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How many pairs of poles do you got through per year?

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7-11_Slurpee
Posts: 1142 - Karma: 1,552
well, im already on my second pair this season. so i was wondering if i suck at life, or it happens to alot of people. Im contemplating just going no poles when i ride the park. save me a little cash, then just whip them out for comps, and when riding the other parts of the hill.
Jan 6 2009 8:07PM
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Ahmets_Brother
Posts: 20283 - Karma: 5,931
I dont think i've ever broken a pair, or at least not in the past 7 years or so. I've bent some, never broke except for goodie poles wayyy back in the day
Jan 6 2009 8:10PM
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skijunkiedtm
Posts: 9229 - Karma: 61
i broke maybe 3 pairs last year and one so far this year. but they were all rentals
Jan 6 2009 8:13PM
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Black-Bandanna
Posts: 6680 - Karma: 1,603
2 - 4 normally. The one's I'm using now have about a week left. Poor bastards...
Jan 6 2009 8:19PM
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hewy
Posts: 1355 - Karma: 205
I've gone through two this year. Both pairs were stolen and they were like shitty pairs.
Jan 6 2009 8:20PM
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Literature
Posts: 13673 - Karma: 3,085
I've had my best durability with Scott Series 4s, generally get a season and half out of them.
Jan 6 2009 8:25PM
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newengland72
Posts: 227 - Karma: 29
Same poles (old lime-green Salomon 1080) for 3 years and I am going to flip when I break them.
Jan 6 2009 8:36PM
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Snowgoner
Posts: 5047 - Karma: 964
i broke about three last year but on average i only go through like 2
Jan 6 2009 8:38PM
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JCsteezy
Posts: 758 - Karma: 211
i dont use my poles all the time but this is there 3 season and they are just bent and knicked everywhere still useable
Jan 6 2009 8:39PM
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LC.
Posts: 5952 - Karma: 2,423
Used to be one or two pairs broken every year but I've had the same Kerma carbon ones for 3 years and counting now. I'm converted.
Jan 6 2009 8:41PM
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sirskizalot
Posts: 4370 - Karma: 161
im on my third pair, but all the ones ive used were atleast 5years old that i found in my shed.
Jan 6 2009 8:44PM
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Hack.The.Pow.
Posts: 1294 - Karma: 25
how do you guys through that many poles a season? If my poles get screwed up during the season its just because I'm being an idiot and bend them somehow.
Jan 6 2009 8:46PM
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JonathonChandler
Posts: 905 - Karma: 423
i dont think i have ever broke any
Jan 6 2009 8:50PM
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popNfresh44
Posts: 3757 - Karma: 44
ive never broken any but ive severely bent a few. my current poles have lasted me a season and a half now...only series 2.5
Jan 6 2009 8:54PM
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7-11_Slurpee
Posts: 1142 - Karma: 1,552
when you break them, how does it happen? with me its always landed on a rail, and the poles gets bent over the rail.
Jan 6 2009 8:57PM
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Chronic_
Posts: 1730 - Karma: 1,602
i just broke my first pair in 11 years of skiing because i got mad pissed and bashed one with the other and it bent in half. so rentals ftw
Jan 6 2009 8:59PM
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Mr.Bob_Dobalina
Posts: 2442 - Karma: 36
ive had the same pair for 3 seasons now. Ive had two pairs stolen, and broke one pair a few years ago by not lifting them up at a half way station, which bent them at right angles.
Jan 6 2009 9:00PM
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ch@se
Posts: 790 - Karma: 71
Never broken any. I'd be pretty upset if I broke my series 4's that I just got.
Jan 6 2009 9:02PM
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Steezius_Maximus
Posts: 1152 - Karma: 22
i  bend em when i try something new that involves landing switch with a safety grab i land on them
Jan 6 2009 9:04PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
get some SWIX CT3 poles haven't broken a pair yet, 80% carbon good to go
Jan 6 2009 9:07PM
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phishfood
Posts: 2542 - Karma: 298
i've gone through one pair this season. i cut down my second pair way short and thats helped a little.
Jan 6 2009 9:12PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
1. I actually had 2 last year but I just decided to get shorter poles half way through the season. I broke those in a wrestling match and have a new pair. I bend them every day I ski but they are aluminum kids poles and bend right back.
Jan 6 2009 9:17PM
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mokeefe257
Posts: 405 - Karma: 10
ive never broken a pair
Jan 6 2009 9:18PM
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Leo.
Posts: 508 - Karma: 17
haha same exact case with me theyre so durable
Jan 6 2009 9:21PM
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doritos
Posts: 7368 - Karma: 53
Never broken a pair except a few years back when I was learning to ski switch and I crashed into a SLOW sign right underneath the lift. Felt real cool. But yeah, my poles look like they got stuck up the ass of a bucking rhino because they're bent in every way imaginable, but they don't really break.
Jan 6 2009 9:22PM
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Bo_bot9
Posts: 1437 - Karma: 275
usually one or two..
Jan 6 2009 9:29PM
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T_orageskiier
Posts: 580 - Karma: 13
never broken a pair i've bent my poles pretty bad but i've always just bent them back
Jan 6 2009 9:29PM
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Billek
Posts: 5665 - Karma: 98
Goode poles seem to last me forever, they can bend so much.  I did break one of my Goode poles this year because my ski broke and I beat it with my pole, thus cracking the composite shaft.

Good thing is, Goode poles seem to be with every pair of rental skis I see this year, so I found my replacement easily.
Jan 6 2009 9:30PM
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BMB
Posts: 3138 - Karma: 232
i plan on keeping mine throughout the year, but last year I was a dumbass and threw my poles on the side of a trail, hoping to go pick them up, but they weren't there when I skied to the spot I threw them down, so I went through 2 last year.
Jan 6 2009 9:32PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
when i used poles i used kerma banshees which are mostly carbon, theyre super burly, and light as fuck
Jan 6 2009 10:19PM
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jsud
Posts: 59 - Karma: 10
Usually just 1 unless they get stolen or i lose em haha
Jan 6 2009 10:36PM
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HangThePope
Posts: 749 - Karma: 19
I've already broken 3 this year and the ones i'm using now is a broken one that a put a piece of copper pipe over to keep it together. Those were good poles too. I break poles so often its fucking rediculous.
Jan 6 2009 10:36PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451

mine dont break because i never fall. ever

Jan 6 2009 10:40PM
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Shpadoinkle
Posts: 10437 - Karma: 84
Thank God for ski school. I don't even have to cut them.
Jan 6 2009 10:41PM
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J.Braun
Posts: 585 - Karma: 20
no poles!
Jan 6 2009 10:41PM
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asian_andy
Posts: 830 - Karma: 61
just ride without them..tht how i do
Jan 6 2009 10:42PM
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Powdered_Donuts
Posts: 2180 - Karma: 187
ha i cant say i never fall, but i have had the same pair since i started skiing bout 4 years ago. cant say i use them much anymore though either...
Jan 6 2009 10:42PM
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linesteeze
Posts: 1229 - Karma: 125
broke a pair and lost a pair already
Jan 6 2009 10:42PM
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Clifford996
Posts: 1288 - Karma: 28
why dont you just buy a good pair of poles that wont break and save money?
Jan 6 2009 10:58PM
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KFRADtheLaxBro
Posts: 632 - Karma: 10
I just steal poles from rental shops and when i feel like getting new ones i dump them in the woods and steal a shorter pair. The poles i have now are made for like a 3 year old. What of it.
Jan 6 2009 11:21PM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
Had the same poles for 2 years
Jan 6 2009 11:22PM
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orange.
Posts: 505 - Karma: 659
i think you suck at life... i have had the same 12 dollar poles for the last 3 years
Jan 6 2009 11:23PM
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ontwosticks
Posts: 915 - Karma: 95
I broke mine when i got cut off and ended up hard braking from hardpack to powder and landed on my planted pole and just bent it crazy bad then broke it trying to straighten it.

Jan 6 2009 11:27PM
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C_Perin
Posts: 944 - Karma: 156
i say just get some from a ski swap for really sheap or from a secound hand store. they will be like $5 bucks so it dont matter if u break them
Jan 6 2009 11:28PM
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RAWLAN
Posts: 1209 - Karma: 50
last year i went through three pairs the first one i broke trying 270s on the second pair was stolen and the third pair i ripped into eight pieces when i found out my girlfriend cheated on me
Jan 6 2009 11:37PM
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Jamestown
Posts: 4002 - Karma: 51
im have to go buy a new pair tomorrow, snapped mine somehow right above the basket
Jan 6 2009 11:46PM
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urmainman
Posts: 118 - Karma: 10
same pair for 5 years
Jan 6 2009 11:48PM
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Austeeze
Posts: 807 - Karma: 18
broke a pair last season, was skiing moguls and on one pole plant the thing bent at a right angle. the baskets break every now and then as well. Thats what you get for using old cheap poles...
Jan 7 2009 2:07AM
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Klick_2_klaim
Posts: 3396 - Karma: 25
I break poles for street cred.
Jan 7 2009 2:12AM
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SK1ERDUDE
Posts: 1365 - Karma: 51
i have gone through 3 sets this year. I always feel like i break things a lot.
Jan 7 2009 7:05AM
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