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Home Made ski poles

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WVskiing
Posts: 3007 - Karma: 1,949
Ok, so my poles ar getting a little to short for me, but they have some bad ass grips on them and I love them. So instead of dropping like a 100$ on a new set, I am deciding to make my own and mix up.
So my question is, has any one here ever made a their own set and how? I really want to use wood and drill my old grips onto them. So NS, lemme hear your ideas.
Dec 5 2012 8:41PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
Why dont you just steal some like a real man? Idiot.
Dec 5 2012 8:43PM
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Round-Four
Posts: 1073 - Karma: 174
what are you using for the shaft / tip? inb4 sex jokes.
Dec 5 2012 8:43PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
My line pins were stolen....FU
Dec 5 2012 8:44PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
I steal like half of the poles I use, lets be honest here....we've all done it. I just embrace it as the natural way of things ya know?
Dec 5 2012 8:45PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
No bueno, man. No bueno.
Dec 5 2012 8:47PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
Man, fuck you. I can guarantee that you've stolen poles at least one. Fucking hypocrite.
Dec 5 2012 8:47PM
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kootenayklaus
Posts: 3914 - Karma: 2,179
The only poles you should steal are rentals. Poles don't need to be flashy, they just have to have functionality, AKA be able to be driven into the snow and be used to push around.
Dec 5 2012 8:55PM
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fillup
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 568
I can guarantee youre a d-bag for stealing.
Dec 5 2012 8:55PM
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jjdsteeze
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Dec 5 2012 8:56PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
EVERYONE FUCKING DOES IT. Jesus your all a bunch of shallow hypocrites, fuck.
Dec 5 2012 8:57PM
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GEORGEzimmerman
Posts: 1473 - Karma: 440
i spiral electric tape all up my poles since i just use these old short ones that get the job done. if someone stole mine id find them and hurt them cus thats lame
Dec 5 2012 8:58PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
Very threatening my dude, I'm scared shitless.
Dec 5 2012 8:59PM
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WVskiing
Posts: 3007 - Karma: 1,949
Eat a dick Smelly Asian

Does anyone have any good tips?
Dec 5 2012 9:08PM
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fillup
Posts: 4904 - Karma: 568
Obviously not everyone does. And justifying taking someone elses shit because you think everyone does is a lame ass excuse.

Dec 5 2012 9:08PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
I usually just suck them...but I'm down to try something new I guess!
Dec 5 2012 9:08PM
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jjdsteeze
Posts: 2562 - Karma: 4,136
seen kids make em out of golf club shafts, not sure how good they work though
Dec 5 2012 9:09PM
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TheSmellyAsian
Posts: 41 - Karma: 4
This kid knows what the fuck is UP! MAH DEWD!
Dec 5 2012 9:11PM
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Kjell
Posts: 434 - Karma: 100
I'd go for bamboo, if you can get your hands on some quality bamboo I'm sure it would be pretty good pole material.  As for the point, well maybe just get reall ghetto on the situation and duck tape a screw?
Dec 7 2012 6:47AM
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Bateman
Posts: 8593 - Karma: 8,600
i fucking hate you with every inch of my being.
Dec 7 2012 9:12AM
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Trojan~Man
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also for incentive : boobs.

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Dec 7 2012 9:40AM
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Newschool_Pope
Posts: 2473 - Karma: 267
some bastard stole one of my line. got me so pissed. why the fuck stal 1 pole? he should have taken both at least. fuck those stealing wankers.
Dec 7 2012 10:18AM
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Cthulhu
Posts: 528 - Karma: 21
they're the only poles ill use. what I do which works quite well for me is A) find an old set of poles, cut them to desired length. B) using a thick shoe/skate lace make a strap that is the right length and opening size etc. C) feed the leash end of the strap down into the inside of the pole, then tape up a comfortable grip with hockey tape. (on one set I actually put a small marble on the top of the pole to round it off making it easier to tape, whatever works for you).
Dec 7 2012 10:47AM
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CT_CREW
Posts: 671 - Karma: 3,520
remove grips from current poles.....place in vice and pull, or stick through crack in a door and pull. find rental poles cut to length and put old grips on. profit?
Dec 7 2012 11:05AM
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Craigskis
Posts: 6650 - Karma: 1,645
Somehow I feel like saying "The Faunt got bigger" seems appropriate here haha

So much winning +K
Dec 7 2012 11:44AM
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Steeze_Minister
Posts: 1432 - Karma: 240
I have forgotten my poles before and just went to the woods and found some nice length sticks, caveman status
Dec 7 2012 11:58AM
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Pow.yuHdig*
Posts: 1903 - Karma: 146
i took grips off of shitty poles and put them on a pair of poles i liked

i found 2 girps and 2 poles i liked around my house and lost and founds and if you heat up the grip a little it and then use a door to pull it off (figure it out) you can put the grip on another pole if its to small you can cut the pole so it fits aslong as it doesnt make it to short to use and if its to big u gotta figure somthing out but it worked for me
Dec 7 2012 2:03PM
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One.2
Posts: 674 - Karma: 3,310
DUDE FUCK YOU IVE NEVER STOLEN A PAIR OF POLES I INVESTED IN A NICE PAIR THAT IVE HAD FOR A WHILE. What your doing is immoral. Its wrong, and its hurting other people. You should feel horrible. Nobody steals poles besides you. Plus saying everybody does it as an argument is the fallacy of popular appeal. Booom ethics class. (if you dont know what that means look it up you fucking under schooled retard)
Dec 7 2012 4:06PM
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Pancake_Fucker
Posts: 1843 - Karma: 1,923
I usually just ask the hill to borrow some children's poles for park. Then I never return them. Bought some bamboo ones to five bucks too.
Dec 7 2012 4:12PM
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I.B
Posts: 8137 - Karma: 24,353
Yeah, kinda this. I've never stolen poles either...

I've had my poles stolen though. and it fucking sucks.
Dec 7 2012 4:14PM
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YouAllSuck
Posts: 632 - Karma: 1,177
i had some old poles that were extras from when i had broken the other one, and cut them down to the size i wanted. I painted them, and on one of them used some gorilla glue and duct tape to get the basket to stay. Then i cut down some old corks from wine bottles, and shoved those into the ends of the poles. For grips i used some old MTB grips, then to attach the straps I screwed through the strap and into the cork to hold them in place. So far they have worked great.
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Dec 7 2012 7:46PM
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NinetyFour
Posts: 8650 - Karma: 13,411
Those are dope as shit. Really digging the cork handles.
Dec 7 2012 7:52PM
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