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So I'm not using poles anymore...

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Sheltron3030
Posts: 1826 - Karma: 110

That's it. Done. Over it. Im through with poles. Skiing without them is a lot easier and you use and learn to be balanced better. Please don't hate....I still ski...!  :s

Nov 11 2007 5:21PM
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Ryanvdonk
Posts: 12811 - Karma: 1,971
haha, it's fun, i agree, but some things are better with poles. i've come to this conclusion after skiing all last weekend without, and all this weekend with.
Nov 11 2007 10:00PM
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Sheltron3030
Posts: 1826 - Karma: 110
works out well then cuz im a digger!
but its not that we ski with no poles, we ski with shovels and rakes, which is a whole new and exciting experience!
Nov 11 2007 10:23PM
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Ski311
Posts: 595 - Karma: 8
you will have "fun" in the steep/deep/backcountry
Nov 11 2007 10:34PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 246
yeah ive tried it and it really is awesome,  it feels so much better without poles
Nov 11 2007 10:36PM
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holyDINOSAURS
Posts: 7038 - Karma: 639
did we need this thread?
not really.

i didnt ski with poles last year but its not like youre making this big lifestyle choice or anything. its poles. who cares
Nov 11 2007 10:39PM
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currentwestman
Posts: 3292 - Karma: 330
me
Nov 11 2007 10:42PM
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Sheltron3030
Posts: 1826 - Karma: 110
have you read the other threads on NS? many of them are un-needed.
Do YOU really have to comment about it? Thats the real question.
Nov 11 2007 10:43PM
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EL_FINRE
Posts: 2486 - Karma: 52
boom shaka laka, pwned
Nov 11 2007 11:03PM
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Karcher
Posts: 3788 - Karma: 1,934
ive tried it before and its pretty weird. but its easier to grab no doubt. I just think stuff looks a lot cooler with poles though :)
Nov 11 2007 11:05PM
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garrett.
Posts: 9304 - Karma: 3,670
5 finger grabs oh my
Nov 11 2007 11:11PM
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shanny.
Posts: 159 - Karma: 975
Do you really want everything just to be eaiser ? Like would you just quick sliding sick rails and just ski straight across a box tips forward because it's eaiser. hell no girl. i think skiing without poles is lammee.  might as well duck tape your skis together and drag your knuckels.
Nov 11 2007 11:40PM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
i might be dropping my poles as well this year and picking up a kyak paddle. much easier for POW POW
Nov 11 2007 11:45PM
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Bloom.
Posts: 3543 - Karma: 13,337
the only time i think it is fun not to use poles is when you are hittin jumps because grabbin is way easier
Nov 12 2007 12:12AM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
How is skiing without poles easier?  It's actually alot harder, at least for skiing lines and pow.

I'm def. gonna try and ski more without poles this season, did it a little last season and it was really fun
Nov 12 2007 1:04AM
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TONYDANZA
Posts: 181 - Karma: 2
Thats so funny, your like a snowboarder!
Nov 12 2007 1:12AM
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calebski.
Posts: 703 - Karma: 10
i dont know i personally prefer poles but whatev
Nov 12 2007 1:19AM
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SKP
Posts: 14 - Karma: 10
seems like it would be awkward at first, but i might give it a try this year.
Nov 12 2007 1:34AM
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raddar
Posts: 681 - Karma: 65
idea makes me want to drop the poles a few times this season.  i did it in a rail jam this weekend and it was sick
Nov 12 2007 2:13AM
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LivinOuttaBounZ
Posts: 949 - Karma: 382
No poles was so much cooler before it was a new trend. I'm over it, switching to innertubing.
Nov 12 2007 3:37AM
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eheath
Posts: 61780 - Karma: 124,904
I dropped them a couple times last year to fuck around, it was fun. I plan on dropping a few times again this year, just in the park though. You actually NEED poles outside of the park.
Nov 12 2007 3:40AM
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o0Pape0o
Posts: 9 - Karma: 11
I will keep using poles this year but ill prolly try without for a couple sessions to see how does it feels.
Nov 12 2007 10:03AM
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smuggs
Posts: 6561 - Karma: 1,375
skiing with out poles is fun, i skied without poles alot back before it was "cool". some people also think giving head to a hermaferdite is fun too.

skiing just inst the smae with out your poles. yes you can ski powder and put your fingers in it, its easier not to lug around the poles, and you can grab more effortlessly, do you really want to make skiing easier?   if you truely knew how to ski you would want poles for the simple enjoyment of the pole plant. one of the mechanics of getting in the zone on a powder day. 
Nov 12 2007 10:23AM
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Ryanvdonk
Posts: 12811 - Karma: 1,971
she mostly just jibs, so it's not really easier, rail balance is more difficult, as is controlling your flailing. and i expect to see pole on shelli on pow days. not that it matters a whole lot, have you tried skiing without poles? don't knock it till you try it.
Nov 12 2007 11:57AM
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jhackbeez
Posts: 2136 - Karma: 258
i only ditch my poles when i want to learn a new grab with a spin, its easier and then i put the poles back into the mix.  its all in the mix-twix
Nov 12 2007 12:24PM
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skierkid_92
Posts: 228 - Karma: 11
i got called a freak the last time i didnt use poles....but go for it
Nov 12 2007 12:33PM
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powder_weasel
Posts: 382 - Karma: 9

No poles is fine for the park, but the rest of the time who wants to get stuck on the flats trying to get back to the lift like some gaper snowboarder? I will keep my poles.

Nov 12 2007 3:31PM
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yelsel
Posts: 12967 - Karma: 3,451
exactly. i dropped them the other day during a sesh and was like "wow"...definitely a weird feeling at first but then its super fun. outside park i have to use them
Nov 12 2007 4:01PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
I like grabbing without poles, but I can't skate around in the tight confines of the lift lines easily so I think 1 pole is money.
Nov 12 2007 4:33PM
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toominator
Posts: 4792 - Karma: 120
I dropped mine for a bit before it was cool, I was trying to learn grabs, but now I always ski with poles. I can see why people drop them though, makes sense in the park.. not so much anywhere else
Nov 12 2007 4:42PM
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siversex
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THE GAYTRON IS IN EFFECT!

THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS ARE GAY AS WHITE SAUCE!

JERGIF
CANADIANSKIER
MINISKIER 19
HAPPY-FUN (god even his name is gay)

Nov 12 2007 4:46PM
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Scolson
Posts: 2904 - Karma: 92
well that's odd
Nov 12 2007 4:50PM
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Mahre
Posts: 2507 - Karma: 490
yeah you do....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_b0OlBTjgk
Nov 12 2007 5:20PM
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P.J.S.
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 11
Damn, good post.  That video was sick, those trees make me want to ski very badly right now!
Nov 12 2007 5:32PM
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kenevil
Posts: 1309 - Karma: 31
hahaha try telling that to pep or andy
Nov 12 2007 5:34PM
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P.J.S.
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 11
Haha...umm^^^!
Nov 12 2007 5:37PM
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ballerman
Posts: 414 - Karma: 15
the whole of Idea is 'no pole' skiing and its sick
Nov 12 2007 5:40PM
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,354
More faceshots than "Nothin' But Facials 9"
Nov 12 2007 5:42PM
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Piste.Off
Posts: 11586 - Karma: 1,860
im definetly trying no poles this year. ill be at a small private hill in vermont for two weeks this winter and i want to just fuck around with no poles a little.
Nov 12 2007 5:50PM
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cousinmark
Posts: 939 - Karma: 29
yo i cant wait till some one hits some crazy 50 degree steeps with no poles. then ill be sold.
Nov 12 2007 6:20PM
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poofartpee
Posts: 7436 - Karma: 1,540
Hansel tells cooler stories
Nov 12 2007 6:20PM
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1440ski
Posts: 2049 - Karma: 1,110
Word that is what i did to but during the season i am out of the park far to much not to have my poles
Nov 12 2007 6:35PM
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Phantom
Posts: 908 - Karma: 180
Btw, poles don't help you float in pow. Plu syou could drag the hand in pow like you were surfing,
Jeez, this is scary how snowboard like it is.
Nov 12 2007 6:48PM
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easson19
Posts: 430 - Karma: 10
I Like poles because its just like having a hard cock in each hand. It gives me the confidence to try new things, just knowing ive got cocks in my hands. i think thats why they invented them.
Nov 12 2007 6:59PM
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quebecfreestyler
Posts: 13040 - Karma: 1,419
you cant do tip rolls without poles... why would you ski without them???

 anyway i like both
 i go both ways.
Nov 12 2007 7:12PM
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Sheltron3030
Posts: 1826 - Karma: 110
^some might say you're bi-sexual.
I say you're greedy...
Nov 12 2007 11:12PM
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I_liketobutter
Posts: 2664 - Karma: 997
i dropped mine like 10 days into this year for the first time and love it, i went back for a day and it was just not the same. i think ill just go no poles all year. if a snowboarder doesn't need poles and has one contact point w/ the snow y the fuck do i need them w/ two skis. u guys are pussies.
Nov 12 2007 11:32PM
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ESAND
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 744
wow fairly mellow terrain in amazing perfect snow. A beautiful video but almost anyone can ski hero snow with out poles. its soft, perfect,  you're floating, it's amazing and dreamy but when you get to real more common condition such as slightly crusty deep crud and you're skiing much faster than the skier in that video, that is when poles come into play. i'm not saying they are 100% necessary but they certainly make it a shit load easier to stay centered. And who wants to make skiing harder for themselves? if I wanted to do that I would ski on straight skinny skis.

Also without poles you are very limited in your mobility, you cannot traverse half as fast without poles as you can with poles, and some narrow uphill traverses are damn close to impossible with out poles. Not to mention the B.C.. Go try a long tour without poles tell me how that goes.

FWIW. I broke my wrist last season and was forced to rock no poles all over the mountain for a good part of the season. So I know that it is definitely possible to ski w/ poles out of the park. It just sucks. if it is corn snow, groomers, or perfect pow i could see where people might start dropping their poles for fun but otherwise just seems like more work to me.
Nov 13 2007 12:18AM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,087
It definitely opens up your eyes, and is a bit of fun.

Have fun!
Nov 13 2007 12:21AM
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Mahre
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yeah, you're right, I ski slow.  And it sure doesn't make it harder...To me, it makes it more fun.  but  again you're right, I need to use my poles because I don't know how to stay centered.  not like ive ever been on any non hero terrain/slow.
Nov 13 2007 1:11AM
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AngryFromBend
Posts: 779 - Karma: 9
Skiing without poles is limiting. How do you intend to aggressively ski moguls?

hahahahaha
i say to completely ditch poles is just stupid.
no poles in the pipe? go for it.
no poles in park? super.
no poles in the backcountry, shredding deep pow, or just cruisin the corduroy? you're a fucking idiot.
Nov 13 2007 1:15AM
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