reason for bends in ski poles used for salmon skiing?
103001
I think the bent poles are used only for down hill. The purpose of the bends is to get tip behind the skier and, this way, reduce air drag.
106614
Wearing normal footware or in your socks. Turn the ski pole upside down, grasp it in your fist under the basket.  Place the top of hand grip on the floor.  The correct length pole will be when you forearm is horizontal with the ground.\n\nI have a wrist injury and have mine slightly shorter so that my wrist is angles downwards - but that is my personal preference.
813018
If you're gonna spend most of the time playing around on the piste the Silencers are perfect, largely because they are some of the best value on the market this season. For a ski thats more freestyle than all mountain you may have to splash out and get some Public Enemys or Missdemeanours.
989283
I would take it to the shop and ask them to apply it. My only concern is that people often use rudders to compensate for bad paddling techniques, and it also changes the turning moment of the craft to the rear, so the kayak wants to pivot from the rear, not from the center. If it is to be used to compensate for a weather helm (turning upwind while paddling in a crosswind) maybe a retractable skeg would be a better alternative. The last concern is that if you are coming in with a following sea in windy weather, as your kayaks rear lifts with a wave, your rudder comes out of the water when you need it most, and that is when the craft will have a tendency to broach and tumble, which can be a real problem. The Europeans use a retractable rudder that is at least 1 meter from the aft of the boat and stays in the water at all times. Just thoughts to ponder, thanks for listening.
1181391
if you statically charge some sort of object, a glass rod works very well, by rubbing it on material in one direction only then hold it next to a stream of water the water should be repelled and bend away from it.
896699
Maybe they don't know what these troughs are for either, maybe it's just a strange tradition. One thing I know is that the Swiss are strange people.\nMaybe the larger side is for grain or something and the smaller side for water?
17519
In Alaska we use Squid, and some plugs, go to a fish shop and ask for plugs,  squid is good for freshwater and salty water, however plugs with a little bit of squid on them work great for trolling.
66788
You need one leg balance, as you use leg motions much like skates. They go very fast!\n\nhttp://gorp.away.com/gorp/activity/skiing/skateski.htm
186193
It's a tradition celebrating the Alpine roots of downhill skiing.\n\nThe hills of the alps, often used for skiing in the winters, are used by ranchers as they spend weeks to months high above the valley as the cows graze. Along the slopes in many alpine resorts, you still find small stone huts used by the ranchers as temporary housing.
1111034
Perhaps the link will help a little.  If you bend a pipe or metal bar, some of the metal will be in tension (stretched) and some will be in compression (squeezed).  There is a neutral plane between the two conditions that is neither stretched nor squeezed.  Often the plane passes through the centroid of the pipe (or bar).  This is easy to find if the cross-section is regular (round, square, etc.) but more difficult to find if the area is irregular or of variable properties such as density.  The centroid is similar to the center of gravity for the shape.  Hope that helps a little.
580965
If your water conditions are constant any small change to the jet pump may cause performace probelms.  Bending or loosing the seal around the ride plate may cause probelms. If you have ever shopped for impellers you know that a pitch change isnt always visible but can have effects on better or worse performance depending on the capabilities of the skis engine.  Make sure the conditions are apples to apples and go from there.
126555
i was watching the winter x games (snow boarding) and they said that is is the same stuff that they use on snow cones to give them the flavor (no joke), because paint does not work on ice or snow! -emily, 13- p.s. go shaun white!!
194519
A lot of guys do not have a perfectly straight penis.  It is not uncommon to have a slight bend to the left, right, up or down.  As long as there is no pain associated with it and you have normal sexual function, there is nothing to worry about.\n\nOn the other hand if it a very severe bend like 90 degrees and it is painful at times there may be a chance of Peyronie's Disease.  It is cause when there is a scarring of the penis at birth or becuase of some other reason and should be looked at by a doctor.
857647
to each their own ured to cut off end while on skates at nose level the lie of the stick is more important do they bend over or not a 7 lie is very streight  so used by the shooters defence sometime want longer stick curve  or no curve up to player i like none best for backhand and to change hands left to right.
134206
The two poles are there because you have to go in between them.  Usually this wouldnt matter, but it does in "fancy" gate setups like undergates, flushes and hairpins.  Also, it can make you have to hike up farther if you fall.
1141275
Bowfishing is restricted by dates and species and fishing bow, not cross bow.\nMost other uses are for regular bow seasons and game but for use by those handicapped in a manner that they may still use it safely but can not use regular bow.
1110486
It comes from the fact that the "hypotenuse" of the two "triangles" is not a straight line segment.  It is actually two segments of similar, but not equal, slope.