Another gear thread....What do you have? What do you want?

GrilledSteezeSandwich · May 30, 2008

damn AZ is the site for people with clown poles..Are there any normal folks with 48 or 50 inches poles or is this site filled with midgets..lol

Greg · May 30, 2008

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
damn AZ is the site for people with clown poles..Are there any normal folks with 48 or 50 inches poles or is this site filled with midgets..lol

So...let's see...if you're the exception rather than the rule, who's normal? Clown poles are mad steezy yo.

jack97 · May 30, 2008

Check out the clown poles on these gals.

jack97 · May 30, 2008

Wow! Look at that forward lean

I got to quit looking at these type of girlie pics.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · May 30, 2008

jack97 said:
Wow! Look at that forward lean

I got to quit looking at these type of girlie pics.

drool...she's hopefully legal...doh..

jack97 · May 30, 2008

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
drool...she's hopefully legal...doh..

jack97 said:

I'm drooling over Jen, look at that hand position and the upper body position. Kirsti's free hand has casted out to soon and make her rotate the upper body. She doesn't seem patience enuf on the poling.

Damn, I can stare at these pics all day.

Philpug · May 30, 2008

here is some good body position:

mondeo · May 30, 2008

jack97 said:
She doesn't seem patience enuf on the poling.

:idea:

...

Nah, too easy.

In all seriousness though, there is something undeniably hot about a really good bump skiing chick.

I [Hart] Skiing said:
here is some good body position:

I have to agree, that is good product placement, er, I mean, body positioning. :wink:

jack97 · May 31, 2008

mondeo said:
:idea:

...

Nah, too easy.

In all seriousness though, there is something undeniably hot about a really good bump skiing chick.

In a way I was serious, Kristi Richards poling doesn't seem to be consistent, she's casting too early with her left and doesn't release the right arm thus letting her right shoulder rotate up the hill. The you tube vid shows this, yeah she won the championship with that run but the poling stands out.

Jen on the other hand has a nice counter position with her free (non poling hand), the segment start at the 12:00 mark really shows this.

I got to stop looking at these girlie vids :dunce:

deadheadskier · May 31, 2008

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
damn AZ is the site for people with clown poles..Are there any normal folks with 48 or 50 inches poles or is this site filled with midgets..lol

I use normal size poles. I might hack them down a couple of inches as there were a few times this spring where I felt them to be a tad long in the bumps. I certainly won't be going clown style though as on any given day I'll spend about 60% of my time tops in the bumps.

Even in High School when I skied bumps 95% of the time and competed a little bit, I didn't go clown style.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · May 31, 2008

Park rats are also into clown poles. One run I traded poles with one of the Jibhonks from PASR..he's 5'7 and uses 42 inch poles..I don't think the poles touched the snow the entire run..I was pole planting into air. At the top of most runs..I like to use my poles to help accelerate..as every extra bit of speed helps/

At Blue mountain there is only one bump run..It's really nice and forgiving about 1/3 of the time..about 1/3 of the time it's O.K...not great but skiable and about 1/3 of the time..it's solid boilerplate from freezing rain.

When it's good I'll take several runs in the bumps each session..when it's O.K. maybe a few runs..and when it's bad..usually one run..but on ski trips I'm in the bumps much more. It's hard to ski a place like Jackson Hole or Stowe without encountering any moguls unless it's a huge powder day or you stick to the groomers and flats...If I entered a bump competition..I'd probably rock 40 inch poles..JEAAAA!!!

drjeff · May 31, 2008

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
damn AZ is the site for people with clown poles..Are there any normal folks with 48 or 50 inches poles or is this site filled with midgets..lol

I hear you GSS! I almost feel guilty saying I use a pair of [size=+4]52"[/size]

composite fiber glorified shish-ka-bob sticks!

jack97 · May 31, 2008

GrilledSteezeSandwich said:
.....If I entered a bump competition..I'd probably rock 40 inch poles..JEAAAA!!!

jack97 said:
Check out the clown poles on these gals.

A mogul coach said that for the pole length, the top part of the handle should go up to the hip bone, you can see that with the pic.

Hawkshot99 · May 31, 2008

6'0" and I use 47" or 48" poles. Depends on the day.

Trekchick · May 31, 2008

I'm 5'6" and have 48 inch poles. I want to get a 46" pair to have as an option, and am thinking Goode.
The poles I am currently using are the Leki trigger grips that were on sale at REI last year. I couldn't pass up the deal, but I have wanted a pair of goode poles for about 5 years and never take the plunge.
Any suggestions on Goode,(model's and features)?

mondeo · Jun 1, 2008

jack97 said:
In a way I was serious, Kristi Richards poling doesn't seem to be consistent, she's casting too early with her left and doesn't release the right arm thus letting her right shoulder rotate up the hill.

Yeah, I get ya. In my observations, it seems like if you take 20 skiers on a bump run, you'll get 5 that shouldn't be there, 5 really good skiers that don't know how to ski bumps, 5 that know how to ski bumps but are definite works in progress, 4 that have the A&E and turning down but their arms are going out to the side, and one that has everything going for them. It is very rare that you get someone whose poling is better than any other part of their technique. Not that any part of my technique is good (I'd call it all progressing,) but I do try to focus on proper poling as I find it makes everything else easier.

deadheadskier said:
I use normal size poles. I might hack them down a couple of inches as there were a few times this spring where I felt them to be a tad long in the bumps. I certainly won't be going clown style though as on any given day I'll spend about 60% of my time tops in the bumps.

Even in High School when I skied bumps 95% of the time and competed a little bit, I didn't go clown style.

Proper bump pole size is definitely, for me at least, something I can feel the difference after changing but not really realize when using the longer poles. Last year I was using 48" poles, and didn't really feel any need to go shorter. When I tried 46" poles this year I immediately felt the difference, to the point of the one time I went back to 48" poles (thought I was going to be skiing with friends and not in the bumps,) they were so frustrating that I ended up bending them into a 90° angle after I got home. 46" poles still feel fine for me, but when I watch video I can see that the poles are definitely pushing my hands up a bit towards shoulder level. Only problem is that it's hard enough skating with 46" poles as it is; new HSQ at Skye peak should help alleviate those difficulties some next year, though.

jack97 · Jun 1, 2008

mondeo said:
In my observations, it seems like if you take 20 skiers on a bump run, you'll get 5 that shouldn't be there, 5 really good skiers that don't know how to ski bumps, 5 that know how to ski bumps but are definite works in progress, 4 that have the A&E and turning down but their arms are going out to the side, and one that has everything going for them.

I know what you mean, every know and then I see skiers as below with long poles and compounding that problem by planting on the front side of the bump.

deadheadskier · Jun 1, 2008

So would length would classify as 'clown poles' for me? I'm 5'9" (on a good day) and I currently use a 46" pole.

I was thinking of cutting them down to maybe a 44.

Hawkshot99 · Jun 1, 2008

deadheadskier said:
So would length would classify as 'clown poles' for me? I'm 5'9" (on a good day) and I currently use a 46" pole.

I was thinking of cutting them down to maybe a 44.

IDK.....They only evidence i can find show full size poles...:blink:

bigbog · Jun 25, 2008

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Yes...pants a definite! Have two jackets...one red, the other burnt red and orange, both breathe magnificently...I now hate red....:roll: Tried a nice looking blue shell @end-of-season(~04)-sale...was supposed to really breathe...it didn't = Not a fun April day!...beautiful sun, hiking up 16"deep champagne powder, ~36F, warm Spring day wind...you name it....but Not FUN when the shell to top "all other shells" becomes a cold rain forest inside the shell when zipped...sold that thing. Guess I can hold onto one(the Marmot) and grin & bear it..

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