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Swix TC9 Carbon Plus. I grabbed a pair at a tent sale a few years back. Great poles.
My poles (aluminum) have always ended up bending at the bottom, so I would love a pair of poles that would absorb more of the shock. Is there a reason that carbon absorbs the shock better than aluminum?
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Not all carbon poles are the same. My Goode Carbon poles have withstood a lot of abuse, including cutting them with sharp ski edges. No failures in 15 years. In fact, I don't think I can destroy them if I tried.
What kind of bindings do yiu have?
I had some nice leki carbon poles. But with my rossi axial bindings they bent like crazy trying to take the skis off. I will never step on my bindings and mess up my bases, so I switched to aluminum poles.
I did like the carbons but have no complaints against the aluminum lekis I got instead.
Swix carbon poles kick ass! (And I'm not just saying that as a friend of Glenn!!) My wife is on the TC9's too and I have a pair of the Mach 1 eliptical shaped race poles! Love them!! Easy swing weight, tough, and great shock absorption !!
Overall, I am not sure how much the pole effects my skiing so it is not where I put my $'s!