that takes some skill, and a shitload of balance
Mar 17 2006 11:29PM
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zemke
Posts: 842 - Karma: 70
negative poles in pow is sick because you can do hand drags
Mar 17 2006 11:59PM
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B-Har406
Posts: 2484 - Karma: 6
Please do this and then talk

https://newschoolers.com/ns3/web/content/pictures.php?img=71580&

Yes, he is riding switch
Mar 18 2006 1:24AM
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Schoening
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oh word up. so sick
Mar 18 2006 1:33AM
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mtbakerskier
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I think that the only thing thats gay about it is dissing him for not ussing poles when he can out ski you with more style on any terrain with out ussing poles. The fact that Andy can rip with no poles and ski better and have better style than 99.999% of all skiers just goes to show how great of a skier he is. The only reason that most of us use polesis that we need the added balance they give us, Andy doesnt, serious try to imagine what it would be like if he was ussing poles.

Ive spent many days iwht Andy in hte B.C. If I felt that it was a liability for him not to use poles, I wouldnt ski with him, but hte fact is he still moves faster than anyone else I know.
Mar 18 2006 1:44AM
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