Poles?!?!

if your town has a re use it center or if you have a old pair in your shed or somewhere just get an old pair and cut them down

most park riders have shorter poles because you don't need to plant them when you turn. If your still planning on skiing the rest of the mountain i wouldnt bother cutting them down. I have one pair for park, one pair for everything else. Its personal prefrence.

As for pole straps, theres no par specific strap, any will do.

you wont 'need' to get them shortened, they may be less in the way if shorted but you'll have no real problems with your existing poles, in my opinion.

Why can't you jib with your poles as they are now?

You'd probably be fine with the poles you have now but if you want shorter one just buy a cheep pair or ask your friends if they have an old pair lying around. Straps don't matter, just stick with the ones that are on the poles.

that was the whole point of this thread.. lol i was just wondering

i always had perfect fitting poles when i started out park because i was about 50/50 park/all mountain, and noticed they looked huge in pictures and videos of me so i thought about it for some time and decided to cut them down. best decision i made, actually. i find them better all mountain being a little short. moguls are easier on my shoulder because the poles dont jolt as much when planting, groomers dont call for pole planting when youre carving your turns with an aggressive stance, and shorter poles get in your way less in the trees. if youre having trouble pushing while youre skating across a flat sections? instead of gripping the poles, put your palm on the top and you get a nice hard pushing surface.

as far as straps, i use them most of the time outside of the park, but ive had them jab me on bad crashes in the park so i tend to let them dangle in there.

i recommend cutting an inch or so off at a time and then seeing how they feel. i ended up cutting about 3 inches off my poles that were perfect fitting last year.

What i did was i cut them like 2 inches to short. So perfect poles for me are about 52 inches and mine are 50