New poles- Any recommendations? Aluminum vs Composite?

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jerms731

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been rocking some k2 composites for a while but they're about to go. Any recommendations?

Anyone have any experience with Line Poles "grab tab"?

Been looking at last years Mr. Pollards Paint Brush or this years Whip. Thoughts?

 
All Aluminum poles are pretty much the same other than graphics and grips. They will bend and break much easier than your composite poles but generally cost half as much.
 
Poles are the one piece of equipment that I'm completely indifferent on. They're metal sticks. I always use them, but could give two shits what they look like or are made of. As long as they're cheap, the correct size, and have appropriate baskets for the snow type. I honestly feel it makes shit for a difference when it comes to general consumers.
 
I feel like for everything but park, you should be on composite. Its generally lighter, and pretty much immune to bending/breaking under almost all conditions. I have seen my composite poles bend like, 50 degrees, and bounce right back to perfectly straight. Park poles though? Whatevers cheap as your probably going to bend them in a few days at the park anyway.
 
snipe a bamboo pole from the dumpster of your local hill, cut it in half, wrap some bike tubes around the top and sharpen the bottoms. they never break and start chair conversations. and theyre free

 
Been rocking these for a few seasons now. Awesome poles, lightweight, durable, simple...everything a pole should be.
 
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Whenever I break a pole, I look in my garage. So many old poles from when I was younger, just cut a new one down so it's the same length as the remaining.
 
Ive seen many people do this, they will usually either buy a pair of good poles that come with good grips(example:scott team issue), and after those break, they will use those grips on shitty rental poles from the ski hill, you can find some bents scoots with good grips, take the grips of and then put em on some fully functional rental/garage sale poles!
 
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