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Poles or no Poles?

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Steazelweazel
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Hey NS,
I personally ski park without because the poles I bought are way too long for it, however doing all mountain i always ski with poles. Main reason I ski without in park is because I fell on my poles a few times and injured my ribs. What about you guys?

**This thread was edited on Apr 16th 2014 at 9:32:28am
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Apr 16 2014 7:42AM
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Nacho+
Posts: 3748 - Karma: 7,791
Op likes poles
Apr 16 2014 7:50AM
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Nacho+
Posts: 3748 - Karma: 7,791
Big, Long, Poles
Apr 16 2014 7:50AM
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CashmereCat
Posts: 2211 - Karma: 2,394
It depends on what I'm skiing that day, of it's mainly rails then I won't use them, but if it's anything else I normally will.
Apr 16 2014 8:42AM
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mik0tsi
Posts: 252 - Karma: 2,538
i usually use repoles but if you reuse the research the rebutton you should refind this exact rethread like million times
Apr 16 2014 8:53AM
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caderobinson
Posts: 1193 - Karma: 4,770
I got in the habbit of not using poles. But plan to use them next year
Apr 16 2014 8:58AM
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LamieJ
Posts: 1008 - Karma: 2,591
I use like 28cm childrens poles. They're long enough to help me push myself around but short enough to be out of the way. I love them, even though they're absolutely beat to shit
Apr 16 2014 9:05AM
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Jakey.
Posts: 332 - Karma: 3,004
both
Apr 16 2014 9:31AM
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drumbumocdp
Posts: 3229 - Karma: 1,098
I lost my poles at the beginning of the season, started skiing park with out them and I feel like I can lock grabs much more consistently, and overall feel better with out them. I borrow rental poles on pow days though
Apr 16 2014 10:37AM
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tomPietrowski
Posts: 7137 - Karma: 17,392
Poles for serious riding, I dont mind no poles if Im just cruising around, but powder, moguls, fast riding ect deffinatly need poles. Its easy to loose style with no poles too, so its good to keep mixing it up.
Apr 16 2014 10:43AM
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skier58284
Posts: 1705 - Karma: 5,365
I always ski with poles. I don't ski park and I ski almost entirely off-piste (except when the conditions suck). When I lived in Minnesota I sometimes skied without poles, and I didn't start using poles until 8 years after I started skiing. On groomers I'm indifferent as to whether or not I have poles, but off-piste they are very useful.
Apr 16 2014 10:48AM
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Mids
Posts: 406 - Karma: 1,283
Major repost but whatever...

I like to ski park with no poles, makes me feel free.
Apr 16 2014 11:35AM
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johnblaze
Posts: 1466 - Karma: 2,572
I think you are a fucking moron who should snowboard.
Apr 16 2014 11:36AM
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MLJ
Posts: 1849 - Karma: 3,649
caderobinsonhabbit


Hobbit?
Apr 16 2014 11:58AM
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littlelyonsman
Posts: 181 - Karma: 365
I rock the poles. line makes sweet park poles
Apr 16 2014 12:03PM
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elm.
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 13,427
only use poles if i'm skiing on my powder skis.
Apr 16 2014 6:08PM
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Jakeasaur1234
Posts: 43 - Karma: 268
If you cannot control your arms while skiing park please do us all a favor and get poles. No one wants to see your funky interpretive dance movements when spinning out of rails.
Apr 16 2014 7:44PM
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haggis_hunter
Posts: 399 - Karma: 207
Jakeasaur1234If you cannot control your arms while skiing park please do us all a favor and get poles. No one wants to see your funky interpretive dance movements when spinning out of rails.


And this is why I have poles, being 6'4 I look like a drunken octopus otherwise.
Apr 17 2014 1:44PM
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ABalls
Posts: 2091 - Karma: 3,754
I don't use poles anywhere anymore. Little death sticks.
Apr 17 2014 2:16PM
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NMMedia
Posts: 982 - Karma: 1,700
My balance on tricks in the air feels super off if I don't have poles, so most of the time I use them. But when it comes to rail days I can go either way and it doesn't really seem to make a difference.
Apr 17 2014 3:50PM
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.lencon
Posts: 6753 - Karma: 17,183
Powder/backcountry= poles
Park n crap= pole free
Apr 17 2014 7:37PM
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rickmorty
Posts: 29 - Karma: 34
Lordf*And this is why I have poles, being 6'4 I look like a drunken octopus otherwise.



I know this feel.
Apr 18 2014 2:46AM
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Randel
Posts: 123 - Karma: 178
Another thread about poles -__-

Use them if you want, don't if you don't.
Apr 18 2014 10:18PM
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G_B
Posts: 786 - Karma: 3,006
I dont use them a lot when i am skiing jumps, only because i have taken some bad falls and broken ribs, and broke my nose, but on rails i usually do because it gives me better balance
Apr 18 2014 10:31PM
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YouAllSuck
Posts: 632 - Karma: 1,177
For a while I used poles all the time, then I landed a bit off balance on a jump, I pole planted accidentally on the landing and hit myself in the face pretty hard.
I still use them sometimes but not all the time.
Apr 19 2014 2:55PM
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moosevision
Posts: 140 - Karma: 214
I don't really care but I think poles looks way way better no poles look sketchy and awkward in my opinion anyways. But really who cares if you don't wanna use poles don't screw the haters like me haha
Apr 19 2014 7:49PM
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chuckmarty
Posts: 344 - Karma: 448
For park+jibs around the mountain I don't use poles. For everything else I use poles.
Apr 20 2014 3:40PM
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