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Poles

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Manswanseth
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Is it harder to do tricks with poles? Both jumps and rails.
Dec 12 2017 10:29AM
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Psullivan
Posts: 43 - Karma: 176
If there short enough that the lifties ask you whats to point of having poles that small anything is possible
Dec 12 2017 10:33AM
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cxsimir
Posts: 19 - Karma: 57
I feel like grabs are easier without poles. However, I prefer doing rail tricks with poles.
Dec 12 2017 10:35AM
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Andi_G
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Grabs are easier without for sure. After that just kinda depends on how comfortable you are with or without them
Dec 12 2017 10:40AM
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search4freshies
Posts: 358 - Karma: 1,335
Personal Opinion; only time it's acceptable to ski w/out poles is when your hiking/sessioning a feature in the park. And I mean proper fitting poles, not those little kid, arms straight down and they're still not touching the snow bullshit.
Dec 12 2017 12:42PM
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Psullivan
Posts: 43 - Karma: 176
search4freshiesPersonal Opinion; only time it's acceptable to ski w/out poles is when your hiking/sessioning a feature in the park. And I mean proper fitting poles, not those little kid, arms straight down and they're still not touching the snow bullshit.


I mean if you like stabbing yourself with your pole then by all means, you do you
Dec 12 2017 3:16PM
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search4freshies
Posts: 358 - Karma: 1,335
PsullivanI mean if you like stabbing yourself with your pole then by all means, you do you


If you are at risk of STABBING YOURSELF with a ski pole, you need to seriously re-evaluate your skiing technique. But I'll double down on your sentiment; you do you. Just do me a solid and do it far away from me, you sound reckless.
Dec 12 2017 3:21PM
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Psullivan
Posts: 43 - Karma: 176
search4freshiesIf you are at risk of STABBING YOURSELF with a ski pole, you need to seriously re-evaluate your skiing technique. But I'll double down on your sentiment; you do you. Just do me a solid and do it far away from me, you sound reckless.


When I'm doing spins + grabs its just easier to have smaller poles to minimize the risk of getting caught up with your poles. I have ripped my pants multiple times skiing with longer poles. You won't need to be avoiding me because my local parks are usually bad enough to keep people away.
Dec 12 2017 4:02PM
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lil.Boye
Posts: 2703 - Karma: 12,360
fuck poles, they don't help me at all. i really feel uncomfortable with them.
Dec 12 2017 4:18PM
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mulchbrain
Posts: 132 - Karma: 413
They are just something extra to worry about when learning tricks. I actually broke a rib when just learning how to slide a rail when the pole made contact with the ground when I was coming off and stabbed into my side. But the reality is its all preference. I know it took me a bit to even think about dropping the poles because of peoples negative reaction to how it looks. People get upset about how its not doing it properly if you dont learn with poles . But fuck em dude its all just fun
Dec 12 2017 10:34PM
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DirtYStylE
Posts: 3652 - Karma: 8,889
They give you a huge advantage in the from of additional swing weight. When you are starting out in the park they really are cumbersome. If you have a 50/50 chance of landing a 360, you really don't need them. The advantage becomes more noticeable when you start spinning 450's out or when you are in the backcountry either pushing around or making deep carves

**This post was edited on Dec 13th 2017 at 6:23:55pm
Dec 13 2017 6:23PM
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Sharko
Posts: 2274 - Karma: 4,100
Mort.Mcflyfuck poles, they don't help me at all. i really feel uncomfortable with them.


Maybe they would have helped you not ski into a ditch and break your skis though.
Dec 13 2017 6:59PM
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Young_patty
Posts: 3290 - Karma: 38,146
Skiing on a 300 ft hill in MN I don't really have a need for poles, however when I go on trips and get to ski on mountains I will use them.
Dec 13 2017 7:28PM
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270on420out
Posts: 7514 - Karma: 51,162
I started using poles again this season and I won't go back. The additional balance and swing weight help out a ton. Plus being able to actually turn,pole plant, and ride all of the mountain are huge advantages.
Dec 13 2017 7:32PM
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gorilas
Posts: 121 - Karma: 343
I only use them in powder, they get in the way on the lift and in the park.
Dec 13 2017 7:35PM
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Barfblitz
Posts: 36 - Karma: 34
They're pretty damn helpful in the lift-line
Dec 13 2017 8:00PM
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suup
Posts: 1485 - Karma: 4,367
poles suck because you have to carry them to the car with you
Dec 13 2017 9:57PM
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Andbrer
Posts: 53 - Karma: 527
SharkoMaybe they would have helped you not ski into a ditch and break your skis though.


wheeeyy
Dec 13 2017 10:14PM
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Lonely
Posts: 6769 - Karma: 62,156
Always was a skied center mount with no poles. All mountain sucked.

Then I got non center mounted skis and poles. All mountain is awesome.
Dec 13 2017 10:31PM
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iced
Posts: 3070 - Karma: 17,972
I used poles when I was a kid until I almost got impaled. No Joke. I went by a lift pole and it got jammed between a crack on a box on the pole and my ribs. ALMOST broke skin... has a red and purple bruise and lift trauma.

In conclusion yea short poles are cool for ones style, and no poles are good for another style. I find poles help me on rails for squaring my shit up and staying alert + when you do spins it forms a metal pole tornado and gets gerrys to fuck off
Dec 13 2017 10:39PM
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lil.Boye
Posts: 2703 - Karma: 12,360
SharkoMaybe they would have helped you not ski into a ditch and break your skis though.


Lmao. Maybe. But i'm more comfortable without them. Never really been a pole user. A friend of mine cracked a tooth because of a pole. That gotta suck.
Dec 14 2017 2:09AM
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Rice
Posts: 311 - Karma: 2,229
can't ski without them-gives me a piece of mind when I can physically grab something otherwise my fingers feel awkward.

idk holding poles just makes me less nervous
Dec 14 2017 2:20AM
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