Serafina
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I've been skiing with a pair of Leki Trigger-S poles for a couple of years now, but this morning, I forgot them at home. Fortunately, Mr. S. skis with my crummy old cheap Swix poles, and he had another pair of cheap poles for snowshoeing, so I wasn't stuck skiing entirely without poles (the mountain we were at has a lot of hiking at the summit, which is really a ridge, and is a major hassle without poles to help propel). He doesn't make pole plants yet, so he doesn't care at all what poles he's got, as long as they move him along the flats.
OMG. Those old poles REALLY S*CK. The straps, the weight, ugh. All that fiddling with the strap getting off the lift, and getting into the lift line.
We got fresh snow overnight and this morning, so by 11am or so the runs were mostly skied up, piles of cushy stuff bumped and scattered over the base of hardpack and ice. I'm not used to having to actually hold my poles - the Trigger poles are just attached to my hands - and going down some steep run I landed an unexpectedly hard pole plant and it sent a shock wave up through my hands and arm (which is now sore, thanks).
YUK! Trigger poles RULE!!
OMG. Those old poles REALLY S*CK. The straps, the weight, ugh. All that fiddling with the strap getting off the lift, and getting into the lift line.
We got fresh snow overnight and this morning, so by 11am or so the runs were mostly skied up, piles of cushy stuff bumped and scattered over the base of hardpack and ice. I'm not used to having to actually hold my poles - the Trigger poles are just attached to my hands - and going down some steep run I landed an unexpectedly hard pole plant and it sent a shock wave up through my hands and arm (which is now sore, thanks).
YUK! Trigger poles RULE!!