merryJim 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I went to 3 different shops over the weekend and each one told me different things about how long my ski poles should be - when holding them the lower part of my arms should be level / slightly up / slightly down. I'm interested to know what skiers on here think and how big their ski poles are compared to body. Cheers Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 dude, they`re called `stocks` or `misery sticks`. Link to post Share on other sites
merryJim 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Author Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yes ok. Just replace to words "ski poles", with "stocks" or "misery sticks", then. Hopefully then the meaning of my question will become fully clear. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Boarders can call them what they like, but skiers mostly call them poles. I was taught to turn them upside down, and hold them below the basket. Your forearm should then be parallel with the ground. A few cm either way really isn't that critical. Longer ones are better for, ahem, poling (should that be stocking?), and shorter ones for massive angulation in those radical turns. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 I've stuck by the shoes on/ fore-arm level theory for 29 seasons. Works pretty well, and I'm finicky about that stuff. some skiers go longer to justify their lifters under their bindings. some skiers go shorter to bring their upperbodies more forward; if skiers feel they are in the back seat, they may cut their poles a centimeter. If they feel they are bending at the waist, they may go longer. Nonetheless, start level. any stock aluminum pole can be cut by removing the grip. (place the pole between your door and its frame, close the door on the pole just below the handle, pull the pole.) Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: Boarders can call them what they like, but skiers mostly call them poles. OK then, how about "Poof Sticks"? Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 what's so poofy about 'em? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 not the sticks, the skis Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Soubs got it spot on. Upside down pole and arm parallel just below the basket. This has been the standard for years Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: Boarders can call them what they like, but skiers mostly call them poles. OK then, how about "Poof Sticks"? Theyre nice for smacking boarders upside the head when I go flying by em Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 please elaborate on this piggy. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Creek Boy: Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: Boarders can call them what they like, but skiers mostly call them poles. OK then, how about "Poof Sticks"? Theyre nice for smacking boarders upside the head when I go flying by em or releasing your skier-buddy's binding as he's about to load a lift. Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 and just to add to what soub said I have some BD extendable poles which are nice on a long traverse out through pow/untracked snow and having the ability to make them longer. For me it means less movement/wasting energy on my upper body trying to push through. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Elaborate quattro?? What, that skis are gay? Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 >or releasing your skier-buddy's binding as he's about to load a lift. noice samurai, we used to do that all the time Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Elaborate quattro?? What, that skis are gay? agghhh. he actually said it. remind me to never break trail for you on any entrance or exit in our out of the goods. Keep walking straight... Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 that actually happened once at Happo 2 years ago Samurai. Bushy had to swim through the powder for about 40 minutes!! Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 what's the longest time you've spent digging for a lost ski before you wised up and cranked your bindings? Link to post Share on other sites
quattro 1 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 call them poof sticks if you want. But at least i don't carry a fag bag like most boarder do around here. What gives with the chalk bag any way. You dam sure not climbing any thing. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Its for cigarettes, cellphones, and a feeling like you are fitting in with the japanese snowboarding `uniform`. I know of no serious gaijin boarder (let me rephrase that, i know of no gaijin boarder period) who wears one. Link to post Share on other sites
number9 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yeah, mine's extendable too, but I use the poles more while skating anyways Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Yo samurai. Are you up for any trips to Kurobushi Kogen or Onikobe? Don't expect me to keep up, though. Daver's in. Link to post Share on other sites
samurai 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by soubriquet: Yo samurai. Are you up for any trips to Kurobushi Kogen or Onikobe? Don't expect me to keep up, though. Daver's in. yeah, I'd like to figure out some trips this year. go somewhere other than my home hill and get freaking rowdy. itsu??? Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted November 29, 2006 Share Posted November 29, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by samurai: Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: Elaborate quattro?? What, that skis are gay? agghhh. he actually said it. remind me to never break trail for you on any entrance or exit in our out of the goods. Keep walking straight... Of course I said it! Come on! He was fishing for it! I also, know no gaijin boarders who use those things. Put that one down to Jboarders emphasis on style over substance. Not a boarder thing. Link to post Share on other sites
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