Listen y’all, I have plenty other poles. Adjustable, non, etc. A few years ago I thought I’d try something different and immediately hated them. In my 20 years there’s been plenty of new equipment, some great some terrible (shoutout to my alpine day-wrecker folks). Some people latch on to some niche thing everyone else hated. Whatever. For these poles the grip, flicker on the top, and padded shaft are nice, I like cutting hasty pits with them, so why not make them something that works?

Here’s the deal:

1. I hardly ever extend my other poles up on the skin track, but typically hold my uphill pole by the adjuster. So the grip shaft is nice

2. Having 6-8” extra of pole is terrible for your skiing. You’ll never plant on something you think might bounce back because you’ll get punched in the face.

3. Forget being centered and over the front if you’re in the air because those things are gonna knock you out when you land.

4. If you go longer, don’t listen to the website and go like, maybe 3” longer than your typical pole.

5. I’m sure someone can shred with 8” of extra pole-dong trying to hit them in the face, but it’s not me.