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reverendwrong
Posts: 3145 - Karma: 142
why do we use poles?

im not saying this in a way where im biased one way or another, heres the only things ive come up with so far:

-lift lines
-pushing around
-racing/moguls

is there any other benifical use for them, specifically in freestyle.

I ask this mainly beacause on the chair some boarders, and my dad like 2 days before, asked me that question and it got me wondering why do we even use them if they only fufuil those roles? They tend to get in the way at times and you could easily do without. So why do we use them?

note:i use poles

oh and please no hate either way i just want an honest factual reason for why we use them/shouldnt use them
Jan 10 2009 8:52PM
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J-Evs
Posts: 6387 - Karma: 1,615
balance, and sometimes i just feel more comfortable with them
Jan 10 2009 8:55PM
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swanton
Posts: 455 - Karma: 11
Balance? Because you're used to them? Because you don't want people to think you look rediculus and judge you?

Those are the reasons I can think of. I'd like to try no poles sometime though. They allways get smashed around during tree skiing. So annoying.
Jan 10 2009 8:58PM
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Mr.LemonPie
Posts: 4100 - Karma: 1,625
try doing jumps with no poles and you will see what poles do. so much balance.
Jan 10 2009 8:59PM
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Hubsta
Posts: 1279 - Karma: 156
To poke people or fight off bears.
Jan 10 2009 9:00PM
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sklermang
Posts: 2981 - Karma: 1,954
not sure by any means but i think the idea is than when you make turns the pole on the same side you are turning is meant to touch the ground giving you more stablility/balance
Jan 10 2009 9:01PM
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reverendwrong
Posts: 3145 - Karma: 142
as for the balance thing, i didnt use them half the time last year (our park has a tow rope and thy just got annoying) so i could switch back and forth without any problems with balance, even on jumps 50ft+ and rails. now grabs...theres a different story.
Jan 10 2009 9:02PM
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Upgrayedd
Posts: 620 - Karma: 25
I ride nopoles in the park but use poles in the pow pow to help me stand up after falling (cross the poles and lay them horizontally on the surface of bottomless snow to form a platform to push up from).  Otherwise I would definitely do nopoles in the pow as well.
Jan 10 2009 9:04PM
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Gnarshred
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Because they don't allow 40's and Blunts on the hill?
Jan 10 2009 9:06PM
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BKlein
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Jan 10 2009 9:06PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349

i ski the east coast so i have no need for them, and lift lines arent that bad if youre a half decent skier,

therefore i dont use poles and have gotten completly comfortable with it even on any sized jump or straightlining at mach speeds

Jan 10 2009 9:06PM
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MANDER
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Jan 10 2009 9:10PM
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Parker.
Posts: 1637 - Karma: 108
good answer
Jan 10 2009 9:12PM
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Jamestown
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deschenaux doesnt use poles on the small shit and for jibbin, but he admitted that he uses them for big jumps
Jan 10 2009 11:26PM
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Jwalk
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i want to try it one day but i dont wanna get bashed on
Jan 10 2009 11:31PM
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zues
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if i'm skiing with family or kids who aren't that good and w'ere not in the park i do no poles. 
if i'm in the park i find going large jumps really hard without poles. 
Jan 10 2009 11:37PM
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KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
so i can hollow out my grips and have a flask cmon guy u gotta think outside the box adn they do help i think just riding around and im comforatable with them and they just come in handy
Jan 10 2009 11:40PM
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A.R.
Posts: 1111 - Karma: 11
hitting lifties?
Jan 10 2009 11:49PM
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Swaggermager
Posts: 2576 - Karma: 950
polar bears and snowboarders
Feb 1 2009 9:46PM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
no poles is funner, but it mainly because people have poor balance
Feb 1 2009 9:49PM
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stevef
Posts: 13 - Karma: 10
personally i dont use poles its much easier in the park but it does take a lil bit to get used to but when there is pow i use poles but then again i ski the east coast and we barly ever get powder but i never get bashed on for using no poles its a personal opinion i think
Feb 1 2009 9:53PM
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max...
Posts: 1379 - Karma: 802

i snapped mine in the park on christmas day and haven't used them since....

it's harder to balance off of jumps but other than that it gives you more freedom everywhere else. Lift lines haven't been a problem and i can fight off bears and alpine bog sharks with my bare hands. So I'm not getting new poles anytime soon

Feb 1 2009 9:53PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
when you haul ass you actually dont use poles, theyre just there.
Feb 1 2009 9:53PM
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JacheOReally
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I don't know, I can throw some more techy grabs with no poles, but I hate having no poles,

POLES ARE SICK

Feb 1 2009 9:55PM
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