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FIS "Banning" No-Poles?

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Farmville420
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Tom Wallisch rolling in his Park City estate if true

https://www.downdays.eu/articles/fis-says-no-to-no-poles-new-freeski-rule/
Nov 15 2023 3:42PM
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SteezyYeeter
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TOAST.banned inverts for a number of years.


fr? that's stupid. when i think of moguls i think of a backflip with an iron cross.
Nov 16 2023 7:55PM
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corona
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SurfinCowWhat did they do to moguls?


Mandated where they need to store the moguls during summer.
Nov 16 2023 7:59PM
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Calvin8200
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All the competitors should boycott it and agree to not use poles. That’ll give FIS a middle finger
Nov 17 2023 8:58AM
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partyandBS
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if its easier to do tricks with no poles than why doesn’t everyone already go no poles? why not ban poles and further progress the sport??
Nov 17 2023 10:57AM
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3mania
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SteezyYeeterfr? that's stupid. when i think of moguls i think of a backflip with an iron cross.


Standard run for dudes is back/full and a cork 7 or 10.. they do a lot of back/ cross on bottom air in duals but that's only cuz of speed points. No top 20 dudes are doing back cross in a singles run.
Nov 17 2023 11:19AM
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WunhungL0
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Ban ski boots, drop in without underwear.
Nov 17 2023 11:40AM
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Brother_trucker
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Farmville420Tom Wallisch rolling in his Park City estate if true

https://www.downdays.eu/articles/fis-says-no-to-no-poles-new-freeski-rule/


Completely justified, should always have been the case. It gives a massive advantage to anyone without poles for making a grab. And skiers have poles.... so....

Sadly in any sport there must be rules, and in judged sports its probably even more important to have a framework to work within. Hell if you don't like rules let people with blades on and no poles compete and see how many spins they can fit in, if that's all that matters :-)
Nov 17 2023 1:34PM
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snomaster
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good. but it feels wrong to ban nopoleans. and it makes me question poles, even though I always use them myself.
Nov 17 2023 3:42PM
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TOAST.
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Could me missremembering, but weren't you docked major points in like the kangaroo flip era and before for not using poles at x games?
Nov 17 2023 4:12PM
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nick_GAPER
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The general consensus of the responses in this thread have given me renewed confidence in the NS community. Thank you.
Nov 17 2023 4:47PM
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wasatch_rat
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this is stupid. it's a style preference. plus what happens to people skiing with a cast on their wrist? pretty soon they'll be making rules about how big your poles should be, and then before you know it they'll be making rules about what tricks to do. It may sound silly to the kids but FIS did it before with moguls.
Nov 17 2023 5:14PM
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Thegenericskier
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I think the decision is pretty dumb. no one was forced to ski with or without poles
Nov 17 2023 5:16PM
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Farmville420
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nick_GAPERThe general consensus of the responses in this thread have given me renewed confidence in the NS community. Thank you.



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