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who wears pole straps?

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super_roadie
Posts: 114 - Karma: 12
i do on all mtn but i take them off in the park
Jan 4 2004 10:35PM
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ECkevin
Posts: 269 - Karma: 10
too hard to carry skis and poles when hiking in the park. straps are always helpful.
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Jan 5 2004 1:45PM
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Mattman
Posts: 19108 - Karma: 16
who doesn't
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Jan 5 2004 1:46PM
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master_hucker
Posts: 375 - Karma: 10
i use straps all the time



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Jan 5 2004 2:45PM
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manwiththemetalleg
Posts: 1636 - Karma: 91
you need to take em off when riding the T-bar, and thats all we have at our hill.
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Jan 5 2004 3:17PM
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*i<3snow*
Posts: 6440 - Karma: 41
no, they just dangle. The only time i wear them is on a lift if i am doing something and i cant risk dropping my poles, so i put them around... but i dont when i am skiing.


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Jan 5 2004 3:19PM
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powdygrl
Posts: 123 - Karma: 10
I got tired of trying to find them in the powder, so as of this weekend i started to wear them.






Jan 5 2004 3:28PM
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pmills
Posts: 7162 - Karma: 59
^^ sorta the oppisite of what you're supose to do eh? - always wear them
Jan 5 2004 3:31PM
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stevie.
Posts: 956 - Karma: 10
pole straps are so in. they help you plant them poles. they also make it easy to retrieve them if you yardsale because they're dangling off of your wrist.






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Jan 5 2004 3:34PM
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michelle
Posts: 6290 - Karma: 428
i wear the straps all the time. even though i've gotten caught on trees a couple times. not the smartest thing to do to my arm but oh well. you only live once.














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Jan 5 2004 3:40PM
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BobYohan
Posts: 3001 - Karma: 375
wouldnt feelright without them, but i do take them off in the trees. my dad just got poles with releaseable straps so he can wear them in the trees and apparently they pop off if they get caught


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Jan 5 2004 4:00PM
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JackieChan
Posts: 417 - Karma: 10
I've never used them, and it has really been beneficial to my quality of life on the slopes.
Jan 5 2004 4:32PM
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weazelzb
Posts: 4454 - Karma: 12
i always wear em...


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Jan 5 2004 4:36PM
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BrodyLeven
Posts: 7016 - Karma: 187
holy steeze GOODE's Inter-Loc system, the sickest things EVERR. i never wore straps, but this system is so sick and so comfortable and so easy...i love it. it doesn't seem like something practical to try, but it really is cool. the gloves are so dope also. they don't look super cool, but i have frostbitten fingers, and they are the only winter gloves that have kept me warm. the pipe/spring gloves don't look the coolest either, and they are so alsmot water-proof and dope.


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Jan 5 2004 4:50PM
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starky
Posts: 582 - Karma: 10
i always where my pole straps even on the lifts. its easier for me
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Jan 5 2004 4:53PM
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scratch3
Posts: 507 - Karma: 10
i wear them all mountain but not in the park because when i was up at coc some kid fell and his strap spiral fractured like half his hand... id rather hike back up and get them. I should prolly get some leashes for my skis though... i had to go searth for them couple weeks ago when i fell in the deep stuff, they ended up under undisturbed snow... it was silly
Jan 5 2004 6:58PM
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BallinBU
Posts: 882 - Karma: 6
i have the tightest old school kerma's.. now you know what's hot
Jan 5 2004 7:03PM
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GeneralButtNaked
Posts: 7854 - Karma: 89
i always wear my straps i just keep the strap really lose so their easy to take off and on so its cool, and im really lazy so if im on the chair i can let go and they dont fall so i can just chill.
Jan 5 2004 7:10PM
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jibtastic
Posts: 4391 - Karma: 67
yeah straps are cool.
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Jan 5 2004 7:13PM
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ECfreeski3
Posts: 12019 - Karma: 125
i always wear them , retrieving them after yardsaling blows
and you don't have to take them off on any kind of lift...
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Jan 5 2004 8:15PM
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Stryken
Posts: 1396 - Karma: 22
I always wear them, just loose enough that they stay on when i take a digger. And the one time I go out west a year I wear them in the trees...they haven't gotten hooked for me. I take them off going up the lift though....


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Jan 5 2004 8:29PM
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cams
Posts: 3937 - Karma: 26
always, i didn't even think it would be a question?


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Jan 5 2004 8:32PM
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Vtsnowski
Posts: 3532 - Karma: 1,152
i like having my straps on





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Jan 5 2004 8:34PM
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skifree919
Posts: 5842 - Karma: 35
I have never worn poll straps. On my current polls the traps arent even fastened together. Its just two cords dangling in teh wind



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Jan 5 2004 8:48PM
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unrigged
Posts: 904 - Karma: 15
i advise ne1 who here skis park not to wear straps..... staps =instant thumb breakage when crashing i broke my thumb twice doing this so i have concluded never to wear poll straps when skiing park again!





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Jan 5 2004 9:03PM
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Justo8484
Posts: 3905 - Karma: 204
as of yesterday, if i wear straps in the park its the leki trigger glove straps, cause they dont tweak your thumb like the regular ones did to me, but for just skiing, definately
Jan 5 2004 10:57PM
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CCskiBum00
Posts: 242 - Karma: 10
i use straps cause i hate catching them on some pow or something and having to hike back up to get them


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Jan 5 2004 11:01PM
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bridgerider
Posts: 277 - Karma: 10
I wear them unless I am jibbing or someting like that. that way i don't jam my thumb when I land too hard. Everywhere else, I wear them


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Jan 5 2004 11:09PM
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kjfreerider
Posts: 2495 - Karma: 14
i want to find some with old school rubber hooky things. i think it would ease grabin abunch



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Jan 5 2004 11:11PM
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SethPistolRDR
Posts: 40 - Karma: 10
You gotta wear them to get the support that the hand needs. Do you guys even grip your straps the way that you are suppoed to anyway?

Jan 5 2004 11:17PM
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CHARLES.BRONSON
Posts: 3123 - Karma: 229
I tore my thumb with the strap years ago, ended my day. hurt like a bitch. BUt i always wear my pole straps, so they pole plant better, and dont make a yard sale when you bail
Jan 6 2004 12:06AM
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Concord
Posts: 4700 - Karma: 47
i wear the starps 24 7

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Jan 6 2004 12:08AM
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SkiFree_MT
Posts: 395 - Karma: 9
Ya, in the park, i take em off, but in pow, i dont wanna lose em
Jan 6 2004 12:08AM
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Concord
Posts: 4700 - Karma: 47
*straps

There is no such thing as shitty snow only shitty skiers

If it was easy they would call it snowboarding
Jan 6 2004 12:09AM
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Geekypunkboy
Posts: 389 - Karma: 10
What is the deal with this Leki thing everyone is talking about?
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Jan 6 2004 1:05AM
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mikee
Posts: 7813 - Karma: 5
how do you tear you rhtumb or bust it with a strap...isnt the strap around your wrist?

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Jan 6 2004 1:40AM
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Jammu
Posts: 1796 - Karma: 328
I NEVER USE THEM its dangerous...
Jan 6 2004 11:49AM
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EmcEEmahEm
Posts: 466 - Karma: 10
I took mine off... I hate 'em, they just get in the way, plus if I'm gonna bail, I can ditch 'em quick so I don't harpoon myself...
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Jan 6 2004 11:51AM
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feezy
Posts: 2022 - Karma: 23
I guess there are good and bad things about both, but really if you think about it it really does not matter, so let this thread die.


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Jan 6 2004 12:43PM
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