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CaseyYou want it to look better than it actually is for the olympics so you don’t personally feel insecure about external judgments we got it
Skiblade420I don’t live in an area where people ski, when I tell people I’m into skiing / show them clips of people skiing park with no poles they usually go something like,
“No poles? That’s kinda sick” or “yeah I always thought holding those poles would be pretty annoying” or “damn, when I tried skiing I hated it because I had to keep track of my skis and poles and ran them over a few times”
This whole, “we want to make a good impression on the outside world” seems so dang un-self aware and is coming from people who grew up watching skiing, and are used to the poles.
No poles makes skiing seems more freeing and badass to young people who have grown up skating/surfing/snowboard etc.
tutipupsim just scared its all gonna change because we want to please the outside world who couldn’t care less about us
Skiblade420People don’t ski without poles to please the outside world, they do it because it feels nice as hell to have you hands free. Wether it’s while skiing, or even just being able to grab your phone easier / not having to sit on them in the lift.
it’s just more free feeling in the park
tutipupsthats it personally the poles or no poles for me isnt the problem in what freeskiing sweden said. Its the pleasing the outside world part, the outside world doesnt give a fuck about us so why should we care about what they think of us anyways if they got into the community they would see its very different from what you see at the olympics
Christian_BaleI think we're all in agreement. We're all against making poles mandatory but we agree that people should be judged accordingly for using poles/ no poles, right?
Skiblade420Ah yeah I see, 100% true. I think the biggest demographic skiing can currently win over is the skater types, showing my friends who don’t ski stuff like zootspace, they actually think it’s sick
CrunnchyVanManpoles in the pow, hams free in the park
CharlzHub???
the poles / no poles debate shouldn’t be decided by how it looks to non-skiers. Why would that matter?
doubleblackjackWait, why arent we just skiing with one pole??
best of both worlds baby
