Do you not use tape?
Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 1:41 am
This seems like a dumb question, but seriously, did/does anyone not use tape on their pole. Quick story...
Back in high school, the skin on my hands was always peeling during season. For one reason or another, I figured it was a chemical in the good ol J&J medical tape we were using, so I just decided to go without. Now for referrence, I was 5'10-5'11 and weighted about a buck 45 (this is all senior year). The longest pole I remember using was a 16' 160 spirit, held over 15', but not often. The heaviest was a pacer carbon 15' 180 (can't remember flex... it broke, got the end somewhere.) I ran something like 5 to 6 lefts and was slow as cold molasses. We marked the hand height with a sharpee ^^ anywho, the next year in college, I never did like the feel of the carbons, and ended up going back to tape and chalk(they seemed to small if I remember right). Fast fowards a few years and my hands had gotten so bad (from a number of reasons), and I finished out using reversed tape and not being able to feel the pole in my hands when I ran.
Now adays I can't feel anything and sometimes it hurts to use a fork, but beside that, I always remember it feeling so much more comfortable using no tape and just the glass and the pole wrap. I was woundering anyone elses thoughts and opinions?
Back in high school, the skin on my hands was always peeling during season. For one reason or another, I figured it was a chemical in the good ol J&J medical tape we were using, so I just decided to go without. Now for referrence, I was 5'10-5'11 and weighted about a buck 45 (this is all senior year). The longest pole I remember using was a 16' 160 spirit, held over 15', but not often. The heaviest was a pacer carbon 15' 180 (can't remember flex... it broke, got the end somewhere.) I ran something like 5 to 6 lefts and was slow as cold molasses. We marked the hand height with a sharpee ^^ anywho, the next year in college, I never did like the feel of the carbons, and ended up going back to tape and chalk(they seemed to small if I remember right). Fast fowards a few years and my hands had gotten so bad (from a number of reasons), and I finished out using reversed tape and not being able to feel the pole in my hands when I ran.
Now adays I can't feel anything and sometimes it hurts to use a fork, but beside that, I always remember it feeling so much more comfortable using no tape and just the glass and the pole wrap. I was woundering anyone elses thoughts and opinions?