lets see... right now i'm at about 0.2 poles a year. i just got joysticks last year because i gave my $15 poles to a friend who needed some stuff. I had my old poles for about 5 years. some minor bends, but no breaks.
some one stole my public enemy poles at school this year, ill kill them when i find them, i loved them only poles that lasted me a full year. now i got just regular old poles and there pretty bead up already.
If its not a gaper sliding into me at a high rate of speed its me over clearing a jump for really messing up a rail, I break at least 1 pair of poles a season and that is with my high guard of caution always on to not break poles.
I've got a little indent that will soon turn into a bent pole from being stupid and having a samurai sword fight with my friend! haha but i go through about 1.5 pairs per season.
get some punishers i use to go through poles left and right sheled out some money a year or two a go for some good one and they are holding up amanzingly
Save cash?? Pfffft... who buys nice poles? Everyone and his mom drops poles off the chairlift. Steal some of those or hit up your local Salvation Army. Mine were $5. Maybe.
I used to go through 4-5 sets of poles a year... fall on them.. bend them over a rail... bend them on a tree. Now I have composite poles and ive had them for a few seasons now.
ive had the same pair of cheap ass head poles for the past 3 seasons, ive bent them past 90 a couple times and just hit em over a pole to get them back to relatively normal. i dont give a shit tho as long as they have handles and are some somewhat pointy at the end. haha
just get some that are a little shorter then usual, and dont abuse them and they will last forever, i got some nice scotts for Christmas last year and they are still bangin hard
im on pair 4 i believe, maybe 5 so far this season, and these already have a huge bent like dented style. go thru em sooo quick, gotta just D.I. THAT SHIT!