The Videos that the Ski Pole industry does not want you to see...

OK BUT REALLY

LETS FACE IT, no one would do this shit unless pep, etc started it.That being said, they do it because when they land switch poles can get caught up in pow etc etc. In park it serves little to no purpose. Im all for it, ive done it yadayada yaday.
 
no poles started before pep and andy, i used to ski a bit with no poles before they started, they just made it big and made people realize that it works, is steezy as shit, and with freestyle skiing, it makes more sense.and i think the biggest thing is that people realized that its more fun too. i tried skiing with poles for a day last year, and i couldnt make it past two runs, it was just pissing me off, i just threw them into the trees and said fuck it
 
park crew skiers? maybe? i just tried it one day cause i lost my poles so i went all day without them, i realized how much fun it was and i slowly transitioned from poles to permantly no poles.
i guess i saw tons of diggers at ski camps skiing with no poles way before pep and andy. so yeah, park crews were probably part of it.
 
I have some video, send me a 6 pin to 4 pin firewire and i will upload some.
I am sure you were laying down legendary, 120 cm handplants your 3rd day of skiing.

I can guarantee my gapered out, lui kanged mistys from 5+ years ago are better than you or you're 'ernst and young, awesome, accountant girlfriend' will ever do.
Who the fuck brags about their gf as an accountant? She's good at 4th grade math and can work on the most repetitive shit ever. CPAs are really fun to talk, as are patent lawyers.
 


but i am pretty sure that (name drop)griffin cummings and (namedrop) josh frazier started it on mt.hood

i talked to (name drop and claim)josh once at ski bowl. he just started using poles after a long time without them. i also (claim) saw griffin cummings at timberline skiing and he did a (proof) steezy backflip off a roller and was wearing (proof) a blue jacket and pants. he doesnt use poles still.. i also saw (name drop) eric pollard filming yeti also (name drop) andy mahre and (name drop) ike.. (claim)i skied by them and said what's up...oh i also saw (name drop) chreighton beating a mountain chicken with his ski pole
 
yo SLAYALOT or whoever your name is is right.. skiing without poles is FOR PUSSIES. pussies and hoes and homos is what no poles is for.. grabbing boxes like dicks and shit.seriously your basically grinding your dick on boxes doing gayass shit like that. you'd never find real skiers who actually no how to ski without poles cause they're not pussy hoes/.
 
For now, 3 hours to bear mountain, with my motivation level, not going to happen. If no long term job materializes. Tahoe or Mammoth by January. You want to shred, just send me a message.
 
pothier killed it in that first edit and the third one was real sick as well, poles or no poles still dope as hell
 
last year opening day and a basin we were hiking the down rail that they had set up. I figured that poles were not necessary to hike a singe rail. As i am hiking there is a guy from freeskier shooting for an opening day article, as i hiked past him he looks at me and says "No poles, no photos". I was not even talking to him and he went out of his way to tell me he didnt like me not using poles. sweet mannn
 
fuck, i wish they had a 18 and over section on this site, i think the discussion would probably a lot better. Think about it bro you and the other 10 to 15 year olds could rant about cocks, homos and pussies all you want and not have everybody who has half a brain make fun of you all the time, just putting it out there
 
HAHAHAHA wow, you're hilarious. there are so many skiers who don't use poles that would absolutely destroy you.

i ditched my poles yesterday for a while (its hard to drink monster while carrying poles) and i was skiing just as hard as i do with them. this is so ridiculous, i can't even believe i'm responding to this asshole!
 
Wow.. i never thought i would contribute to a poles/no poles thread, but here goes.. I'm meant to be writing notes for uni so this beats that...First off the videos are sick, Allen is doing shit none of you can do so regardless of your opinion on him, his "rollerblading tricks" and his style, that deserves respect. Mathieu's video is straight up sick. He uses poles half of the time and none half of the time. That is really the point. Its just a preference. Why is there so much hate? - A guy a few posts back argued that if you want to ski 'how it is meant to be done' then you have to use poles.. This is obviously bullshit.. How are Pep, Pollard, Benchetler, Mahre not skiing 'how skiing is meant to be'. They are killing pillow lines, drops and big mountains with no poles. And they make it look good.- Allen is right, if he had tried half his shit with poles he would have killed himself. Its safer (in my opinion) to learn new tricks without poles, even though the poles obviously help with balance and improve most peoples style. Personally, I use poles about half the time, but sometimes I don't bother with them. I feel more comfortable trying new stuff on rails and jumps without, but I would never hit a big line without them. When I go to the backcountry I always take poles and then sometimes I will hit a kicker or a drop without them, especially if I'm doing hand drags. Its just a preference, and its not either or.. You can do both, sometimes with poles, sometimes without. No hate, just skiing.
 
people should jsut o what ever they want.. the pole industry will still sell poles to the tourists and the racers and all of them... i think they'll be fine with out half of the freestyle skiers buying poles.
 
I didn't think it was bragging, so whats your job? besides making sick videos that nobody has seen, do you even have friends to film you?
 
Dude, you're full of shit. Prove to me that you can do anything besides horrible handplants (if thats even you), if not I suggest you shut the fuck up. You don't need a firewire cable to upload a picture, it should be simple enough even for you.
 
i am going to make the assumption that this has to do with the money they get from pole companies...

another theory is that they just think no poles looks horrible and refuse to take pictures of anyone who doesn't have poles..i doubt it though..

thoughts..comments.? you might say that freeskier's policy is irrelevant but its not to me.. i really want to know if they truly have this policy of no pictures of people without poles and the reason behind it.
 
people need to take a chill pill. sometimes i use poles and sometimes i dont. i personally think grabs look better without poles but who are we to judge anyone if theyre just out rippin and progressing for themselves. fuck all yall who hate on eachother thats so wack just ski and have fun
 
yeah definitely just ski... stop fighting on this. some of these arguments are just so incredibly gay, what are you guys like 5?

oh and i usually ski with poles but i made sure to get a whole day in at loveland recently with no poles, and it was really fun. i personally dont think it makes much a difference... even though i do feel a little foolish in the lift line sometimes i really dont think anyone cares... and if they have a problem with it they need to grow up. the reason i ski w/o poles is because its nice to do something different every once and a while. although i would get tired of it if i did it all the time, skiing is skiing whether you have poles or not, it doesn't matter.

so grow up guys...

 
well chief, rollerblading without wheels is like skiing in boots without skis,

dumbass...

how abouts we think of it like this.

think about rollerblading with poles. dosent make much sense does it?

i say

poles... who the fuck needs em?
 
i personaly think that snow boarders should have polls too, and rollerbladers, and skateboarders, it just dosent look right when they dont have polls IMO!!

seriously who cares if you have polls or not.
 
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