What do you do with your poles on the chair?

[gmcunni]

I hate it when other people on the chair start putting the bar down before i'm set with my poles under my leg.

 

[bdfreetuna]

Poles make for giant praying mantis arm extensions to put the bar down super early and keep the bar from being lifted until the last second. Sometimes sneak one around and play the "pop off a stranger's bindings" game.

 

[Wicked1]

Just keep the straps around the wrists... ready to get off and ski.
Lift attendants have never said a thing about it.
Always sure to not have them pointed at, or near anyone.
Let them dangle

Or I'll stick them under a leg if it is busy.

 

[Not Sure]

I hate it when other people on the chair start putting the bar down before i'm set with my poles under my leg.

My badI've done it to a few people . I'm a bit funny about getting it down asap ,I was on a rollback when I was like 12 or 13 that went 50' or so and stopped quickly swinging the chair almost horizontal . Really freaked me out and it stuck with me all those years.

Speaking of poles I saw a boarder using poles the last time I was out . New fad or some practical application getting through flat areas? Do they work for turning?

 

[boston_e]

I hate it when other people on the chair start putting the bar down before i'm set with my poles under my leg.

You don’t put them under your leg as you sit down?

 

[gmcunni]

You don’t put them under your leg as you sit down?

no, i'm not that advanced.

sit, adjust location, lift leg, place poles. normally all under 10 seconds

 

[spring_mountain_high]

i've recently started putting them under my leg...the hands free thing is nice

 

[jmgard]

Speaking of poles I saw a boarder using poles the last time I was out . New fad or some practical application getting through flat areas? Do they work for turning?

I hand off my poles to my boarder friends on bad traverses, I can skate just fine without them and it's a lot better than waiting forever for them to walk

 

[ERJ-145CA]

I usually hold them both in one hand, never dropped one. Since I frequently ski solo on weekdays I occasionally lay them on my lap.

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[So Inclined]

I saw an "interesting" hanging-pole technique in use the other day; solo skier (so he had the chair's rails to himself), had his poles turned so one was right side up and one upside down, the pole strap wrapped around the outside rail, then secured/levered with the basket of the upside down pole. Pretty sure the basket of the other pole was entwined in the other pole's basket, too.

Never seen that before. Not sure I'd trust it.

 

[Not Sure]

Still using my old strapless 1980 Scott grips. I've moved them to new poles every few years. They hang really well. Just have to pay attention to mid stations and pull them up.

 

[SIKSKIER]

I've never liked to sit on my poles.I have them right under my armpit.

 

[galbro]

View attachment 23718 Still using my old strapless 1980 Scott grips. I've moved them to new poles every few years. They hang really well. Just have to pay attention to mid stations and pull them up.

Ha, thought I was alone doing that! I'll never voluntarily give up those grips!

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[cdskier]

I've started putting my poles under my leg far more often this year. Otherwise I just hold them in one hand.

 

[legalskier]

I've never liked to sit on my poles.I have them right under my armpit.

Me too.
Which is fine until someone lifts the bar without warning.

 

[Not Sure]

Ha, thought I was alone doing that! I'll never voluntarily give up those grips!

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Skied with my twin cousins last year ...Yup they do the same :razz:

Hope SCOTT CO. reads this . I ski with one Yellow and one Black ,deters pole thieves . Yellow ones looking a bit rough though.

When I replace the poles I use a cordless drill and chuck the tip . One hand hold the drill the other sandpaper and in a few seconds have a brushed aluminum finish .

 

[galbro]

Skied with my twin cousins last year ...Yup they do the same :razz:

Hope SCOTT CO. reads this . I ski with one Yellow and one Black ,deters pole thieves . Yellow ones looking a bit rough though.

When I replace the poles I use a cordless drill and chuck the tip . One hand hold the drill the other sandpaper and in a few seconds have a brushed aluminum finish .

If you see one blue and one black you found me! But not anti theft, it's all I have left...

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