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Snowboarding with poles....

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manbear
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So where does it say that snowboarders can't use poles.....?   I've been using poles and they've been way helpful especially in the powder and on the cat tracks. Plus you don't ever have to unstrap to get on and off lifts.  You can pole wack just like the skiiers all day long!  Oh and did I mention they're hella stylish...hahah. Does anybody else use them while snowboarding? or have any buddies who do?  START THE REVOLUTION! 
Jan 25 2011 2:16AM
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BITS
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welcome to NS. It's
Jan 25 2011 2:22AM
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BITS
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* a skiing community
Jan 25 2011 2:23AM
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ShredAZ
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Inb4 excessive hate.
Jan 25 2011 2:24AM
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Drail
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while yes, you probably will get a lot of hate from NS for what you have said - the people who will hate on you are probably not snowboarders, don't leave the park (therefor not really NEEDING poles themselves) and are scared of the unknown.

Over the past few years I have slowly had more snowboard friends ride with poles. Where I first started seeing it was cat skiing guides who were snowboarders, and over time more of my friends have and are keeping their poles in their hands on the way down the mountain.

I do a lot of backcountry skiing, so simple mountain travel is the key reason for them to keep their poles in their hands. Especially when riding with skiers. In bounds, I don't really see a point - unless your hills flow sucks - but in the backcountry, it makes getting around so much easier for a snowboarder. Personally, I don't know why the hell they just see the light and keep their split board split, but hey - to each their own.
Jan 25 2011 2:40AM
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HalfandHalf
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trololololo
Jan 25 2011 3:14AM
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Emma_Watson
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I say snowboarder's can't use poles.
Jan 25 2011 8:27AM
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Evilchris
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this guy knows what's up.
Jan 25 2011 8:38AM
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EvanMeyer
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dont feed the troll
Jan 25 2011 9:19AM
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ChristianJames
Posts: 214 - Karma: 19
snowboarder with poles is like an asian woman in nascar...
Jan 25 2011 9:31AM
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Bi-ShredinalGuy
Posts: 1075 - Karma: 321
i snowboard also and i find poles to be very burdensom on a board.. but thats just me
Jan 25 2011 9:40AM
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Aerozol
Posts: 1124 - Karma: 488

'trololololo' implies that this troll is funny, which is categorically wrong.

Jan 25 2011 9:54AM
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Nick_P
Posts: 321 - Karma: 89
snowboarders and poles. gay.
Jan 25 2011 9:54AM
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jfxphoto
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word!


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Jan 25 2011 10:03AM
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KDawgMillionare
Posts: 123 - Karma: 6
Haha my snowboarding friends always use poels
Jan 25 2011 10:11AM
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mr.k2
Posts: 504 - Karma: 156
yes this is a Skiing community but if this dude likes boarding with poles, it seems like it would be super cumberson, but power to him.
Jan 25 2011 11:24AM
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yuck
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very unsuccessful troll is very unsuccessful
Jan 25 2011 11:40AM
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Heart
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i lold
Jan 25 2011 12:37PM
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monkatizer
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ok, skiiers invented poles, dont steal the idea, and if i ever see a boarder with poles(that arnt just using one of their friends for a sec) i would take them and throw em in the woods.
Jan 25 2011 12:46PM
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.Roockley.
Posts: 3864 - Karma: 4,078
then you will will probably end up being beaten down to the floor, don't be a dick
Jan 25 2011 1:23PM
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GayWolf420
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Oh yeah? Snowboarders helped influence freeskiing and invented baggy clothing which us skiers love to wear.
Jan 25 2011 1:26PM
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304NordMan
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Oh shit. A controversial topic IN a controversial thread. Well done, Theron. Well done.
Jan 25 2011 1:41PM
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GayWolf420
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YO DAWG I HEARD YOU LIEK CONTROVERSIAL TOPICS SO I PUT A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC INSIDE OF CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC SO YOU CAN DEBATE A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC WHILE YOU DEBATE A CONTROVERSIAL TOPIC.
Jan 25 2011 1:47PM
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Bonzalo
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Since when snowboarders invented baggy clothing?.
Jan 25 2011 1:50PM
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GayWolf420
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Since they've been 3 - 5 years ahead of us...which is forever almost.
Jan 25 2011 1:53PM
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monkatizer
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freeskiing was around before snowboarding i saw some video or thread proving it, i ll try to find it
Jan 25 2011 1:56PM
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Bonzalo
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Snowboarders didn´t invented baggy clothing, they started wearing it 3 - 5 years ago.
Jan 25 2011 1:58PM
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GayWolf420
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Oh yeah? I really don't know what I'm talking about. But why the fuck would snowboarders use poles? Isn't balance a key part in snowboarding?
Jan 25 2011 2:01PM
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monkatizer
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Jan 25 2011 2:03PM
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Bonzalo
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Touring, cat tracks, and dunno.
Jan 25 2011 2:04PM
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.frenchy
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Strapping in takes such little effort.. Hahah

Jan 25 2011 2:11PM
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.squirrely.
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three word game?



*where you can
Jan 25 2011 4:14PM
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Drail
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please refer to my post above. come out to the kootenays and you'd be surprised as to how many skiers use poles while in the mountains (no - i'm not talking in bounds - that's silly).

I understand though that most of you don't have mountains, nor do you touch powder or the backcountry... so I accept that you say he's trolling and completely ignoring my points towards poles being beneficial for snowboarders. I used to be an east coast park rat - it's not your fault.
Jan 25 2011 4:20PM
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Drail
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*hate on everything
Jan 25 2011 4:23PM
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Skithedeep
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sounds practical, but really dumb at the same time. I wanna see a video of a boarder throwin down with poles. Its gotta look weird
Jan 25 2011 4:49PM
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Peach.
Posts: 3879 - Karma: 933

He is a troll. He has two posts and just look at his icon.

However snowboarders useing poles is nothing new to me. I wish they would I wouldn't have drop poles for them on cat tracks. This is coming from a kid who would rather ski trees and what the midwest thinks qualifys as chutes then park any day.

Jan 25 2011 4:56PM
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Troy.
Posts: 5070 - Karma: 12,549
I don't see any reason why not. I feel it might be awkward because on a board you are facing the side and to use the poles you would have to rotate your body.
Jan 25 2011 5:25PM
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emilyskis
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I'm a little confused on how poles would even be helpful on a snowboard (unless you were on flat ground.)

but to each his own.
Jan 25 2011 5:29PM
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tuna.
Posts: 2627 - Karma: 111
there's a guy at schweitzer that shreds so fucking hard with poles, he's referred to in my family as "the legend."
Jan 25 2011 5:29PM
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RubberSoul
Posts: 11249 - Karma: 14,642
no offense but how old are you people?? started wearing it 3-5 years ago, is that a joke? snowboarders didnt invent baggy clothing, and they started wearing it a lot longer than 5 years ago. jesus
Jan 25 2011 7:03PM
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BASEDaL
Posts: 1413 - Karma: 70
hahahahahahahaha
Jan 25 2011 7:07PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
you dont need poles

i dont use poles and i dont ski park.

poles are a crutch, if you drop em you get better at skiing.
Jan 25 2011 7:11PM
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manbear
Posts: 27 - Karma: 10
I'll post some videos when I get home from work today and you can judge if it looks weird.  My buddy says it looks cool but at least from my perspective it FEELS definately out of place. But today was a sick powder day and they definately came in handy so I'm thinking, use them for powder days but that one guy is right that there really is no need for park or crap snow days.  Except for style bonus points of course.  Am I still a troll if I legit use poles while boarding??
Jan 25 2011 7:35PM
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manbear
Posts: 27 - Karma: 10
Oh man, it's like Alta all over again....  I figured you guys might accept me into your community if I started using poles, guess not...
Jan 25 2011 7:40PM
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Frankensteeze
Posts: 89 - Karma: 14
WRONG
Jan 25 2011 7:45PM
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RubberSoul
Posts: 11249 - Karma: 14,642
please rest assured douches like that are the minority on this site.. well, not douches, douches are probably the majority on this site, but snowboard haters arent so common
Jan 25 2011 8:30PM
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neutralzombie
Posts: 8629 - Karma: 606
lol. i used poles once on a flat trail between runs and it was difficult. let me tell you. haha
Jan 25 2011 9:26PM
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neutralzombie
Posts: 8629 - Karma: 606
......with a snowboard......
Jan 25 2011 9:26PM
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MeriC
Posts: 24 - Karma: 10
Skiboarding?
Jan 25 2011 9:31PM
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arandomname
Posts: 1989 - Karma: 18

I don't think skiers copy snowboarders, I think both skiers and snowboarders copy black people.  Just think about it... Baggy clothes: from black people (they used to do it more back in the day, now they wear lots of tighter clothes which is my next topic).  Tight clothes: they do it a lot now, sag their tight jeans below their ass and wear skin tight shirts and whatnot; skiers are now starting to wear tighter snow pants while sagging those pants too, and some wear pretty tight/smallish jackets along with it, but mainly just the pants.  And lastly, rap music: we all know that comes from black people.

So enough of this skier vs. snowboarder crap, its just skiers and snowboarders... copying black people.

Jan 25 2011 9:44PM
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charmander
Posts: 10636 - Karma: 370
you're an idiot.

drop your poles and go ski powder then report back here.

you probably ski park anyways...
Jan 25 2011 9:47PM
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