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No Poles in Powder.

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soup
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Just tried riding my ep pros in the powder with no poles and let me tell you: One of the funnest times on skis ever.

It gives you so much freedom to just throw your hand down and just slash some snow.  The skis ski like a snowboard in the deep so its just an unreal feeling.  It did kinda suck when some "hardcore powder skiers" would see me in the line and yell "get some poles you park rat!"  So For all you owners of hellbents or ep pros or any other rockered ski try this shit.  drop the poles, feel the snow.  its an unreal feeling.

and for all you haters just fuck off do your own thing I dont need to hear your shit.
Feb 11 2008 9:30PM
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parkerhouse
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balance.  is stability not almost a synonym for this word? aren't poles for balance, isn't it easier to balance with more surface area?
Feb 12 2008 8:03PM
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2814
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If you have a decent pack you carry with you then its not much of an issue. Find powery trees, then strap your poles to your backpack, vertically on either side, then ski. If you like it, then fine. If not then take them off and ski with them.

I have to agree it is a liberating feeling, but I don't like the possibility of cratering and then spending the next 20 mins fishing all my gear up. Thats why I just strap them to my backpack.
Feb 12 2008 8:07PM
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L.e.L.
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hell yeah snapped 3 pairs of poles early this season and just started rocking no poles everywhere. Shit is fun as hell so long as your skis are wide enough
Feb 12 2008 8:33PM
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fezz
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today i was skiing park w/o poles and decided to take a run in some trees without the poles and had fun i was actually grabding trees as i was skiing
Feb 12 2008 8:56PM
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mattster
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ive heard that it's bad form to rely on your poles for balance, so maybe dropping them and skiing powder would actually help your technique and make you a better skier

but chop and trees are really difficult without poles, you feel like a cat without whiskers

but yeah for wide open turns in deep snow you wouldnt really need them at all, so i guess it depends on conditions

Feb 12 2008 9:04PM
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artfullydodged
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telescoping poles are the future!

inagine skiing no poles on something mellow, you are relaxed and calm, when suddenly you find your self in a gnar chute with no escape! thinking quicly you whip out your telescoping poles (KACHINK!!!) like goddam lightsabers and commence to shred the aformentioned gnar
Feb 12 2008 9:12PM
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zackblain
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I was rockin no poles in 5 inches of wny fresh today and it was mad fun
Feb 12 2008 9:14PM
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jason...
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i tried it, it was death, i was on invaders and it very hard to stay balance and make decent turns
Feb 12 2008 10:55PM
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nickmcnutt
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yep, theres your problem.
Feb 12 2008 10:57PM
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Caveman.
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pretty sure he was referring to surface ski company not surface area
Feb 12 2008 11:06PM
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Daver_BC
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because if you ride a narrow ski on the pow, your deeper in the powder and more likley to use your poles when riding around.

but with fat skis your on top of the pow 



you need poles only for ballance and for moving yourself around

well i got the ballance part down, and my skis are so fat that i'm just able to skate around in the flat pow pow spots.
Feb 13 2008 2:33AM
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michael_bc
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Poles were used when skis were skinny and straight, to push yourself up over the pow and turn. When your skis are fat you can just surf the snow no need to push out of anything.




It's funny how people are saying they NEED poles in powder while 99% of you probably don't have baskets wide enough to support anything in powder. What's the point of a pole plant when your pole doesnt plant but sinks in 2 feet and has no grip... it's all in your head.
Feb 13 2008 6:23AM
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Daver_BC
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word^
Feb 13 2008 12:21PM
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