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How to do hand drags with poles?

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fouldsys
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do you use a fist or something? wouldnt that hurt a little?
Oct 27 2007 12:11PM
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fouldsys
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well i do grabs with two fingers and doing hand drags with two fingers sounds like it might hurt
Oct 27 2007 12:24PM
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holyDINOSAURS
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you do need enough pressure to hook, to bring yourself back on axis though. some people just throw both poles in one hand...
Oct 27 2007 12:27PM
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Switchin_Dirty
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thats why god gave us thumbs.

Oct 27 2007 12:28PM
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spruitm
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i think your thumb would break if you tried to hold your pole
Oct 27 2007 12:43PM
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rudager
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I noticed on "yeah dude" i tihnk, that when they had the tree jib set up and they were handplanting it, that the skiers only had one poles so the other hand was free.

we need someone or a video of this hand drag with a pole
now, i think you can be able to do it, as long as the grip doesnt dig into the snow and catch
Oct 27 2007 1:05PM
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Inbred_Redneck
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If your going fast enough theres not much pressure, plus you hardly feel it if you wear gloves. Just put the strap around your hand and hold the pole with your thumb/ side of you hand when you execute the drag.
Oct 27 2007 1:07PM
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Edward.
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thats because youre weak. start doing some two finger push ups
Oct 27 2007 1:12PM
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Download-My-Apps
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people do handplants with poles, should be the same for a hand drag
Oct 27 2007 1:13PM
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FUUUCK
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same as when youre with your lady friend, use yo fist
Oct 27 2007 1:22PM
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tjski
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word..you really dont use a lot of hand pressure
Oct 27 2007 1:35PM
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quebecfreestyler
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just commkit into the hand drag and you should have no problem.

Oct 27 2007 1:49PM
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meltonsnow
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keep your fist closed.  thats wat sammy does in the new freeskier trick tip.
Oct 27 2007 2:05PM
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*DrewT*
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it's really not that hard, it tends to hurt the thumb though
Oct 27 2007 2:34PM
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dave44
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Yeah, that's what I was thinking of doing.
Oct 27 2007 2:38PM
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solitaryman
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ski no poles!?
Oct 27 2007 3:05PM
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johanblaze
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Knuckle draggin'.
Oct 27 2007 3:48PM
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@iles
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ask sammy carlson.
Oct 28 2007 5:43PM
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CMF
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hide your poles in the woods, then go lap the park with no poles for a bit
Oct 28 2007 7:30PM
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the.hoffman
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hold the pole with your thumb or jus like let the pole drag too
Oct 28 2007 10:31PM
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TannerBalls
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1. punch yourself in the face
2. don't make threads like this
3. diediedie
Oct 28 2007 10:57PM
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skiizy
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lol i wish i could... remember that 1800 call-att commercial where they're selling a weight machine for fingers so you can dial better
Oct 28 2007 11:00PM
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Travapple.
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remeber, it is a hand drag, not a hand plant, you want to put a little pressure as you can on your hand...

Oct 28 2007 11:02PM
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breckfreeskier
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word
Oct 28 2007 11:04PM
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HermioneGranger
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FIST IT!
Oct 28 2007 11:41PM
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doublexl
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those things are so stupid. just gettin in the way and shit.
Oct 28 2007 11:41PM
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Steezy_Street
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TJ Schiller does them with poles in Seven Sunny Days....such a sick segment
Oct 29 2007 1:28AM
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*DrewT*
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1. Useless hate
2. useless hate
3. useless hatehatehate
Oct 29 2007 1:32AM
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JIBCULTURE4LIFE
Posts: 293 - Karma: 277
some times i like to pull my sleev over my strap and the top of the pole that way it kinda holds her close for a quick recovery
Oct 29 2007 1:41AM
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camboselecta
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Heres how you do it. U.K's finest Paddy Graham shows you how.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8pNKpLAVwk
Oct 29 2007 8:38AM
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Reptar.
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1. owned
2. owned
3. ownedownedowned
Dec 13 2007 5:30PM
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Scolson
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listen to this guy, I heard he's an expert hand dragger.








teehee
Dec 13 2007 6:19PM
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kozy
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thats how i do it

Dec 13 2007 6:22PM
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Klick_2_klaim
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opposable thumbs... the wonder of darwins natural selection theory.
Dec 13 2007 6:56PM
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popNfresh44
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sammy carlson does em with poles i think.
Dec 20 2007 1:08PM
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CoachG
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put your poles in one hand
Dec 20 2007 1:17PM
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parkerhouse
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uh pole straps?
Dec 20 2007 5:28PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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okay this ins't that hard you hold the pole with your thumb against your hand and reach with your fingers and the pole strap also helps hold the poles near your hand, this is a silly question
Dec 20 2007 5:44PM
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leone
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if you're worried about your hand dragging or planting, just put both poles in one hand while you do it and then put the poles back in both hands after to continue skiing. will wesson did this is wanderland and it looked fine like that
Dec 20 2007 7:24PM
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fsscott
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Haha, wtf kind of thumbs do you have!?!?!

Be a man, do the right thing!
Dec 20 2007 10:19PM
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fizzlefry
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am i the only one wondering...what the hell is a hand drag?
Dec 20 2007 10:27PM
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Powdered_Donuts
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yep probably
Dec 20 2007 10:40PM
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fizzlefry
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what the hell is a hand drag?
Dec 20 2007 10:53PM
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shanedawg
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agreed!!! pull that thing you call your head out of your ass hole!

Dec 20 2007 11:08PM
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connoroh
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a double backflip kang
Dec 21 2007 1:09AM
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schlonginator
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All the pros duct tape the pole to their palm, that way you can hand drag with an open palm, closed fist, or even with just your pink without having to worry about dropping your pole... which you probably stole from rental anyway. 
Dec 21 2007 6:12AM
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bbtkd1
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hand drags are cool.
Dec 21 2007 9:39AM
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armadajib10
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just like man up and try it.....it doesnt hurt.. even with poles
Dec 21 2007 10:17AM
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DannyMac
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simon does a dope one in this vid

http://media.nscdn.com/uploads/content/2007/euroopen/OrageEuropeanFreeskiingOpen2007_SlopestyleFinals.mpg
Dec 21 2007 10:57AM
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scurry4
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get the poles that have the plastic/rubber bit that goes around the backside of your hand as well, really old poles had them, you could just switch the grip over.
Dec 21 2007 4:27PM
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KRAMPUSNTROLLZ
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wow this thread has lived for too long!

Dec 21 2007 11:38PM
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