Why short poles?

[HamFaceGirl]

idk iguess its easier to do rails and shit

 

[CFD]

be wary of short poles too! i landed something leaning a bit too far forward and one of my short girl poles dug into the ground and the other end connected straight on my kneecap. dislocated kneecaps aren't fun, but then again neither is riding with big poles

 

[spliff.Life]

the real reason!

 

[-+Siver+-]

man that sucks i hope you have a speedy recovery

 

[Cuckoo]

I use poles for balance and for Lookin good on those hills

 

[SirFryanator]

I wouldn't know, I use normal sized poles...mostly because I do pole plant and I ski mostly backcountry and stuff. when I'm in the park or groomers all day I sometimes just ditch em, way more fun for me than having short poles that don't even make me feel more balanced.

 

[pjbauer]

couldn't have said it any better my friend

 

[.SimonB.]

i dont know if i should cut mine or not

 

[Lexx]

So basically i have the shortest poles that my mountain offers (stole them from the rental shop) and they are about half-way up my thigh. I'm 5'2" by the way, so they're damn short. They suck when skating but they help to keep my body low when i hit rails. My center of balance is lowered by planting my poles on my run up.

 

[-NY-STeeZE-]

haha lmao

 

[highflyer21]

same here.

 

[.SimonB.]

so its all for style?

 

[bananas]

-less chance of sprained thumbs

 

[ski_ENDUB]

There's function behind them, long poles get caught up when hiking rails.

 

[Kazabazua]

this thread is exactly why i try to stay away from ski gabber. who fuckin cares if someones poles are short or long or if they dont use any, just shut up and ski.

 

[cruiser-1000]

So where on the body do you reccomend they should come up to ???

 

[theblacktaco]

kinda deffeats the purpose ... and my poles never break ...there like some weird fishing rode meterial

 

[Kazabazua]

^ im guessing k2 makes them? those are made from the same rod's that shakespeare fishing rods are made from, they basically just took a fishing rod and put a grip on it. I find them to be to flexible though, you wouldnt be able to do sweet pole tricks cause they would just bend.