So I had luxury of going to the mountain with my homie Goepper. I have the explanation for him not having poles today at x games finals. He was planning on using poles until we were running a little bit late and as we were rushing out of the car he locked not only his poles but his keys in the car. The time was 11 and he wanted to get up to practice so he decided to just go with out the poles. He wanted to keep it core but he needed to get out to the course. Sorry for the mess up but he will potentially being using poles in the future... Peace
P.S.
Nicks sends his condolences for ruining the sport that you all love so much.