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Wrist Straps

Do you use your pole's wrist straps?

  • Yes

    Votes: 47 65.3%
  • No

    Votes: 21 29.2%
  • I don't know the correct way

    Votes: 4 5.6%

  • Total voters
    72

Morwax

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Straps eeechhh.. I use a 30 year old pair of allsops with moulded grips, really wish they still made them :(
 

SIKSKIER

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Molded straps are great for breaking wrists.I use a breakaway strap and would not ski without them....except.While heli and catskiing the guides always insist you should not use straps.I found out the hard way.I had a fall that I augered in to bottomless snow and my pole was imbedded very deep.I could not get my hand free in the position I was in.In bottomless it is very hard to right yourself anyway and having an arm stuck where I didn't want it was very unnerving.Lucky to have the tail guide come behind me to help.So no straps in deep powder,always releasable straps the rest of the time.
 

Nick

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What's wrong with country? I convinced a friend to set a glade skiing sequence to "Chicken Fried." It worked.

Just personal preference. I don't know what happened at home recently but my wife is pregnant and all of a sudden after 10+ years she started liking country music. I don't know why but for some reason it just sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard to me.

there are a very, very few limited songs that I enjoy that are country.

That said, I don't have any ill will towards country fans. Have at it. Just not my cup of tea ;)
 

Nick

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He needs to tilt the camera up a bit to not stare at the ground.

And Leki Trigger grips for the win! In a bad fall they will release, and I love how easy they are to use.

Yeah it was my first time with the camera :oops:

I was playing with camera position, if you'll notice the different takes are at different angles. But even my highest angle wasn't high enough.
 

Morwax

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Molded straps are great for breaking wrists.
Wow.. Ive been using them for close to 40 years without a break. I guess some people have wimpy wrists. Its more of a covenience thing. Stick hand in and go. Too bad lawyers have to ruin EVERYTHING :popcorn:
 
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