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jonnybaaheid 
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Post subject: Strapped in on the Poma
 Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 04:37 PM
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Out at Glenshee yesterday, I came off the pomas a few times, and I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have happened if I'd been strapped in. I'm usually OK with the launch, but if the tracks a bit rutted and I have to try and steer I start having problems. I suppose a stomp pad would help but I don't see why I can't use the poma strapped in, it would make things much easier, and quicker if there's a queue IMO.
So I was speaking to my mate afters and he said he'd been fully strapped in on the poma most of the day with no lifties saying anything to him. I'll be trying it next time I'm up. Does anyone else on here go up fully strapped in? Ever been told off for doing it? |
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Post subject: RE: Strapped in on the Poma
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 04:49 PM
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Only rode in Scotland once and was told you had to have one foot out.
TBH I don't like riding strapped in anyway, but certainly think it's absolutely fine if you're an experienced rider. I think they're more worried about people falling and not being able to get out of the way if they're strapped in. |
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Post subject: RE: Strapped in on the Poma
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 05:32 PM
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Post subject: RE: Strapped in on the Poma
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 05:50 PM
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I ride strapped in, Glenshee only let you do it sometimes, all down to the lifty.
I asked and was told it was because so many people fall and get in the way they ask everyone to do it to speed up the line. If you strap do have both feet in and fall dont expect to go to the front of the line if they have to stop the lift while you move |
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Post subject: RE: Strapped in on the Poma
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 05:54 PM
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| I've ridden a few Poma lifts whilst having both feet strapped in before, but only because I'm really hardcore and badass, not because it was simply convenient to ride into the empty lift and carry on up the hill. |
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Post subject: Re: RE: Strapped in on the Poma
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 06:22 PM
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dashie wrote:
I ride strapped in, Glenshee only let you do it sometimes, all down to the lifty.
I asked and was told it was because so many people fall and get in the way they ask everyone to do it to speed up the line. If you strap do have both feet in and fall dont expect to go to the front of the line if they have to stop the lift while you move
It was only my first run of the day when I fell in any position to go straight to the front of the queue, after I was ready for the jolt again I got on OK, did the last 20 feet or so on my back though 
If you fall halfway up the sunnyside poma, which I did yesterday, it's quite a hike to get back to the slope. Too many bare patches just to off piste it back down for me yesterday.
I'm still not too clear on the reasoning though. It's easier to ride the poma with both feet in, so people are less likely to fall, but if people do fall it's easier to get out of the way with a foot out. A bit of a catch 22, I think it should be down to the boarders discretion really. If I fell right at the start strapped in, I'd have no problem going to the back of the queue. In fact I'd probably go to another lift looking a bit embarrassed. |
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Post subject: RE: Re: RE: Strapped in on the Poma
Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 06:30 PM
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I don't think I'd be too happy being behind someone who rode strapped in - I'd assume they're a beginner and therefore likely to fall. Plus I'd wonder why the lift is badly managed, as I'd be surprised that they'd be allowed. There are beginner lifts where you can practice.
I think you'd be better off learning to ride the lift. |
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 06:32 PM
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Sounds like you need a stomp pad for a bit more control, im admittedly dependant on mine now, as i was trying out new boards a few weeks back with no stomp pads and i nearly came off at the top  |
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kerb
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 06:49 PM
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Yeah, get a stomp pad, I've got three on mine!
I know some people don't use them, but its hard to see any good reason not to have one - other than vanity I suppose. |
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Sidget
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 06:57 PM
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kerb wrote:
I know some people don't use them, but its hard to see any good reason not to have one - other than vanity I suppose.
Not needing one is a pretty good reason a lot of people don't have one... |
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 07:01 PM
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Vanity, hair style, hmmm  |
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 07:02 PM
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I don't have a stomp pad on my deck, was intending on getting one but slow and mocked @ hemel had ran out when i took my deck out for it's first outing.
I was quite worried that i would be all over the place on the poma without one but it was fine. I just push out onto the inside of my back binding and that keeps me secure.
I don't know about lifts in scotland but years ago i went to andorra and they had some shockingly long t-bars and poma lifts. I was riding them strapped in purely so i could switch between front foot as i kept getting cramp halfway up!!!
I very rarely fall on a lift but if i did regardless of whether i had 1 or 2 feet strapped in i would be out of the way before the next person was about to hit me! |
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jonnybaaheid
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 07:31 PM
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First post: May 04, 2010
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I can ride lifts, beginner lifts are easy, I can ride them on my heel edge with one foot in if I want. But the faster lifts are much easier with two feet in.
The lifts in Scotland are renowned for being absolutely terrible. Some are known to take people in to the air at the launch, this is why I'd rather be strapped in. Even with a stomp pad if the launch is so violent that your back foot can't help but come away from the board, are you not going to be fecking about trying to get it back on to your stomp pad right? This is why I was falling, trying to get my back foot to get some purchase on the board. |
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 07:35 PM
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| I love the lifts at Glencoe. Apart from take-off, they're so much faster and easier on the legs and feet (at least for me) than the indoor fridge/dryslope ones I've tried. I don't strap my backfoot in, mostly out of habbit I guess. |
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Posted: Dec 12, 2010 - 07:56 PM
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| Stomp pads are brilliant on the base of your board. |
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