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How do you hold your poles

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anti_bunk
Posts: 2629 - Karma: 329
quick poll:  1) how do you hold your poles? and 2) do you suffer from "skiers thumb"  ?
I jam my thumbs so much i have just gotten accustomed to the pain.  i had my left one x rayed a few years ago and its actually broken but i cant do anything about it and im sure my right one isnt far behind.  today i was hittin a backyard set up and landed on it and hurt it again for like the millionth time and then i realized when im goin for a trick i grip my poles way too tight and it ends up with my thumb sticking up and out and really exposed which is probably why i hurt it so much.
Dec 11 2009 8:06PM
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Canuker
Posts: 4730 - Karma: 165

Like i hold a my dick

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and yes

Dec 29 2009 12:41AM
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Candy
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 176
Despite what everyone else says, you can easily screw your thumbs up even if you are holding your poles right, or even with no straps. I just posted this massive thing on it in a thread a few days ago, just searchbar thumbs, and it's the first one. But pretty much, the answer is custom made thumb braces. (I'd give a link, but I'm on my iPhone, and it doesn't work.)
Dec 29 2009 4:11AM
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Candy
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 176
Despite what everyone else says, you can easily screw your thumbs up even if you are holding your poles right, or even with no straps. I just posted this massive thing on it in a thread a few days ago, just searchbar thumbs, and it's the first one. But pretty much, the answer is custom made thumb braces. (I'd give a link, but I'm on my iPhone, and it doesn't work.)
Dec 29 2009 4:14AM
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Canuker
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id like to put a no homo
Dec 29 2009 10:05AM
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Candy
Posts: 1051 - Karma: 176
Despite what everyone else says, you can easily screw your thumbs up even if you are holding your poles right, or even with no straps. I just posted this massive thing on it in a thread a few days ago, just searchbar thumbs, and it's the first one. But pretty much, the answer is custom made thumb braces. (I'd give a link, but I'm on my iPhone, and it doesn't work.)
Dec 29 2009 11:47AM
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endicott343
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you are a dumb ass you hold them in your hand
Dec 29 2009 12:29PM
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dmc12380
Posts: 3545 - Karma: 792
hahaha

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Dec 29 2009 1:45PM
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dmc12380
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Dec 29 2009 1:45PM
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Mr.Huck
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It would be helpful to see a photo of how you grip your ski pole and what type of grips you have.  Some grips, like old Scott pistol grips, put your thumb in the perfect position to jam it.  My dad had these grips many moons ago.  He was always fucking up his thumbs.  He got a new pair of poles with newer grips on them and he never had the problem again.  The point is that the type of grip you have on your poles could be contributing to the problem.  It really shouldn't matter how tightly you grip your pole.  :-D  It sounds like you may just need new grips or you might be gripping the pole to close to the top of the grip. 
Dec 29 2009 2:21PM
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Candy
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wow apologies for my trip-post. I was on my iphone.
Dec 29 2009 3:44PM
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