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KickerTheCanMan
Posts: 207 - Karma: 10
Normally when I ride, unless it's something really steep where I could completely lose track of my poles, I don't put my wrists through the straps, especially in the park and pipe. I've whacked myself pretty badly in the side because I couldn't toss them away before, so I just stopped, plus it's just alot quicker to hold them. Anyone else do this, or have reason not to do this?
Jan 24 2004 1:47AM
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3ski6guy0
Posts: 9201 - Karma: 132
i usually use them 24/7. but last weekend coming off a rail my pole stuck in the ground and i almost stabbed myself. so i think im gonna leave the straps off in the park from now on.
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Jan 24 2004 1:50AM
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Posts: 3861 - Karma: 490
i always have my wrists in the straps, i never really think about and i never lose em
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Jan 24 2004 1:52AM
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DrPepper
Posts: 4130 - Karma: 11
i think you can stab yourself just as easy with them off as with them on. i wear mine, makes a lot of things easier.

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Jan 24 2004 4:18AM
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spyder1
Posts: 1529 - Karma: 11
i wear mine pretty much all the time when i am skiing. Not 24/7 just skiing. I like to have them on cause then it is harder to yeardsale!!(i do that alot)

Jan 24 2004 4:59AM
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spyder1
Posts: 1529 - Karma: 11
i wear mine pretty much all the time when i am skiing. Not 24/7 just skiing. I like to have them on cause then it is harder to yeardsale!!(i do that alot)

Jan 24 2004 5:00AM
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rossipowderhound
Posts: 759 - Karma: 10
I strap my poles pretty much 24/7 can't be stuffed loosing them
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Jan 24 2004 6:48AM
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RideBLUNT
Posts: 3393 - Karma: 11
back in 01 i almost died in the park off this table....and since you asked, ill tell you the story...
Well it was a heatwave day in the midwest, and it had just snowed the day before, but this day it was 60 degrees out. Needless to say, by the afternoon there was a lot of slush. So being the dumbass that I was and still am, I planted my pole, just a little, off the take off and it stuck in as i left the lip. I stalled out 90 degrees and parallel to the ground. Luckily, parks back then sucked a lot more than today and it was a small hit, plus it was just slush.


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Jan 24 2004 8:19AM
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GeneralButtNaked
Posts: 7854 - Karma: 89
always wear them
Jan 24 2004 9:01AM
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mg.
Posts: 752 - Karma: 74
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Jan 24 2004 10:30AM
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BobbyJ
Posts: 63 - Karma: 10
i never use my pole straps and i haven't had a problem with losin them yet. do what ever works best for you.
Jan 24 2004 10:34AM
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freeskiBC
Posts: 807 - Karma: 10
i cut off my pole straps, dont need em. the only thing they allow u to do is smash urself in the face if u bail bad

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Jan 24 2004 11:41AM
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123ski
Posts: 7374 - Karma: 1,415
actually, they give you more control while your skiing....that is if any of you really know how to ski....hahah..jk..but they can help with control if you hold them right
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Jan 24 2004 11:48AM
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Itsbackfliptime
Posts: 18901 - Karma: 75
yeah i use them when I push myselft around. I don't have to hold on as hard. Also I wave my arms around a lot when I fall so if I'm not wearing them my pole will sometimes end up like 20 feet away.

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Jan 24 2004 12:42PM
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KaMiKaZe_00
Posts: 552 - Karma: 10
i wonder, i have broken 1 pole this season cuz i landed on it in the pipe, if i hadent been wearing straps, would it have comou out unbroken?`

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Jan 24 2004 1:10PM
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rodeo7
Posts: 891 - Karma: 12
one of my friends, he 'did a candide' was his words, stuck his pole up the top of the lip as he was goin for a 7.. he spun about 90, and as he was coming back around, his pole, which had moved, but then planted back near to the position of the take off, then the top of it hit him in the mouth and 4 of his teeth fell out, he was fumbling for them in the snow. blood everywhere. he has since bolted them back in.
i don't wear pole straps in pipe or tables. i do on rails coz i usually fall back when i do a rail, so my writs/thumbs and pritty sweet.


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Jan 24 2004 1:19PM
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KickerTheCanMan
Posts: 207 - Karma: 10
Huhm, I guess I just never seem to let go of mine unless I'm just falling incredibly badly. I've done a couple nasty crashes involving flipping over and rolling and all sorts of shit and haven't let go of them, just instinct I guess.
Jan 25 2004 9:41PM
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PocketRocketRipper
Posts: 3193 - Karma: 9
an old racing trick... if you want to skate fast and strong, put your hands into the strap from the bottomso that the strap is around your wrist and your hand is above the top of the pole, and then put your hand down onto the pole so that the start of the strap is between your thumb and pointer-finger, and the loop of the strap is around the back of your palm. Kinda confusing explaination, but with this you have a lot more control of your poles, and therefore more balance.

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Jan 25 2004 9:49PM
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VTfreeskier
Posts: 554 - Karma: 11
i always wear them
Jan 25 2004 9:50PM
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cobble_hills
Posts: 249 - Karma: 11
when youre hiking ups its easier to carry your skis, and you can take your fingers out of your gloves and let your poles hang when your hands freeze.
Jan 25 2004 9:55PM
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samck89
Posts: 3054 - Karma: 24
i where em cus at the hills i ski at in michigan theres a lot of towrope serviced parks and i let my poles hang while i hold the rope, also easier hiking, and if u use em right they do give u more control
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Jan 25 2004 11:43PM
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