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Who's got no poles but still got style..?
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it's my first day here on ns so i don't know how it really works out but im from france and i ski with no poles, do you..?
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Welcome to NS. I hope you have a pleasant experience here.
I personally ski with poles, I have since I was about 3, so its pretty engrained in my brain. It just feels right to me... Ive seen a lot of kids ski no poles and ski really good and sylie, but i can't do it...
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tom wallisch has style. but he uses poles sometimes i'm pretty sure.
i personally use poles
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for riding with no poles in the park i fell that people that flail there arms a bit on rails and in the air are the perfect subjects for no poles. poles = more visible flail, no poles = not very visible flail. so basically if you dont haev alot of style and you move your arms alot, try no poles and see if it improves style.
on a side note i rock no poles sometimes just for fun so i can hang off of trees and such.
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Sometimes I use um sometimes I don't where in France Ill be in Chamonix for a bit this winter.
These guys slay with no poles!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=L-zHWYurSJg
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E'Dollo and Tanner Rainville, but he rocks poles most of the time. Also Garrett Russel, Bernie Rosox and MALONE
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its impossible to have style without poles
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I'd rather not use poles, but i do anyway just to get my ass to the ski lift.
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I skis without poles too!! Then Pep kills it without poles, Garrett Russell kills it without poles, mad kids kill it without poles
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poles just feel right. but elgato has a nice list above my post.
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hope the sarcastic meeter is set on high on this one..,.
but all the pros who ski with nopoles run shit with style.
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you forgot these:
[claim] that's funny, because it just so happens i have an incredible amount of style. and no poles[/claim]
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fuck those little sticks. how are you supposed to keep your hands warm if theyre grasping onto those stupid things.
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Bienvenue sur NS, and I think I'm the only one yet who understood your screen name hahaha lol.
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t wallisch does sometimes. and there are others named above me.
i ski with them, and have no hate towards people who dont use them
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adam delorme kills it without poles.
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frank brassard kills it with no poles
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poles give me confidence on getting enought speed when I hit rails at looooooowwwwwww speed
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i personally think its more fun to ski without poles but i fell more in control with them
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I use a little of both...and this is way cool, no one has hated on him yet for posting another no poles thread!
I think this ns change is a good thing.
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You have unleashed the fucking fury
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oh dear lord, another no poles thread...... welcome to ns, your first lesson is to not bring up this subject... even again
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and your secon lesson, search bar n00b
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dude chill out. noob bombs are from before you even came on NS. I came to NS during the noob bomb phase. if you could get into donators you'd see an eastar5 thread that your name belongs in. thats all the info you'll get.
so welcome to NS man. all the way from france. thats pretty sweet that we're getting more members from outside the US and canada. I rock poles. 48 inch ones to be exact. i've gove no poles for a couple runs here and there just to mess around and spinning feels so much more floaty without them i like my poles better.
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poles are so programmed into my brain that i cant ski without them, so i just use super short poles in the park and normal sized ones out of the park
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It's been said, but Tom Wallisch. Suuuuper dope without them, but I think he's even doper with them
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what????
thats the complete opposite. if you dont have poles and youre used to having poles hten you flail and shit.
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no poles is deff that hot shit
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je te baise = i screw you...
I thought that was funny.
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hehe, there was a movie just like that, i tihnk it may of been named memento (something along those lines, and it wasnt about dicks)
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yeah to tell you the truth the only time i don't use polls is when i ski fun little cat tracks.
like hitting up those jumps on the sides and just screwing around.
i picked up this habit cause i ski with 4 snowboarders and they always are having me tow them on flats, so i give em a pole to help. haha
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i think skiing without poles looks unnatural to me and kinda akward in most situations, i think i would fuck up a lot without poles
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Stu Halverson has steeze coming out of his ears, with no poles.
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everyone who skis no poles has style!
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thanx for all your answers and yeah i tought that would be a funny screen name lol...
i just went to you tube and found a video of that tom wallish guy and damn he has style for sure!!
i never seen pep riding with no pole but i guess it has to look real dope...!!
and i just had a look at dat video of mick and henrik from this summer on daily and i think those guys have a lot of style with no poles ...
personally i feel better with no poles for grabs and small tabletop but i agrre that you need poles when you ride fast bigger jumps...
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I'd love to see a snowboarder WITH poles...
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Very very few people. Long live long poles.
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what means long live long poles is that ironically sayed...?
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Longue vie aux batons de skis. Je pense qu'il est serieu.
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and to think you were first giving me shit for going sans poles
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Andy Mahre, Eric Pollard, and Pep Fujas enough said
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Tom "Superunknown" Wallisch
best no pole skier there is
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When you ski with no poles it works on style, occasionally i ski without them just to either perfect a grab or handplants ect. I prefer using poles
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Yeah they help a lot with that. I consider a rail setup luxurious if it has enough in run to go no poles; I hate carrying them around when hiking.
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