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Pole cutting: a tutorial

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freeski1620
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I know a lot of you know how to do this already but I get asked quite frequently on and around the mountain how I cut my poles off. I got new poles and took pictures while cutting them down a tiny bit, here is how to do it!

first of all get your poles! I have next years Scott series 4
in snazzy green!

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first thing to do is run the grip under hot hot hot water for a minute or 2. till there real hot and will slide off. you shouldn't have to try to hard it you have them warmed up enough!

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pulling them apart is a no brainier so no pictures.

next is cutting the actual pole. josh at jibij uses a pipe cutter for this part. be being old school, i use a hack saw. measure out how much you want to take off and cut it off. and be careful, with brands such as Scott the pole does not go the full length of the grip, so keep that in mind while cutting the shaft.

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you get the shaft cut off, you need to again warm the grip up.

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make sure that you again get it nice and how. put it back on and line everything up how you want it!

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after that you are set and ready to ride. you can see my newly cut poles and the scraps on the heel pieces of those bindings. if you cut off a lot of pole, keep the scraps. they make great tool to tweak out and or fix breaks on skis!
Mar 22 2007 4:56PM
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ijibgoremtn
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not bad at all, good work
Mar 22 2007 5:02PM
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titsLOL
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pipe cutters are the bomb, way faster and cleaner cut.
Mar 22 2007 5:15PM
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freeski1620
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there not $hood rich$ though. lol.
Mar 22 2007 5:22PM
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crooks
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yeah i recently cut down my poles, except i made them way too short and they barely go above my knees

what kind of poles are those too?
Mar 22 2007 5:33PM
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freeski1620
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thats out of hand.
Mar 22 2007 5:34PM
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freeski1620
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and there next years Scott series 4 aluminum pole.
josh at jibij should have them next year!
Mar 22 2007 5:34PM
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e.will
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i seriously appreciate this, because i have a pair of scott riots in a 48 inch (i am 5'7, so way big), and i need to cut em down, but the whole glue under the grip has scared me a bit.
Mar 22 2007 5:56PM
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josh.
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sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet poles
Mar 22 2007 5:59PM
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13stripes
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good thread cause a few kids i have seen have fucked there poles up bad by cutting them way to short... if only read this thread
Mar 22 2007 6:13PM
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bobs
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pipe cutters cut poles liek a knife and butter, soo much easier than a hack saw
Mar 22 2007 6:25PM
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GNARnia
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coming from a kid who has gone through more poles then jenna jameason has sucked dicks
Mar 22 2007 6:27PM
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Travapple.
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I WANT UR POLES!!!!!
Mar 22 2007 7:14PM
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e.will
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jea! just finished mine, they took FOREVER, cuz i used a pocket knife....im a fucking moron
Mar 22 2007 8:11PM
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lineskier129
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boil grips stick them between a door n the frame n they pop right off
Mar 22 2007 9:56PM
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Alpineslide
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baskets on old poles can be a bitch, any help?
Mar 22 2007 11:42PM
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freeski1620
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go to a shop and ask if they have any replacements. if they do use a pipe.
Mar 22 2007 11:44PM
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tjski
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props for the post.
Mar 22 2007 11:49PM
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paulbunyan
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bump for good post! thank you
Mar 22 2007 11:55PM
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Ryanvdonk
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might as well go edward 40 hands.
Mar 23 2007 12:08AM
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Dustin.
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how did you get those poles christopher?
Mar 23 2007 12:37AM
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Jeff_Lo
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he probably stole them
Mar 23 2007 1:13AM
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sack
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Thanks for this post, good to know. I also need to shorten my poles.
Mar 23 2007 2:28AM
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freeski1620
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quite to the contrary.
they were given to me by a rep.
thanks.
Mar 23 2007 4:29AM
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Jeff_Lo
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haha chris you dont have to claim stuff to make people think you are cool anymore.
Mar 23 2007 10:39AM
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freeski1620
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you can ask Josh, and Dan, and Landon, and Mike, and Jake. they were given to me wednesday at the Helly Hansen shop battle. Adam and Sam can vouch for that to.
Mar 23 2007 1:39PM
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freeski1620
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but i already have the hack saw. haha. im to lazy to go to the hardware store!
Mar 23 2007 1:40PM
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marmite
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haha. thanks!
Mar 23 2007 2:54PM
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Jeff_Lo
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haha they wont tell me your mommy bought them wiill they?
Mar 24 2007 1:54AM
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RandomHero21
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Haha.  This turned into a fight.  Awesome.
Mar 24 2007 3:14PM
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freeski1620
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no.
as a matter of fact.
they wont.
Mar 26 2007 3:17AM
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Jeff_Lo
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since they bought oh lets see, your ARV's, ANT's, AR5's, THALLS, and hmmm...shall i continue? And then you turn around and sell them and make money off stuff your parents by for you and you steal...yeah i'm sure a rep gave them too you! since they're out and have been out.
Mar 26 2007 11:16AM
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RandomHero21
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Yesssssss. Fight fight.
Mar 26 2007 4:01PM
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BusyJohnSohn
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thanks that helps out mad amounts
Mar 26 2007 4:07PM
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Sholte
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good post
Mar 26 2007 6:54PM
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DANETRON
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nice but who doesnt know how to do this?
Mar 26 2007 6:57PM
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Silence
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nice work..
Mar 26 2007 7:01PM
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Tulley.
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thank you
Mar 26 2007 7:04PM
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freeski1620
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haha, whatever you say man. and my ant's were my 18th birthday present. and i bought the ar5's. i paid my mom for the arv's after Christmas. but yes, you're correct. they did pay for the t-halls. i paid for the bindings though. and a lot of people don't know how to cut off their poles..

Jeff. you tell me i wont admit im wrong, but this time i think you need to. i got those poles legitimately. you can ask anyone who was there and they will tell you the same thing.
let it go.
Mar 26 2007 8:02PM
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landonn
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thanks man. that helped me a lot.
Nov 30 2007 1:50PM
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[]Soul_Steeze[]
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sticky this!!!




you could just buy poles that fit you, but i guess that would make too much sense.... hahaha
Nov 30 2007 2:05PM
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mike_e
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BUMP. After you cut the pole and warm up the grip again and put it on, how will it still stick to the pole?
Oct 5 2008 6:36PM
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-Nick-
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can you cut carbon poles in the same way?
Oct 5 2008 6:53PM
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nkinsman10
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i just bought the junior version of those poles, so no cutting was necessary. and they were 30 bucks cheaper.
Oct 5 2008 7:46PM
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Balto
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his is alot easyer then using a heat gun. im gonna go shorten my poles from 50in to 36 now
Oct 5 2008 7:55PM
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invader7
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not usually
Oct 5 2008 7:58PM
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mBall
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man i wish i new this like a year ago
Oct 5 2008 7:58PM
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GNARBARSTAR
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i cut down hundreds of poles every winter and have never had to heat up a grip i put it on the top of the door to my shop and pull down and they slide off, then i just turn it upside down and knock it on the ground and it slides on, cutting poles should take no more then 2 minutes. good post, its nice to see some informative things.
Oct 5 2008 8:03PM
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jsaya_SagStraps
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what i do is get ur poles, for me that would be a pair of sick stickz, then heat the grip, then buy armada interchangeable grips (which i already had) and put those on, easy no glue required.
Oct 5 2008 8:19PM
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ButteredToast.
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THANK YOU.
Just did this, went perfectly.
Nov 4 2008 9:28PM
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Luc.
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another, ghettoer way to get the grips off is to use hair spray and a screwdriver...

seperate a lil bit of the grip from the pole, spray spray around, grip slides off...

cut poles accordingly...spray grips(inside) and pole shaft with said hair spray...slide back on...

giv it like 15-20 and those bitches are ready to go.



also, if you have one, a heating gun works the best out of them all.
Nov 4 2008 9:37PM
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