Nahh, no pole skiing is the way to go I reckon. It looks different, and we're sorta biting slalom and mogul skiers, I mean, why do yoou need them? It is 10 times easier to grab. My mate went down and skied with jossi Wells, and he wasn't using them, so my mate stopped using them, and told me to try it and i rekon it awesome. Looks way better.