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The use of shorter poles dooming us to being hunch backs?

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daOyster
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With park poles becoming shorter every year now, half of us still use them to push off with. Are we all doomed to become hunch backs as we start to lean over more and more to push off with our poles?
May 14 2012 10:46PM
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Stickity
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or we could just develop incredible no-pole steeze
May 14 2012 10:49PM
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edai
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My approach. I have impeccable posture.
May 14 2012 10:54PM
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roddy116
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lol i dont think that we are hunched over long enough to getting a hunch back.

May 14 2012 10:54PM
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daOyster
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Or maybe we will develop massive guerrilla steeze with our every-day tasks.
May 14 2012 10:54PM
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james6345789
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bend with the knees, son
May 14 2012 10:55PM
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roddy116
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or sit in the backseat
May 14 2012 10:56PM
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NinetyFour
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gorilla steeze COOKING. gorilla steeze SHITTING. gorilla steeze SHOPPING. gorilla steeze FUCKING.
May 14 2012 10:59PM
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daOyster
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Imagine the grease burns from making bacon.
May 14 2012 11:00PM
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84891jnf92048
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thats because you're 10 and haven't had time to get hunched over yet.
May 14 2012 11:02PM
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I.Am.Lorde.
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shit. just. got. real. I think we are going to have to see a rebuttal from said 10 year old
May 14 2012 11:20PM
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NinetyFour
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Mmmmm Bacon.

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May 14 2012 11:25PM
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AGOF
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i have decent sized poles for park, but ive really gotten into gorilla steeze. its just so fun

May 14 2012 11:27PM
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84891jnf92048
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that must look really weird, all hunched over with huge sticks sticking out on either side of uou
May 14 2012 11:28PM
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edai
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Well nobody really gets hunched until they're pushing 30, if you do you probably have some serious problems you need to deal with.

If you're spending enough time in the park with mini poles to develop a hunch, you're doing it wrong.
May 14 2012 11:30PM
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I.Am.Lorde.
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is that a gay joke... haha jk
May 14 2012 11:31PM
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AGOF
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i use 40 inch poles, not long by any means, but not like retarded park rat short

May 14 2012 11:37PM
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Oldmann1584
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buy longers poles then.....
May 14 2012 11:42PM
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Peter.
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hahahahahah you definitely look like an idiot if you are trying to look steezy
May 14 2012 11:44PM
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AGOF
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i like to be able to pole plant.
May 14 2012 11:51PM
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250r
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yea thats not even that long, its what i use for park. I broke my park poles so now i just always use my BD touring poles, park days ill have it at 100cm (40"), in the trees 105cm, and on big lines 110ish
May 15 2012 12:08AM
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WI_Personallty
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I have my polls cut to 39 or 40 inches and tom me its like perfect height to where I don't hunch to push and they don't get in the way.
May 15 2012 12:18PM
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kingskier
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i saw someone at this competition recently that literally had 30 cm tall poles, granted he wasnt very tall but he couldnt even touch the ground with them
May 15 2012 12:27PM
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daOyster
Posts: 329 - Karma: 298
Mine are around 40cm I think but they fit perfect for me where I just have to bend like an inch down to touch if I put my hands on top of the poles. This was more aimed at the kids that have poles like 30 cm.
May 15 2012 4:28PM
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Malcolm
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Just push off with your palms, it's like having two pimp canes.
May 15 2012 4:35PM
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.Tom.
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If this isn't in someones sig within 10 minutes I'll be disappointed and shocked.
May 15 2012 4:43PM
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daOyster
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That's exactly what I usually do.
May 15 2012 7:06PM
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