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So was the whole no poles thing just a fad

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wameron
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i mean from what i've seen it's pretty much died, except for the kids who actually never used poles then started skiing park and decided not to pick them up. and pep pollard and mahre are all basically using poles now aswell
Dec 13 2009 11:07PM
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skiierman
Posts: 28699 - Karma: -5,563
aint a fad. still see some being dumpy without em.
Dec 13 2009 11:17PM
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Maximumsushi
Posts: 7837 - Karma: 3,351
I don't use poles in the park.
Dec 13 2009 11:28PM
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vincepru
Posts: 5474 - Karma: 17
i still switch on and off with them. no poles is just fun sometimes. i dont get why people care so much. its like ZOMG WHY YOU WEARING A ONE PIECE WHEN THERES NO POWDER!?! fuck off ill wear what i want, and use poles when i want...
Dec 13 2009 11:30PM
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Gnarshred
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I still feel like no poles helped me a lot to learn some of the basic stuff, especially on rails.  now its not a big deal to do them with poles so i use poles now ha
Dec 13 2009 11:32PM
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Scrambles
Posts: 2270 - Karma: 63
i only dont use poles when my hill has the temp. park with a towrope that sucks balls to get up with poles
Dec 13 2009 11:34PM
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Royalty
Posts: 33 - Karma: 11
i dunno... I still see a lot of kids riding without poles. I know a few kids who started to ride with poles only because the production companies they were riding with wanted them to use poles.
Dec 13 2009 11:38PM
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saskskier
Posts: 4774 - Karma: 10,005
I like messing around without poles at my local hill, but I definitely rock them when I make it out to the mountains.
Dec 13 2009 11:40PM
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BWalmer
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I dunno, I still see some kids with no poles. I just feel weird with out them - they help me balance more on rails and jumps and I feel like I have more style - plus I hate duck walking. I will drop them every now and then - mostly just when I'm trying a new invert and don't know exactly where my hands are gonna go, I'll take a few attempts without the poles to figure it out and then grab my poles.
Dec 13 2009 11:44PM
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Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,009
Last Year I tried Skiing with no poles. I got used to it and actually it's nice. 2 Less things to worry about. You don't need to carry them don't have to worry about dropping them, or hitting yourself with them. Plus you have two hands free to hit snowboarders with snowballs, which is always a plus.
Dec 13 2009 11:51PM
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butteredpretzel
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 866
LJ had poles in R2R, first time i saw him with em

Dec 13 2009 11:53PM
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no_steeze
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well, after learning to ski without poles, most people pick them up by the age of 6
Dec 13 2009 11:58PM
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chase.
Posts: 716 - Karma: 18
i think no pole some time is sick looking... look at garrett russell he has one of the sickest style out there


and it is fun sometime too shred no pole
Dec 14 2009 12:03AM
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Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
It's pretty tough to not look like an idiot while riding without poles. Do I ride without poles sometimes? Yeah. But I also don't care if I look like an idiot.
Dec 14 2009 12:04AM
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Ftacnik
Posts: 1997 - Karma: 111

I started out skiing without poles... Then i noticed that when ppl dont use poles there arms flair around and it looks retarded most of the time. I started using poles this season and love it

Dec 14 2009 12:05AM
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BroBomb
Posts: 500 - Karma: 1,726
Define "fad"
Dec 14 2009 12:08AM
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Kayess
Posts: 357 - Karma: 11
i sometimes use poles sometimes i dont. i still see tons of people who dont so i dont think it was a fad. although almost everyone i know uses poles if theres any new snow or there doing steep stuff. i think no poles is playful but using poles can be fun as well.  i change depending on what i feel like or if i can find some poles.
Dec 14 2009 12:28AM
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freezed
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good sir, why are you wearing a basketball jersey when we are not currently participating in the sport of basketball?
Dec 14 2009 12:30AM
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Yung_Gnarley
Posts: 9092 - Karma: 3,022
hahaha you explained this whole thread perfectly
Dec 14 2009 12:31AM
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-PowAir-
Posts: 646 - Karma: 30
skiing without poles makes holding ur beer a lot easier
Dec 14 2009 12:58AM
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Spacekroft
Posts: 1332 - Karma: 41
i ski with poles when im at the resorts but if im going out into the back country to build a booter i usually don't bring the poles because im going to be trying things for the first time so i don't want to land weird on my poles once i have it dialed in and know how its going down i use poles again.
Dec 14 2009 12:59AM
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nipples-the-cat
Posts: 643 - Karma: 28
i still switch on and off but for the most part i dont use them.
Dec 14 2009 1:18AM
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fillup
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 568
After bang isnt as cool with no poles i guess.
Dec 14 2009 1:22AM
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Jamestown
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Skiierman strikes again...kinda?
Dec 14 2009 1:27AM
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Rafe
Posts: 254 - Karma: 13
i use poles. unless. they're broken or have no baskets. or if it's just a really boring day and i feel like dicking around and being dumb then its fun to ski without them.
Dec 14 2009 1:29AM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,110
Most of the time you've seen LJ in the past without poles is due to his chicken wrists always being hurt.
Dec 14 2009 1:31AM
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casual
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For the life of me, I can't figure out what poles add to park skiing. Some might argue aesthetics, but that's subjective anyway. Plus, if you keep your hands down, or roughly where they'd be with poles in them, it doesn't look all that different.

I honestly believe that if sponsorship money wasn't involved and there wasn't such a seemingly nearly universal condemnation of riding in contests without them, you'd see a lot of people drop them.
Dec 14 2009 1:33AM
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Eric.S
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I think its very funny that your profile pic of pep is him without poles...
Dec 14 2009 1:54AM
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sip166
Posts: 275 - Karma: 16
i landed and tried to break my fall with my hand and my pole broke my thumb so i dont like them but im gonna ski with um this year
Dec 14 2009 1:59AM
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Jibberino
Posts: 2089 - Karma: 1,346
No poles in the park, poles in the pow. simple as that!
Dec 14 2009 4:45AM
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C-DAWGSTYLEZ
Posts: 832 - Karma: 171
i hate how this site has made me feel so self conscious about not using poles. I raced for like 10 years before i got in to freestyle so i know how to ski with and without them. but i feel that skiing without poles really opens up new ideas and tricks especially in the pow. I like having poles for the gnarly stuff but dragging your hands in snow has alot more flow and feels better. I'm gonna keep skiing without poles most of the time, even though i agree it detracts from the steeze factor.
Dec 14 2009 6:31AM
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Fischer-Addicted
Posts: 1064 - Karma: 30
yes and no. alot of the tc crew uses poles only like half the time. but as for my home mountain there use to be almost 1/2 of freestyle skiers without poles. now its less than 1/10 without poles
Dec 14 2009 7:13AM
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B.Lyfe
Posts: 624 - Karma: 116
I use poles most of the time, I think of them as "oh shit handles" of skiing, when I prerelease and im 15ft up, i want something to hold onto, i mean... I cant bring a blow up doll to hug when i fall so poles it is... Ha.

-B
Dec 14 2009 9:09AM
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ALFYBOI
Posts: 485 - Karma: 2,405
 Poles are cool, altho I prefer skiing park without them and with them generally
Dec 14 2009 9:13AM
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WhackStyle.
Posts: 406 - Karma: 14
I wouldn't necessarily call using no poles a "fad".  It's more like a personal preference.  Some people like to ski with them and others like to ski without them.  Not really a big deal...
Dec 14 2009 9:25AM
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dirtylion27
Posts: 403 - Karma: 21
The only time i dont use poles is in the spring like those last couple weeks were you get to chill in a hoodie. like when im in the park just screwing around with friends
Dec 14 2009 9:27AM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
i've always liked using them, i just use short poles
Dec 14 2009 10:46AM
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evanstp
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Dec 14 2009 10:47AM
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Mstchief
Posts: 751 - Karma: 524
for sure. It sucks that Tom Wall is riding for scott (scott loves it poles), he defined the no pole steeze.
I think the only fad that is over is the huge controversy over if you ride with them or with out them. People are finally just chilling out and enjoying riding, and not caring if people are carrying metal sticks in their hands
Dec 14 2009 11:03AM
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cfox
Posts: 2286 - Karma: 38
i switch on and off but for the most part i ride without them..i feel i ski better without them jus my opinion but if i do use poles il jus use them in the park i love skiing without poles in the pow its the best imo.
Dec 14 2009 11:09AM
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jibbnsteezy
Posts: 183 - Karma: 8
I think it actually helps me balance better without poles to be on the rails.
Dec 14 2009 11:47AM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
exactly, some days Im just feelin no poles so thats how i shred
Dec 14 2009 11:49AM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
sure does. you can rock the both poles one hand, beer other hand, but if you're really getting after that beer, you need to just go no pole, its the only option

Dec 14 2009 11:58AM
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spliff.Life
Posts: 7847 - Karma: 1,549
thats odd, i find poles help me balance a lot on rails and get momentum along with jumps too, no poles is just more free
Dec 14 2009 12:13PM
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Alex_G
Posts: 11902 - Karma: 1,019
one day i just woke up and decided poles, youre fucking out.
Dec 14 2009 12:39PM
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infedel_one
Posts: 5140 - Karma: 444
ive started to like riding without poles more and more...i like slashing the trees and the sides of the trails without poles too so its not only in the park...midget poles seem to be a new fad though
Dec 14 2009 12:52PM
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m.brus
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haha
Dec 14 2009 1:18PM
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wameron
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 1,222
Touche, but nowadays pep mahre and pollard, the starters of the no poles movement, are all using poles again, that picture was taken 2ish years ago
Dec 14 2009 4:23PM
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eheath
Posts: 61603 - Karma: 123,110
Listen you beautiful bitch, im about to fuck you up with some truth, how are you gonna throw a ball faster than fuck if you have poles?
Dec 14 2009 4:26PM
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rj.
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who cares
Dec 14 2009 4:29PM
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