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Park: With or without poles?

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woollygangster
Posts: 235 - Karma: 18
Do you ski park with or without poles, and why?
Mar 30 2010 8:37PM
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.jesus.
Posts: 2288 - Karma: 22
i do both some days no poles and other days poles i don't know why i do this tis very strange

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Mar 30 2010 8:39PM
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snowking249
Posts: 1452 - Karma: 34
without poles %95 of the time. its just one less thing to worry about losing, dont have to buy poles, and i just like the style. I know im gonna get some hate for it
Mar 30 2010 8:39PM
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Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,008
I think poles are pointless, just another thing to worry about where the hell it is. Pole-less skiing can be smooth, if the person doesn't wave their arms around like an Idiot.
Mar 30 2010 8:43PM
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Uncle.Badness
Posts: 2545 - Karma: 55
I use my garage sale poles always, unless I am trying some wierd stuff where I use my hands. Hand drag 5s etc.
Mar 30 2010 8:44PM
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Gameboy
Posts: 2657 - Karma: 127
I ski with poles 99% of the time. It took them off only when i'm trying new grabs or an hand drag.I don't like to ski without them, it's weird hahaha. Only hitting a rail without them seems a lot harder.
Mar 30 2010 8:45PM
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Jimmy.
Posts: 2888 - Karma: 27
doesn't feel right without them.
Mar 30 2010 8:46PM
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mak
Posts: 700 - Karma: 167
pole tricks are where it's at
Mar 30 2010 8:46PM
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AliceOwens
Posts: 27 - Karma: 43
poles ftw
Mar 30 2010 8:47PM
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Lemuel
Posts: 14489 - Karma: 10,640
I didn't use poles last season.  I used them again this season.  Poles is definitely better.  Every once in a while I skied without poles.
Mar 30 2010 8:48PM
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hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
i will fucking kill you. use the motherfucking searchbar. this fucking topic, which will never be decided for you by kids on the fucking internet, has been debated more than tom wallisches clothes. holy fucking fuck fuck.
Mar 30 2010 8:48PM
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Elmo.
Posts: 4317 - Karma: 663
i didnt use poles for like 3 months this season (my first 3 months in the park) and then i used them one day and i felt like i had more ballance in the air and on rails, and i think the style is better... plus ur not skating aroudn lookin all dumb lol so i use them 99% of the time and i only dont when im hand draggin or somethin liek that

Mar 30 2010 8:50PM
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dreadyboy
Posts: 2306 - Karma: 34
chill, $2 poles all the way
Mar 30 2010 8:51PM
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Ducky.
Posts: 5811 - Karma: 1,420
same here. feels weird without them most of the time
Mar 30 2010 8:52PM
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Joshua.
Posts: 2957 - Karma: 6,230
Fuck you for telling him to chill. I'm sick of poles vs no poles. go ask tgr, NS has had enough.
Mar 30 2010 8:53PM
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snowking249
Posts: 1452 - Karma: 34
while i agree that this topic is over debated. i have one more reason to add why i dont use poles most of the time. There are just times where poles get in the way, and without poles there is nothing to get in the way
Mar 30 2010 8:55PM
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SteevJee
Posts: 1916 - Karma: 144
you weren't here back around the 08 ( right after idea came out) season where you would always see no poles threads on the front page, and the debate was just dumb and pointless. To sum up all of those threads: DO WHAT YOU WANT!
Mar 30 2010 8:56PM
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Parrish
Posts: 8695 - Karma: 1,008
And there is a way to hold your Soda, your Sweedish Fish, your Girl Scout Cookies, or to throw a Frisbee or Football.

^All things which I do without poles
Mar 30 2010 8:57PM
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Gnarshred
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Mar 30 2010 8:59PM
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hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
wow what a new and insightful fucking topic!
Mar 30 2010 9:00PM
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woollygangster
Posts: 235 - Karma: 18
i am gonna do what i want i just wanted to see what other people were doing. like a census of what other people are doing. so chill out...
Mar 30 2010 9:01PM
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Scott0_robot0
Posts: 3291 - Karma: 212
hha another one of these threads wow but yea i use them i like to push a few times before hitting a feature it just makes me feel comfy for some reason i just get free poles from the rental shop
Mar 30 2010 9:03PM
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dreadyboy
Posts: 2306 - Karma: 34
chill
Mar 30 2010 9:04PM
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Freeskim@n
Posts: 732 - Karma: 203
I always use poles. Everything seems harder without poles. I only remove them for new tricks and handrags.
Mar 30 2010 9:11PM
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Spinoza
Posts: 12763 - Karma: 3,846
with.

i feel way more in control
Mar 30 2010 9:46PM
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thisisastickup
Posts: 597 - Karma: -24
Quality fucking post.

+K
Mar 30 2010 9:48PM
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finnajon5
Posts: 583 - Karma: 51
searchbar dude

use short poles, some people look retarted without poles it depends how good u are

long poles also look kinda retarted when ur in the air spinnign and grabbing while theres two long skinny metal things pokin out around (haha)
Mar 30 2010 9:55PM
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asapCferg
Posts: 3057 - Karma: 358
I agree. Once in a while I don't use em
Mar 30 2010 10:19PM
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Davy.Crockett
Posts: 5373 - Karma: 324
yeah i forgot my poles one day and it just didn't feel natural for me. also kinda scary. i guess eventually you would get used to it but for me poles are the way to go.
Mar 30 2010 10:23PM
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the-big-lepowski
Posts: 1212 - Karma: 541
original thread FTW             I'm bitter because that stupid milf took away my flirting thread, so this is garbage, delete it
Mar 30 2010 10:47PM
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Phil-X-
Posts: 7205 - Karma: 14,399
when i go to CO i use poles cause ill ride the whole mountain,
locally in IL and WI i dont cause its not even worth the extra weight
Mar 30 2010 10:54PM
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00_Koda
Posts: 922 - Karma: 270
Cool our jets bro there just poles not Toms clothes haha
Mar 30 2010 11:03PM
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00_Koda
Posts: 922 - Karma: 270
Your*
Mar 30 2010 11:05PM
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DUKES
Posts: 5150 - Karma: 691
without
Mar 30 2010 11:10PM
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ike.
Posts: 2292 - Karma: 93
I do both sometimes
Mar 30 2010 11:41PM
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Sklar
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Mar 30 2010 11:46PM
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J.DUKE
Posts: 1233 - Karma: 38
i usually ride with 38" poles all the time, unless its a pow day, then i use reg 46" for obvious reasons.

but for some reason ive been teleing in the park w/o poles. dont ask why, its just a thing i do
Mar 31 2010 12:15AM
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SteevJee
Posts: 1916 - Karma: 144
... I'm chill as a cucumber.
Mar 31 2010 12:16AM
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MNS
Posts: 5386 - Karma: 3,241
i heard your head blows up if you use one of them. i stick to using one pole to get the better of the two
Mar 31 2010 12:29AM
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B.Ski
Posts: 5 - Karma: 10
I do both, Without when I'm feeling lazy or working on grabs and with poles the rest of the time.
Mar 31 2010 1:03AM
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c4t_l0ver
Posts: 5485 - Karma: 810

read below

Mar 31 2010 1:12AM
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akennedy.
Posts: 13 - Karma: 13
I used to go no poles...tried with poles recently now I'm back in
Mar 31 2010 1:38AM
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Mr_pretzel
Posts: 4616 - Karma: 1,289
Poles for park
poles for steeps
No poles for playing around
No poles for powder
Mar 31 2010 11:12AM
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Jason^
Posts: 24 - Karma: 38
oh my goodness is this a sensitive subject for some of u? lol. i was originally a racer so i use my poles often. then i didnt use poles for a bit because it was a way to really get grabs better and it looks like u get the grab better too. but now i dont really need them but iv been doin a bunch of pole tricks on rails/jumps. sooo much fun!
Mar 31 2010 12:25PM
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antwone
Posts: 1352 - Karma: 157
i started jumping alot more this year and i really enjoy doing it without poles.

while doing 9 blunts with poles i happened to get my tail in my pole strap, then i wouldnt be able to get it out. so i would crash in the landing.
Mar 31 2010 12:29PM
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Shabangarang
Posts: 949 - Karma: 156
it seems aquared for me to spin with out poles like my hands are all over the place and i have more balence with poles.
Mar 31 2010 12:34PM
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Kangbang
Posts: 14211 - Karma: 423

sometimes poles and sometimes with out. poles are for dancers not skier. i heard that somewhere and i liked so i say it to my friends when they bug me about not using poles

Mar 31 2010 1:09PM
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FreeskierRocco.
Posts: 3740 - Karma: 91
I use poles. Short poles. cheap poles.
Mar 31 2010 1:12PM
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squaw-mpton
Posts: 19 - Karma: 10
who gets this worked up over a thread like tyhis? its not like you HAD to comment it. queer.
Mar 31 2010 4:44PM
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207
Posts: 8969 - Karma: 3,846
With poles.

Easier to get speed.

I don't know why but I balance better with poles too.
Mar 31 2010 4:45PM
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p-oskier
Posts: 1407 - Karma: 58

Same here  but since the last month I've always used my poles cause some young racers saw me without poles so they started not using them for park so now,  no pole skiing look really gay.

When you are not very good at park, usually no pole skiing makes you look bad cause you will not know what to do with your hands so they will most likely be waving everywhere. Anyways thats how I look at it.

Mar 31 2010 4:59PM
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