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How did you get your poles?

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Turd.Ferguson
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So me and my buds were talking about how we got our poles and some of the ways we got them were classic. they involved stealing them out of kids hands and while they were at lunch. I wanna hear how you guys got your poles. best storys get +k
Nov 3 2013 6:15PM 1193 217
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K-Dubs
Posts: 331 - Karma: 446
i bought them
Nov 3 2013 6:15PM 124 4
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Garebear
Posts: 378 - Karma: 4,910
uh... buying them?
Nov 3 2013 6:16PM 73 2
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ermz
Posts: 79 - Karma: 294
I thought purchasing poles was considered normal. Guess I'm not up to date
Nov 3 2013 6:24PM 86 1
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B.Gillis
Posts: 5439 - Karma: 12,649
Its so much easier when you go to the rentals return section of any mountain and tell them you forgot your poles at home can you borrow a pair they say sure thing just grab your size and bam free poles. Hate it or love it a ski bums gotta do what hes gotta do.
Nov 3 2013 6:26PM 61 7
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RoofDaRoofieDogg
Posts: 3090 - Karma: 1,988
Wow OP, stealing poles out of little kids hands. Thats some hardcore gangster shit.

I hope you kill yourself.
Nov 3 2013 6:26PM 172 6
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Garebear
Posts: 378 - Karma: 4,910
yes, and then you go home and paint them.

nobody will ever know!!! /evillaugh
Nov 3 2013 6:27PM 25 1
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a_burger
Posts: 4759 - Karma: 13,832
I'm not sure really. They've been around since I was like 10, I think they must have been my sisters at some point or hand-me downs from my cousins. Just kind of found them in our basement after my others broke. Still lighter then any other poles I've had.

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Nov 3 2013 6:28PM 10 1
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B.Gillis
Posts: 5439 - Karma: 12,649
sticker bombing works as well
Nov 3 2013 6:28PM 13 0
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UncleGerry
Posts: 1291 - Karma: 1,371
I stole mine from some park rat kid.


Just kidding, I got them for free because I'm sponsored.
Nov 3 2013 6:35PM 55 6
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.Rybak.
Posts: 9017 - Karma: 9,838
hockey tape... your welcome.
Nov 3 2013 6:48PM 22 2
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YoungJ
Posts: 446 - Karma: 907
So i was just sitting there eating lunch, on my computer, scrolling through the internet, then out of no where i saw and ad for my local mountains ski swap, and i was like no way. Knowing that i could find some pretty cheap poles i set my mind on going. Sadly, a week before my physics teacher decided to tell me i needed to go the the Yale physics Olympics and miss not only the ski swap but the preseason instructor gathering. I was disappointing but i knew my team needed me, and i had someone working on my side. I have a friend who said he would pick me up a pair and he did. That following Monday, I arrived at school at approximately 7. I got out, paid him back and put the poles in my car.
I dont think anyone of you will be able to beat that incredible THUGLYFE story
Nov 3 2013 6:48PM 75 0
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Turd.Ferguson
Posts: 1435 - Karma: 2,673
bitchez call me wutang
Nov 3 2013 6:48PM 4 68
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Randy_Quench
Posts: 5443 - Karma: 4,292
went to dumpster behind ski shop
found two giant unmatching poles
cut them to my size
replaced grips with odi bike grips
painted black


if you pay for poles you're a squid.
Nov 3 2013 6:59PM 61 3
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californiagrown
Posts: 9794 - Karma: 2,007
I have had two pairs of poles in 7 years. both came from my parents garage, and were last used in the 1970's.

My current pair are a frankenstein creation with nothing matching between the two poles except the actual pole itself. They work damn fine though and i have grown quite partial to their alternative feel and appearance.
Nov 3 2013 7:02PM 4 0
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Substitute
Posts: 1339 - Karma: 2,071
I took old poles from my basement cut them and then put bike grips on them.
Nov 3 2013 7:19PM 0 0
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a_lurker
Posts: 255 - Karma: 121
Im on the track team and as i was getting back from a run and walking through the school parking lot, i spied a pair of line pins half-submerged under some snow. i grabbed them and needless to say, i was stoked.
Nov 3 2013 7:20PM 4 0
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chacha33
Posts: 956 - Karma: 4,086
I had defeat the dragon and save the princess to get my poles. What the hell I didn't know you could buy them
Nov 3 2013 7:23PM 27 0
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steezyjibber
Posts: 15967 - Karma: 10,972
do your friends think they're cool for doing that? i bet they do.
Nov 3 2013 7:24PM 9 1
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Fitz_
Posts: 427 - Karma: 592
Sold myself as a male prostitute and they gave me a few pairs for payment
Nov 3 2013 8:00PM 8 0
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SFB
Posts: 8895 - Karma: 26,137
you're a fucking asshole.
Nov 3 2013 8:09PM 50 2
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kung_powpow
Posts: 1980 - Karma: 3,608
stole some rental poles, cut em to size, and spray painted them black
Nov 3 2013 8:10PM 4 0
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jorb.co
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ha I love this thread so much because buying poles is the stupidest waste of money.

my pair which I have used for the past 6 years I won at Freshtival. I lost one on a pow day last winter but climbed up this summer to retrieve it. Unfortunately it was still buried. RIP

my little bb park poles were salvaged from a dumpster and then covered in rasta coloured electrical tape

my current everyday pair was left behind by stupid racers and sat under the chairlift for a week until I decided to get them. mint condish.

If you buy poles for $80 at a ski store, you are doing something very wrong
Nov 3 2013 8:13PM 6 2
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Turd.Ferguson
Posts: 1435 - Karma: 2,673
finally someone who understands me. if i spend my money on somthing its wax, skis, boots or clothes.
Nov 3 2013 8:21PM 2 14
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K-Dot.
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odi bike grips are about $10 if not more. last time i bought poles, i spent $5 on a pair at a ski swap. and i didn't have to rummage through a dumpster or paint them black. but yeah, you go, you pole hispturrrrrr
Nov 3 2013 8:47PM 13 1
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Nacho+
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I went to the pole store.....
Nov 3 2013 8:49PM 1 1
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bgeskior
Posts: 463 - Karma: 1,544
I actually have a legit pair right now but I definitely used to just pick them up from ski swaps or the rental room
Nov 3 2013 8:50PM 1 0
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SamMcChesney
Posts: 2905 - Karma: 2,163
agreed, poles are the only thing I do not give a shit about. Right now I have some 1970 kids nordic skiing poles, cut down, took the grip and baskets off and put tape grips on.
Nov 3 2013 8:53PM 1 0
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1337
Posts: 30922 - Karma: 27,138
literally found 8+ pairs in a dumpster. 4 are those nice, good grip Scott straight race poles. Just got to trim some of them down and they're good to go
Nov 3 2013 8:54PM 13 0
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humpty
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Pole 1: lost and found, pole 2: swap shed at the town dump (pretty much a free flea market kinda deal)
Nov 3 2013 9:30PM 1 0
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MEDSKI.
Posts: 561 - Karma: 631
Poles.com
Nov 3 2013 9:34PM 3 3
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.Dad
Posts: 11889 - Karma: 11,490
the old man doesn't really ski anymore so i took his poles and cut them to size.
Nov 3 2013 9:35PM 1 0
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Skibumsmith
Posts: 5016 - Karma: 7,686
I found a pair leaning against my truck when it was the only vehicle left in the parking lot. Then I got to build a pair of soul poles for free. (also fuck you for stealing from kids)
Nov 3 2013 9:38PM 7 0
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SpliffyJ
Posts: 778 - Karma: 564
the pole tree
Nov 3 2013 9:40PM 9 0
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C-Wal
Posts: 185 - Karma: 1,370
Who uses poles now anyway?
Nov 3 2013 10:01PM 5 12
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Miclovin
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i dont ride with polez becuz bdog doesnt
Nov 3 2013 10:07PM 22 0
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Session
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Bought my poles because i don't steal from kids like a bitch.
Nov 3 2013 10:26PM 6 2
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gohamsam
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haha i just looked this up (not sure why, i just wanted to see if it would be something cool) and it turns out its a site that sells "wood pole maintnance solutions"
Nov 3 2013 10:35PM 6 0
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DaneKirk
Posts: 364 - Karma: 2,047
fuck you OP for stealing shit from kids. i won some real nice joystick poles and had them stolen on my second day with them while i was at lunch. now i just roll around with some shitty rental poles.
Nov 3 2013 10:37PM 7 1
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Forcillo
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Won them in the Joystick contest here on NS a couple weeks ago, stoked!
Nov 3 2013 10:37PM 0 0
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inund8
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I went to china, stole some bamboo from some panda's, cut them with my shark tooth saw and topped them with panda paws
Nov 3 2013 10:40PM 12 0
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Backyard.Skier
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hahah you're a sucker then cause you can do it yourself for a fraction of the cost and do it to your liking
Nov 3 2013 10:53PM 3 3
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p-fo
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 6,071
Buying poles is dumb as shit when there are so many ways to get them for free.
Nov 3 2013 10:57PM 0 1
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californiagrown
Posts: 9794 - Karma: 2,007
how do YOU get the wax to wax your skis? steal it?
Nov 3 2013 11:24PM 5 1
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250r
Posts: 2272 - Karma: 1,009
i got a deal on some composite scotts once, those were awesome. a lot of people dont like em since they break, which they did haha. for the time they worked though they were great. almost wanna get a pair again, the swix ones look really nice. i skied all last year only with BD adjustable carbon poles, even in the park. pretty surprised theyre still intact, haha really should pick up a normal pair again.
Nov 3 2013 11:25PM 0 1
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GritznGravy
Posts: 165 - Karma: 225
I use rebar for poles because I'm really strong.
Nov 3 2013 11:34PM 14 0
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p-fo
Posts: 9366 - Karma: 6,071
I don't steal from people because stealing is kinda whack. I get mine from old lost n found and I got a pair of new Line poles from a homie who got flow from them for a couple years.
Nov 3 2013 11:36PM 2 0
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AT-AT
Posts: 3281 - Karma: 3,145
I left mine at the mountain one day, and i'm to cheap to buy new ones, so i havent used poles in 4 years
Nov 3 2013 11:36PM 1 0
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maxro
Posts: 533 - Karma: 81
I'm a cheap bastard.

found mine in a dumpster at Mammoth, cut them down to my size and gorilla-glued some Oury mountain bike grips to them.
Nov 4 2013 12:02AM 1 0
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Willard
Posts: 5117 - Karma: 431
You realize you can steal all that stuff to right cunt? It's one thing to take some rental poles but damn it i wanna punch you in the face.
Nov 4 2013 12:17AM 3 1
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