Replying to Poles vs no poles

I can't decide whether to free ski with or without poles so far I haven't used any but I recently got some and cute them pretty short to where my arm is fully extended but I haven't used them yet. But I can't decide on what looks better because I really like that no pole baggy phil casabon style but I also like baggy with poles at the same time some people also say it helps with balance and I just can't make my mind up? Another thing is why are the x games announcers so anal about people having no poles literally every run "here's jossi wells with no poles" like wtf is the big deal? Does anyone have opinions/answers?