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How much do you spend on poles? And how big are they?

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B.Snow
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 92
The most I have ever spent on a pair is 40$ and my mom actually pitched so they were only 20. But yeah, just wanted to know how much the average ns'er spends on a pair of poles. Frankly I don't see the point in buying sick poles because they always break or bend... I stick to the Jr. poles.

So just list the most you have spent or what you usually spend, AND the length relative to you body. My poles go up to about 5 inches lower then my waist.
Feb 15 2008 10:25PM
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BigJew
Posts: 6974 - Karma: 79
I spent 15$ once on poles, usually I get the 5$ special. They are about 5 inches below my belly button.
Feb 15 2008 10:29PM
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jedi.Jim
Posts: 1133 - Karma: 13
I usually spend around $20 for poles that are a couple inches below my hips. Or I get poles at garage sales for $2. They work just as well.
Feb 15 2008 10:30PM
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D-HAWK
Posts: 890 - Karma: 10
i dont use poles
Feb 15 2008 10:37PM
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Crackaghan
Posts: 583 - Karma: 11
stole mine at my mountain

funny thing is is when i took them they are 2 different poles
same length (short dunno how short)
one just weighs more haha
Feb 15 2008 10:38PM
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B.Snow
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 92
that is also an acceptable answer
Feb 15 2008 10:38PM
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dave44
Posts: 11052 - Karma: 113
$0

Went to my local shop and asked them if I could have a pair of rental poles. I wouldn't mind a pair of the Scott Team Issue poles though. Those look dope.
Feb 15 2008 10:40PM
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2814
Posts: 292 - Karma: 10
I spent about $60 on Scott Punisher Poles last year. I had a sport check certificate, and since nothing else there is worth my time, I bought the poles
Feb 15 2008 10:44PM
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2814
Posts: 292 - Karma: 10
Also, they are 48" I think, maybe 46 or 50, not sure. All I know is that they are light and take all sorts of punishment
Feb 15 2008 10:48PM
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chazz.
Posts: 2721 - Karma: 23

$0, 42 inches long

Feb 16 2008 12:09AM
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treesmann
Posts: 2675 - Karma: 49
44", theyre about an inch below my belly button
Feb 16 2008 12:12AM
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bobs
Posts: 4801 - Karma: 869
i get em free from the dump
Feb 16 2008 12:13AM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
the pair i am currently on are a thrift store special,  neon green rossis  
Feb 16 2008 12:49AM
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skiminnesota
Posts: 9093 - Karma: 429
crap, for size they are about 3in taller than my waist.
Feb 16 2008 12:50AM
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rudager
Posts: 11332 - Karma: 4,597
i spent 60 on my ski poles, their very light and flexy, but the grip system sucks

they measure at 125 cm
Feb 16 2008 12:51AM
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ThaLetterM.
Posts: 8609 - Karma: 1,612
nay on the poles. au natural
Feb 16 2008 12:51AM
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Avifarer
Posts: 5926 - Karma: 598
39.99 and they go up to my belly button
Feb 16 2008 1:06AM
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kristie
Posts: 1667 - Karma: 214
i get mine from lost and found
Feb 16 2008 1:12AM
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eheath
Posts: 61107 - Karma: 118,293
$0-$5 and usually like 38-44" poles.
Feb 16 2008 1:21AM
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SteezePatrol
Posts: 10281 - Karma: 36
uhmmm right now i'm rollin 1 115cm joystick and 1 120cm joystick. 120cm = perfect for me. I bought the 115's first, thought they were too short, snapped one by accident, got the 120's, snapped one by accident, so im miss-matched right now

they're both pretty bent and re-bent

i thikn k they're like 40-45 bucks?
Feb 16 2008 1:29AM
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P.J.S.
Posts: 1782 - Karma: 11
$80 on sale about 8 years ago, 50 inches in length.
Feb 16 2008 1:35AM
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tjski
Posts: 5859 - Karma: 44
anywhere from the rage of $0 to $5...and they are pretty short, like maybe 38ish or 40ish.. i dunno..
Feb 16 2008 1:46AM
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sack
Posts: 4881 - Karma: 147
I have the scott pink and black ones - 115 cm / 46"
they were $44, but I got a bit of a discount--normally they are $130
Feb 16 2008 3:33AM
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mackattack
Posts: 581 - Karma: 10
i have scott punishers, too lazy to get up and figure out what size they are. i think they were around $50?
Feb 16 2008 5:21AM
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B.Snow
Posts: 1859 - Karma: 92
yeah mine are 40 inches but I cut em down about 5 more so now they're like 34-35
Feb 16 2008 8:35AM
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B-Haag
Posts: 1767 - Karma: 38
i get mad shitty poles for like 10 then just tape them up and find different grips and your good o like 3 inches below my hips
Feb 16 2008 8:56AM
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Joan
Posts: 2944 - Karma: 1,305
half the lenght of your skis or shorter
Feb 16 2008 9:33AM
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VT_scratch
Posts: 8710 - Karma: 5,615
15 - 20 bucks.  got carbon fiber ones on sale so they dont bend and dent like all of my friend who get new poles ll the time
Feb 16 2008 10:03AM
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GUZ
Posts: 1371 - Karma: 255
$0, i stole them from my mountain and they are about 30 inches
Feb 16 2008 10:12AM
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skiEER
Posts: 4089 - Karma: 79
30 and they r 50" and i am 5' 9"
Feb 16 2008 10:16AM
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deezy.
Posts: 2538 - Karma: 26
like around 0 dollars and 0 cents
to my hips
Feb 16 2008 10:39AM
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Capurnicus
Posts: 9947 - Karma: 1,886
buying poles sucks a fat d. 40'' junior is the cheapest, best performing pole option out there. leki makes stronger poles than scott i have found (particularly for junior poles)
Feb 16 2008 12:08PM
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ESAND
Posts: 1607 - Karma: 744
Nice poles are actually nice to ski with fyi. and for me 54"
Feb 16 2008 12:34PM
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Sun_Ra
Posts: 983 - Karma: 279
5 $ old school Blizzard poles in purple. I like them just a little higher than my waist, don't like it too racer or too gangster.
Feb 16 2008 12:44PM
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Pippin
Posts: 4846 - Karma: 661
not more than $20....my last pair got snatched and they were only 10$ ...like wtf.....inch or two below belly button
Feb 16 2008 12:50PM
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TWoods
Posts: 10014 - Karma: 8,385
i go to thrift shops and pay 2 buck when i need new ones.

most expensive pair is a pair of black diamond collapsable touring poles i got on SAC for liek 25.

Mine are really small. like... my arms are almost straight when i have them stuck in the snow.
Feb 16 2008 2:36PM
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KeithB.
Posts: 608 - Karma: 12
I have some Swix CT1 poles. They retailed for $250, but I got them on employee form for like $100. They are the bomb, sooo light. I have a pair of Scott slalom poles for park, the CT1's are for everthing else. I'm 5'11" and my poles are 46".
Feb 16 2008 3:38PM
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timmmy
Posts: 654 - Karma: 25
$0.  old rental shop special.  my poles are for pow days, so they're huge.  i don't ride witht hem for park most of the time, so i like them huge so when i'm polin galta traverses (etc) my pole can actually reach the lower harder layer.

125cm, i'm 5' 11''
Feb 16 2008 3:40PM
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Wis_Skier_23
Posts: 2263 - Karma: 245
6'2" i use 46" poles and they were 40$, they are all  aluminum so they are really light
Feb 16 2008 3:55PM
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WhackStyle.
Posts: 406 - Karma: 14
I got the 44" orange and green scott team edition poles with the leather straps for like $80 and they're totally bombproof, I don't think it's even possible to bend them...
Feb 16 2008 4:43PM
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BEARS.
Posts: 5380 - Karma: 696
stole from my local shop, thirty twooooooos! and i taped em up.
Feb 16 2008 4:50PM
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Tucks
Posts: 2120 - Karma: 161
I know the swix rep.= free
Feb 16 2008 4:51PM
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skiP.E.I.
Posts: 7604 - Karma: 20,098
I don't have poles right now, but I don't like paying more than $20 for them. I like them long enough so my arm is at a little over a 90 degree angle.
Feb 16 2008 4:56PM
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dmc12380
Posts: 3545 - Karma: 792
i steal mine from little kids
Feb 16 2008 4:58PM
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eastAR5
Posts: 15084 - Karma: 730
people actually spend money on poles?


i just take them from the age 8 and under rental rack
Feb 16 2008 5:11PM
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-lincoln-
Posts: 90 - Karma: 11
just jack rental poles.
Feb 16 2008 6:00PM
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Moses
Posts: 1849 - Karma: 564
the most ive ever paid was $7 for a pair of neon green scotts i found at a swap
Feb 16 2008 6:27PM
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jack.whelan
Posts: 1504 - Karma: 122

got free rental poles at 125cms for teaching / proper skiing.
got some pink ones with glittery silver fairies in 100cms for park. they were 30 swiss francs. pretty sure they were designed for little girls cos they have barbie written on them.

o, i am 6'2ish.

Feb 16 2008 6:45PM
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ballerman
Posts: 414 - Karma: 15
true that.

had the black and white joysticks before but they bent so fucken easily i wanted something more solid. oh and my scotts are 44"
Feb 16 2008 8:05PM
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lechef
Posts: 1111 - Karma: 36
usually find them laying around, when people break some they put the set in the rack so I take the good one and find another good one then I cut both the same lengh. usually around 30"
Feb 16 2008 9:08PM
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richards
Posts: 2177 - Karma: 11
damn those are long.
i use 38s and im 6'
Feb 16 2008 9:10PM
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