Thanks to everybody for their support on this topic. For those of you who scoff at the $85 price tag, consider this: Your $30 poles are manufactured in China (manufacturing in China costs about 75% less than in the US), made by someone who doesn't give a #%&! about skiing, and made with aluminum or carbon that requires lots of energy and produces toxic waste in its manufacturing process. Even the $220 Swix Race poles are made in China and break rather easily. Panda Poles are lovingly hand-crafted in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah by freeskiers and mountain mystics. Not only are they manufactured with love, and made from more sustainable materials, but they come with the world's first Zero-Drag Powder Basket--which shreds deep pow traverses, but won't snag in trees--and are "The most durable intergalactic ski poles in the Galaxy!", coming with a "Single-Season" 180 day warranty. They are used by some of the World's best skiers including Oakley White-Allen, Mark Abma, Chris Turpin, Julian Carr, Dylan Hood, Ian McIntosh, Chopo Diaz, Drew Tabke, Mati Imbert, Angel Collinson, Johnny Collinson, and Kasha Rigby, and have been tested under some of the harshest conditions. We understand using $5 goodwill poles, as that's what we used before we created Panda Poles, but if you want to have a more conscious ski experience, you've gotta try Pandas. Oh, and did we mention that they have crazy sex appeal...They are available on demo at Twin Peaks Rental and Repair in Cottonwood Heights, UT. Purchase @ PandaPoles.com
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