i heard skiers of all forms are ditching poles too... racers, corss country skiers... everyone!! who needs stupid things like poles? they are only compensation anyways
but on a serious note... i hear the people of ns often critize people for taking the sport in a direction that resembles ariel skiing. the call 'ariel steez' is often heard, is it not? ... so why then, do some people support no poles... you may or may not have noticed that arielists dont use them! clearly not all anti arielists are pro 'no pole steez' steeze...but fuck! you have to see the contradiction here
btw. poles have been apart of the sport for pretty much as long as skis have been... i see no reason to ditch them cause a trend of people who only ride park want to look more like rollerbladers... respect skiings tradition at least a little bit, we have reinvented the sport enough as it, if people dont like it at the unbelievably cool state it is in now... then fuck-em!!!