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How do you hold your poles?

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Drail
Posts: 14012 - Karma: 10,010
So pole straps. The "correct" way to have them is under the hand so when you let go they fall out of your hand. I've always (well, at least since I started skiing park... really don't remember before that) had my pole straps above my hand. I'd like to think that most park skiers do the same as well. It just makes sense for grabbing. Every time you grab you don't want to have to grab your pole every time you land.

so just wondering. how do you guys keep your straps? above, or below?
Feb 12 2009 6:48PM
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strongmark
Posts: 3278 - Karma: 883
i hold my poles with the strap around my wrist, under my hand. i dont let go of my poles when i grab, thats why you have more than one finger.
Feb 12 2009 6:51PM
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ASkierNamedJaymz
Posts: 1209 - Karma: 341
i'm skiing park with no poles! that's the only way to do it for grabs!   but when i use them i put my straps on.  i don't drop them when i grab though, why would you?
Feb 12 2009 6:51PM
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skivt12
Posts: 239 - Karma: 33

I put my straps above but i dont really pay attention the the left an right on my sttraps

does anyone know what the difference is between your "left" and "rigth" pole?

Feb 12 2009 6:53PM
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strongmark
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the strap is thicker on the bottom.
Feb 12 2009 6:54PM
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Where-am-I
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 281
i'm to lazy to use the straps... its a bitch when i drop a pole
Feb 12 2009 6:55PM
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Username_42069
Posts: 1591 - Karma: 15
i dont wrap em around my hand at all, never have. and havent had a problem with it either, grab or nothing.
Feb 12 2009 6:56PM
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Dhane
Posts: 3866 - Karma: 1,722
i go over, it just seems easier and i have never had a problem, dont know how it would be one though
Feb 12 2009 7:00PM
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Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
under.

it's just the way it is
Feb 12 2009 7:02PM
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mac.N.steeze
Posts: 652 - Karma: 6
When I use my poles I dont put the strap on i just grab over it.
Feb 12 2009 7:21PM
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mitchk
Posts: 678 - Karma: 19

i finally ditched the poles this year and its way to sick. you should deff all leave them at home even just once just to try.

lol i wonder how much hate ill get for this...

Feb 12 2009 7:24PM
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Line-4-Life
Posts: 142 - Karma: 10
i dont have pole straps and its all about the two finger grab.
Feb 12 2009 7:25PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
i never use the strap. In the lift line I hold them from the top with my hands clasped over them like an octopus ambushing an unsuspecting sailor from above, but skiing I just hole them like you're supposed too. I never really drop them unless I take a really bad fall or am fucking around on the lift.
Feb 12 2009 7:27PM
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Hansel.
Posts: 4583 - Karma: 112
in my hands
Feb 12 2009 7:28PM
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jca
Posts: 4171 - Karma: 6,311

no straps

gotta be prepared if the park slides

Feb 12 2009 7:29PM
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abbazabba21
Posts: 234 - Karma: -2
like a gangsta
Feb 12 2009 7:30PM
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Gorno
Posts: 266 - Karma: 28
No straps, ever... thinking about ditching the poles, but the ADHD is kept in check when I use them
Feb 12 2009 7:31PM
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Holte
Posts: 10740 - Karma: 7,814
Under my hand. I only grab with two fingers. The other fingers hold onto the pole.
Feb 12 2009 7:33PM
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Malcolm
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yessur
Feb 12 2009 7:36PM
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birdshake
Posts: 1228 - Karma: 71
I dont use my straps
I just hold on to the thing
and when I fall I dont think about it but I never let go
Feb 12 2009 7:50PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
i do the octopus when i am pushing with them
short poles for the win
Feb 12 2009 7:53PM
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Crack.
Posts: 6020 - Karma: 84
like a G
Feb 12 2009 7:54PM
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hartig
Posts: 8192 - Karma: 10
that would be the correct answer

and to people using the "grab" excuse for not using poles.. stop being a bitch and learn to grab with poles in your hand, its not hard at all compared to no poles
Feb 12 2009 7:55PM
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nathanielstyza
Posts: 1638 - Karma: 38
like a couple other people have said, i dont use the straps at all
i enjoy the security of being able to drop you pole when need be.
PS: octopus comment above was funny. i do likewise when im pushing
Feb 12 2009 7:57PM
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theblacktaco
Posts: 1462 - Karma: 82
i just let my straps chill unless i have to push for a while .. but what do u mean under
Feb 12 2009 7:59PM
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jdilla
Posts: 706 - Karma: 41
I don't have pole straps.

And I hold my poles, in my hand
Feb 12 2009 8:08PM
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mac.N.steeze
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and since I wear mittens i just kinda rub my skis
Feb 12 2009 8:15PM
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p-oskier
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 58
Same here. But when I use poles I put my hand over the strap. I don't know why but I feel more confortable that way and I have less chances of braking my poles.
Feb 12 2009 8:16PM
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deezy.
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holy shit mark was that a serious post
wow that shits rare
Feb 12 2009 8:17PM
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@skiinmitch
Posts: 2781 - Karma: 78

i have straps on wrist

hold with 2 fingers so i can grab with 2 fingers

Feb 12 2009 8:19PM
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stefC
Posts: 458 - Karma: 846
only Goombas don't wear their straps or have them over top of there hand and wrapped around the bottom of there wrists
Feb 12 2009 8:20PM
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pmw
Posts: 5760 - Karma: 831
strap over my hand, and when i grab i put it in the space between my pointer finger and thumb so i can grab with as many fingers as possible
Feb 12 2009 8:21PM
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TheButterHashira
Posts: 9691 - Karma: 1,702
Exactly. I am almost 6 foot yet I use 38 inch poles.
Feb 12 2009 9:20PM
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EvanMeyer
Posts: 3822 - Karma: 3,447
no poles or I go from the top through the strap and grab the pole
Feb 12 2009 9:34PM
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skithesprings
Posts: 9086 - Karma: 1,349
yeah thats what i do, its short poles or no poles for me
Feb 12 2009 10:06PM
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PhilboydStudge
Posts: 3431 - Karma: 206
yup
Feb 12 2009 10:10PM
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buddychaps
Posts: 1817 - Karma: 583
why does it matter how you hold your poles?
Feb 12 2009 10:13PM
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PhilboydStudge
Posts: 3431 - Karma: 206
this is newschoolers. every small, insignificant detail matters, especially when its asking about an opinion.
Feb 12 2009 10:17PM
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SV420
Posts: 242 - Karma: 10
The reason that people tell you to hold the pole strap under your hand is because when it is over the top of your hand it causes thumb injuries.
Feb 12 2009 10:18PM
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KravtZ
Posts: 6637 - Karma: 2,629
yea thast what i do and usually when i drop a pole for some reason im glad i didnt have the straps on even tho its anoying to get it sometimes usually id rather my pole be far away from me than conected to me in a bad crash so it doesnt stab me in the face or something
Feb 12 2009 10:21PM
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ButteredToast.
Posts: 6459 - Karma: 2,570
I dont use the straps. It really blows when I'm octopussin and It gets stuck in crusty snow and I drop it :(
Feb 12 2009 10:21PM
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B.G
Posts: 156 - Karma: 14
dont use straps and in the lift line i hold em like a pimp mo-fucka!
Feb 12 2009 10:49PM
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m_damianos
Posts: 113 - Karma: 8
under............
Feb 12 2009 10:52PM
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