jack97
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I sometime see park rats using clown poles.
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Poles?
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I sometime see park rats using clown poles.
Tin
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What else would you use for a harpoon or lifting "CLOSED" ropes?
gmcunni
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what do you do with your poles while on the lift?
dlague
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Not Sure
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Hang em on the bar ...1984 Scott old style breakaway grips....Moved onto 5th set of pole this year.
BenedictGomez
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They just hang from my gloves.
I have a bunch of these and use them often because of this. Many times I ski with unmatched pairs, as long as the lengths are similar, and at least I have a left and right handed grip.
My boots always match, tried skiing last year with 203 rossi 4s's on 1 leg and 167 Volkl's on the other, needless to say that last only for a couple of runs. Poles, if I can hang them on the safety bar and whack my kids asses as I blow past them, I'm good.
VTKilarney
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I've got a pair of these in the attic. I really liked them.
Ragman
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LOL that what I used to do. Back in the day Bristol had a mid-station between upper and lower rocket and you could just hop off. But if you left your poles hanging from the bar and forgot to pull them up at midstation they instantly became much shorter.
MadMadWorld
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Breakaways are for people that fall. I don't make mistakes
VTKilarney
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IMHO the advantage was how easy they were to get your hands into and out of. Straps, frankly, are for people who fall.
trackbiker
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Weren't the breakaways discontinued due to causing thumb injuries?
gmcunni
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BenedictGomez
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Do you mean the molded plastic things that looked like a guard on a sword? I had a pair of those and used them for years!
Stolen at Jay Peak circa 2009.
steamboat1
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I attribute the cause of me tearing my rotator cuff to those style grips.
Old Duderino
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I could have used someone like you for most of my snowboarding career. Every time I tried to get a slingshot from my wife I'd end up reverse slingshoting her getting both of us stuck on the flats.
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The only people I see not using them are beginners.
There is no doubt that they are beneficial.
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I used some of those old style grips until very recently. I can think of about 4 or 5 reasons why they are awesome, even superior to other grips, but I too, attributed some aches and pains to their use. Maybe it was the weight of the older poles.
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Could be. I had a fall with them and jammed my thumb. I didn't related the two.
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