Poles or no poles

Poles:

+ / I feel more control, help with technical terrain, helps as a brake in the lift line, style

- / Can get in the way, may have a higher consequence crash, they can bend unless you get a good thick pole, can snag on trees and terrain in the snow and tear your arm out of your socket, grabs are harder.

I personally ski with poles and feel more comfortable with them. A large part is personal preference, the other part is what terrain you’re skiing.
 
If you can't ski for shit...Poles. If you can ski properly, then ditch your poles as desired. I see some of the worst "style" from people trying to be stylish.
 
I lapped park in the am and left my poles in there car. I'm more comfortable doing tricks without them because I've had too many thumb and shoulder mishaps with them. Then halfway through the day I had lapped bank to my car and snagged my poles to do some actual skhiing around the mountain, helps with traverses and if I'm actually skiing something technical pole planting becomes important and I find it easier to to keep my form.

TLDR; just do what works for you, anyone that cares about someone else using poles or not needs a hobby.
 
If your gonna ski without poles for the love of god don’t try to look like the fucking flappy blow up things infront of car dealer ships it’s looks so dumb.
 
14236849:WoFlowz said:
If your gonna ski without poles for the love of god don’t try to look like the fucking flappy blow up things infront of car dealer ships it’s looks so dumb.
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But what if I'm going to Brighton?
 
I use poles about 25% of the time. The only time I really feel a need for them is lift lines.

Even big mountain lines feel more natural and easier for me without poles.
 
14236918:katrina said:
But what if I'm going to Brighton?
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The you better look like the Pillsbury dough boy with how baggy your track pants should be. Gotta make sure your pants make the milli tube look small
 
14236733:Session said:
If you can't ski for shit...Poles. If you can ski properly, then ditch your poles as desired. I see some of the worst "style" from people trying to be stylish.
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isn't it the exact opposite? usually i see toddlers and ppl that practice new tricks and don't want to impale themselves without poles
 
14237281:combatgoon17 said:
isn't it the exact opposite? usually i see toddlers and ppl that practice new tricks and don't want to impale themselves without poles
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Exactly what I do. Spring park laps or jibbing I go without poles because I tend to try new tricks. Otherwise, poles for everything.
 
I have personally realized that using poles have helped my form and balance with rails and traditional carving. Sometimes I think about ditching the poles for jumps because it's one less thing that I could land on, but I just can't shake them. Those are just my personal reasons, and I know plenty of great skiers that don't use poles. The main things that will set poles apart are their materials and feature. For example, a carbon pole with a really nice grip and strap will be more expensive, but should be more durable, lighter, and in theory higher quality. An aluminum pole with a basic grip and strap will usually be a bit cheaper, a little heavier, and a little more prone to getting bent. With that being said, sometimes a basic aluminum pole is all you need as long as it gets the job done. I personally use a somewhat cheaper aluminum pole and haven't had any issues with it.

**This post was edited on Feb 2nd 2021 at 1:28:10pm
 
I've found that no poles is too little and two polls is too much. One pole has been working well for me lately

#onepoletrend
 
14237331:Kern said:
I have personally realized that using poles have helped my form and balance with rails and traditional carving. Sometimes I think about ditching the poles for jumps because it's one less thing that I could land on, but I just can't shake them. Those are just my personal reasons, and I know plenty of great skiers that don't use poles. The main things that will set poles apart are their materials and feature. For example, a carbon pole with a really nice grip and strap will be more expensive, but should be more durable, lighter, and in theory higher quality. An aluminum pole with a basic grip and strap will usually be a bit cheaper, a little heavier, and a little more prone to getting bent. With that being said, sometimes a basic aluminum pole is all you need as long as it gets the job done. I personally use a somewhat cheaper aluminum pole and haven't had any issues with it.

**This post was edited on Feb 2nd 2021 at 1:28:10pm
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I have a pair of Faction poles. They’re aluminum and really thick. I’ve skied 2 seasons on them and haven’t bent them, even after hard falls and landing on them. Normal aluminum poles I bend after half a season.
 
Poles and a Rope tow do not lead to good things. We have a rope tow rail park at my home mountain and I have tired to used poles. But grabbing a rope with poles is difficult.
 
topic:BlainTalent said:
Poles or no poles. Advantages and disadvantages. What makes a good pole?
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I like short poles. It has the advantages of poles and no poles because you aren't swinging around these giant sticks but you can get to old something in your hand for balance.
 
Dude don't speak derogatory about Polish people. They're nice and they have been oppressed by Russia and Germany especially in the 20th century. They tried to ride against the German Blitzkrieg on horses. Leave them alone!

14237877:SkylineGTR_R32 said:
I only use poles when I’m going big. If I’m just jibbin around I hate poles
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Probably

14237926:zues said:
Dude don't speak derogatory about Polish people. They're nice and they have been oppressed by Russia and Germany especially in the 20th century. They tried to ride against the German Blitzkrieg on horses. Leave them alone!
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I used to never use poles, but I can appreciate them more for out-of-park stuff since I started racing. I still hate the way they feel in the park but people who do use poles look super cool (Andy Partridge in Zootspace)
 
14237983:richiii said:
I used to never use poles, but I can appreciate them more for out-of-park stuff since I started racing. I still hate the way they feel in the park but people who do use poles look super cool (Andy Partridge in Zootspace)
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Was about to say this, Andy had them touring poles on max extension no kizzy

**This post was edited on Feb 3rd 2021 at 6:02:05pm
 
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