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What are some good poles?

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Hertz
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for cheap
i usually snap a pair almost every other month so i dont need 200 dollar carbon fibre ones

ive been using joysticks alot and they seem light and cheap but they pretty low quality

Oct 11 2008 1:06PM
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currentwestman
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maybe you need to get some higher quality ones that wont snap as easily. i'm really not sure as to what these would be but i've heard it does help to go with some tough ones
Oct 11 2008 1:27PM
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Balto
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just dont use them if u break them so much
Oct 11 2008 1:29PM
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Hertz
Posts: 238 - Karma: 30

i sometime will go with out
usually because i have broken some and havent gotten any new ones
but i guess im really just looking for some light, cheap poles, the more durable the better

Oct 11 2008 1:32PM
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Piste.Off
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sickstickz.com
Oct 11 2008 2:09PM
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Kev-Hal
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Check these out, it's what I use. They're goode



http://www.goode.com/skipoles.html
Oct 11 2008 3:25PM
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cobra_commander
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garage sale. 5 bucks a pair usualy, once I got like 5 pairs for $5.
Oct 11 2008 3:40PM
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Hertz
Posts: 238 - Karma: 30

those sick sticks are nice i dont really wanna drop 70 dollas tho

i can usually pick up a pair of joysticks for like 30
but im looking for something thats a bit higher quality for not much more than that

Oct 11 2008 4:07PM
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Octopus
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joysticks are good quality.
they should be fine
Oct 11 2008 4:12PM
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Fish_Sandwich.
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The cheapest straight ones you can find.  They're poles for christ sake, they are gonna get demolished anyway probably.
Oct 11 2008 5:17PM
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backcountry479
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pm me i have mi own  custom poles u pic how u want me to paint them. so u get a pair of poles (aluminum) that look steezy and just the way u want them for $15
Oct 11 2008 6:00PM
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zylstra
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steal some rentals
Oct 11 2008 6:46PM
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b-kul
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goode for sure. the carbon ones. got em at a ski swap for $10 and have lasted me 2+ seasons.
Oct 11 2008 7:14PM
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Hertz
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the rental poles at my hill are like solid steel
there so heavy
Oct 11 2008 7:14PM
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jasontheredhead
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i took some rental poles from my home mountian and they are the most solid things ever, then u just get colored tape to make them look sick, and so no one knows that they are the mountians haha
Oct 11 2008 7:27PM
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TOAST.
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I have some old aluminum poles they are solid I bought them for 5 moneys and they have lasted 4 season. They are bent a little and have a bunch of dents in them but they are still solid. So just go to a swap and buy some old poles paint them if you must.
Oct 12 2008 12:29AM
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jsw630
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Like someone mentioned above, look into a higher quality pole because your less likley to break those. I would also say look into Armada poles. With their system you buy the complete setup with grips, shafts and baskets and then if you break or bend a pole after that you just replace the single bent shaft instead of complete set of poles
Oct 12 2008 12:45AM
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