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How did you get your poles?

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Turd.Ferguson
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So me and my buds were talking about how we got our poles and some of the ways we got them were classic. they involved stealing them out of kids hands and while they were at lunch. I wanna hear how you guys got your poles. best storys get +k
Nov 3 2013 6:15PM
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
one time some park rat got caught stealing poles from the mountain I worked at and proceeded to get his ass kicked by the person who owned the poles.
Nov 4 2013 12:23AM
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kim_jong_ill
Posts: 1019 - Karma: 3,147
I bought a pair of cheap 25$ composite leopard print poles online and cut them down. Weird but awesome poles.
Nov 4 2013 12:44AM
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Shredsterr
Posts: 2090 - Karma: 6,930
I think basically if you steal other skiers shit because you're too god damn lazy to buy your own, then you're what's wrong with the freeski community.
Nov 4 2013 12:48AM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 1,989
It's not the laziness thats wrong here, it's the entitlement.

"Heyo imma gonna steel dese lil kidz pols rite here n no1 gonna say sheet cus i own dis hill"
Nov 4 2013 12:56AM
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2_fadez
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oxymoron
Nov 4 2013 12:56AM
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Shredsterr
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Haha exactly. Unfourtunately there are some people that make us all look like assholes.
Nov 4 2013 1:02AM
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gcp
Posts: 184 - Karma: 806
One time at bear mtn I forgot poles so I went to the lost and found and said "i lost my poles". the person behind the counter was all, "im going to need more information than that". i returned "black scott poles about yey long" *held up hands*. From under the counter he pulls out a pair of poles that matched my exact description. ended up using them all season.

moral of the story: everytime you go to a ski hill, hit the lost and found and pop off the most generic ski pole description you can think of, 50/50 you go home with a new pair of poles.
Nov 4 2013 2:10AM
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pelle_munch
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Go to information center, ask to borrow poles for the day, don't bring them back, replace baskets with $ signs, replace grips with bike grips, good to go :)

Don't buy ski poles
Nov 4 2013 2:22AM
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Finkle
Posts: 959 - Karma: 850
So you and your friends stole poles out of kids hands while they were at lunch? OP is a thief. And somehow stole poles, from kids holding poles, while eating.
Nov 4 2013 2:26AM
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ErryB
Posts: 138 - Karma: 1,685
i just think it's plain embarrassing for the creator of this forum, seriously you stole them out of a kids hands at lunch! It's a fucking little kid you probably scared the shit out of him you cunt, seriously are you that much a dickhead that you need to steal poles from a kid. I remember when my poles got nicked from outside mid station when i was skiing, seriously who needs to steal poles! get a job you bums
Nov 4 2013 2:53AM
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ErryB
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i just think it's plain embarrassing for the creator of this forum, seriously you stole them out of a kids hands at lunch! It's a fucking little kid you probably scared the shit out of him you cunt, seriously are you that much a dickhead that you need to steal poles from a kid. I remember when my poles got nicked from outside mid station when i was skiing, seriously who needs to steal poles! get a job you bums
Nov 4 2013 2:53AM
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gravel
Posts: 5518 - Karma: 42,202
I won my poles at a Level 1 premiere. For you Colorado ski bums, if you go up to the base of Peak 8 on Breck at like 11pm, there are always poles left behind on the ski racks. I don't know why nobody picks them up and puts them in the lost and found.
Nov 4 2013 3:13AM
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BonanzaCru
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at the north pole ofc
Nov 4 2013 4:54AM
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Caspaaa
Posts: 4830 - Karma: 1,466
Don't steal kids fucking poles. For all you know you could be stealing another NSers poles that he paid for. I had my poles stolen at Canon mountain last season and it pissed me off. Luckily a friend of mine had an extra pair cause otherwise I wouldn't have bought any.

If you're a ski bum who HAS to steal ski poles cause you don't have the money to buy them, steal rentals, don't steal from someone who might be in the same situation as you and not able to purchase a replacement pair.
Nov 4 2013 7:46AM
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ABalls
Posts: 2091 - Karma: 3,754
I grew some in my pole garden
Nov 4 2013 8:36AM
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danderson.
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Nov 4 2013 9:17AM
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Dibs
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ordered some joysticks online. before that i always just used whatever i could find though and cut them down to size.
Nov 4 2013 9:44AM
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bfulmer
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went to the sugarloaf dump and found some Kastle poles from the 80's, cut em down to jib poles and put on some other retro grips I found. Got in trouble for not having baskets on them while I was at Lost Valley (pretty lame lifty called me out), so they gave me some shitty ones from the rental shop.
Nov 4 2013 9:48AM
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TheDoughAbides
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geartrade
Nov 4 2013 10:10AM
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k3ndall.goodman
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the internet...
Nov 4 2013 10:18AM
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The_Polock
Posts: 345 - Karma: 1,280
Find poles that say Goode on them and get them by any means possible.  The best pole out there by far! 
Nov 4 2013 10:43AM
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Jakey.
Posts: 333 - Karma: 3,006
there i was, sitting on the crescent structure they call "chair" with a cpu in my lap. I went in the inter web and bought pole.
Nov 4 2013 11:03AM
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snomaster
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Rental poles left behind outside when it's after 7pm are fair game. Big mtn everyday riding I'm with blue, jib/bump skiing I rock greens.
Nov 4 2013 11:21AM
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Backyard.Skier
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i pro order all of mine...

so 60% off
Nov 4 2013 11:31AM
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Daph
Posts: 5978 - Karma: 5,009
I don't typically ski with poles, but when I do its with a random pair I found in the back of my car that nobody has claimed, or a pair I found at the bottom of my lift that sat there for 2 weeks so I figured they were up for grabs.
Nov 4 2013 11:35AM
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.nasty
Posts: 10581 - Karma: 11,150
well the last pair of poles I got were some line pin poles that the CO Line rep literally threw at me to take. lol
Nov 4 2013 11:40AM
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Bar_Down
Posts: 5896 - Karma: 395
I bought mine off Iannick B at momentum a while back lol
Nov 4 2013 12:32PM
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Phommy
Posts: 107 - Karma: 95
who skis with poles
Nov 4 2013 12:40PM
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Karma_Police
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Unlike most of you park rats I actually USE my poles and thus need a telescoping pole for touring. Can I get away with using rental pieces of shit? Sure, but it sucks.

Also OP if you've ever skied powder (unlikely judging by the rest of your ignorant posts about stealing kids poles) you'll know you need/want powder baskets, and a pole that fits you. I'm 6' 3" and need a big pole. You find me a free one and I'll use it. Or if you know how to use the internet you can get them for pretty cheap.
Nov 4 2013 12:43PM
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Turkelton
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more story needed
Nov 4 2013 12:47PM
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
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Preach it brother
Nov 4 2013 12:52PM
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Migo
Posts: 528 - Karma: 1,741
I lost my poles at my local mountain and proceeded to go to lost and found. I said, "hey i lost my poles do you have any?" The guy pulls out this giant barrel of poles, then asks me if they are in there. While I was looking I didn't find mine, but instead found some sick armada poles. Ended up saying the armada poles were mine and walked home with a brand new pair of armada poles. Pretty cool i'd say
Nov 4 2013 1:05PM
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last_tango
Posts: 2635 - Karma: 2,665
older guy in his 50's (I know the guy. He is a 20 year old kid stuck in a old mans body) found the kid (about 18 years old) skiing with them down towards baker lodge at sunday river and said they were his and refused to give them back. Kid got punched in the face and he took his poles back while public security watched and didn't do a thing knowing that the kid deserved what was coming to him.
Nov 4 2013 1:21PM
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Sir.Steezealot
Posts: 1156 - Karma: 677
I bring an axe to the mountain and whenever I need poles I just go into the woods and chop two trees down.
Nov 4 2013 1:42PM
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BigScaryLarry
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so i had a pair of poles that i found one under the lift and one in the woods they were a nice pair of line poles that i gave to a student cuz i didnt use them. my park poles are my younger cousins that he out grew and my pow/work poles are pole from when my mom was a kid
Nov 4 2013 1:44PM
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Alexhiglo
Posts: 260 - Karma: 1,083
Your mom bought me my poles
Nov 4 2013 2:12PM
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Mr.Coull
Posts: 127 - Karma: 154
I watched this old lady yard sale on some ice from the ski lift. She went down pretty hard and she still wasn't up when I got down. I grabbed her poles which were a hundred hards up from her body and skied down to her but she was crying and yelling at me. I skied by ignoring her begs for help. I broke them that same day
Nov 4 2013 2:21PM
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PM4FreeJiberish
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Nov 4 2013 2:21PM
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Pipe_Munky
Posts: 10888 - Karma: 2,184
you're a huge douchebag.
you deserve to have your skis stolen while you're at lunch
Nov 4 2013 2:38PM
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Turkelton
Posts: 2829 - Karma: 8,558
you shit
Nov 4 2013 2:43PM
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JAHBRADOR
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I havent got new poles in a couple of years. I still have the same ones from when i was a kid. My mom bought me some ski poles and i was stoked to have them. I had a sick day. I went to the lodge for lunch and then this big fucking fat gaper steals my poles right out my hands. I never saw him again to this day.

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Nov 4 2013 3:22PM
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BrennenM
Posts: 129 - Karma: 1,012
I had used the same poles for like six years, just bending them back whenever damaged until i snapped one in half on a jump. I went into my basement one day and found a pair of poles from around the 60's when my parents used them growing up…..thats the story of my ski poles
Nov 4 2013 3:34PM
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Cire
Posts: 54 - Karma: 9
Bought a pair in my local shop
Nov 4 2013 4:34PM
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J_BISCHOF
Posts: 2082 - Karma: 1,449
what a bunch of fucking scumbags
Nov 4 2013 4:37PM
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theblackrod
Posts: 2162 - Karma: 575
$25 for poles is cheap...
Nov 4 2013 4:43PM
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Shredability
Posts: 2756 - Karma: 501
Yah man, I stole mine from kids too.

Actually I stole my skis from kids as well.
Nov 4 2013 4:44PM
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Peter.
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had some and they got stolen, so the next day i just kept the poles that my sister rented
Nov 4 2013 5:04PM
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AScaccianoce
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$5-torin yater wallace's own poles
windells pro sale
Nov 4 2013 5:11PM
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Lemuel
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Had a dope pair of Scott's that cost like $85 back early high school, broke one. (I actually just cut down the other one by 10 inches haha).

Used a variety of old poles that were in my garage. I got a $25 gift card to a shop from my sister one year for Christmas and bought the Armada poles that have the really good grips (most of you know which ones I'm talking about). Used them for a while, mostly on pow days but stopped using them because little shits were trying to steal the grips every day.

Started using junior gs poles with giant pow baskets this year. They were dope until some dick decided to use them and lost one of my gangster baskets. Probably not going to find another old school pow basket to match so those poles are backups now.

I just cut down my old expensive remaining Scott to the length of my remaining Armada and now I have two mis-matched poles with good grips.

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Nov 4 2013 5:22PM
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DR.SHRED
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10 bucks for 2 sets of bamboo poles at a thrift store is what im gonna be using this year but previous years were winning them, and rental poles. the head rental poles are solid
Nov 4 2013 5:27PM
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