Panda Poles

If you have been paying attention to freeskiing at all in the last few seasons you have noticed some pretty big names rocking Panda Poles. Two time defending Freeskiing World Tour Champion Drew Tabke FWT skier Oakley White-Allen (Panda Poles co-founder and Team Captain), Mark Abma, Julian Carr,  Chopo Diaz, Sole Diaz, Chuck Mumford, Angel Collinson, Kasha Rigby just to name a few. If you are looking to get a pair of these earth friendly bamboo weapons to slay powder with for yourself or a loved one or xmas there is still time, but you need to act fast. Panda is guaranteeing delivery by Dec 24th if you get your order in before Dec. 14th to make it happen.

If you want to know how to get to Party Mountain take a look at this edit and let yourself go:)

Panda Poles Season Highlight Reel 2K13: “Laughter & Stoke”

This video from Panda Poles Chief Tanner “Tansnowman” Rosenthal shows the full history and growth of Panda Poles over the last few years. From humble beginnings this group of friends has transformed and idea into a successful business. Nice work Team Panda! Keep it rolling!

Tanner, Chuck and OWA give and interesting recap of what went down with the Panda tribe last season. From training with Chuck to the comp circuit with OWA it was a very successful season for our bamboo gripping brothers. The edit runs a little long, but stick around until the end or a special Panda promotion.

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GNAR star Chuck Mumford is still living in his van like a real deal ski bum. How does he stay in to shape so he can kill it on the hill and in the bar? Well, he trains, he trains all the time. In this instructional video you can see the secrets Chuck and Panda Poles Founder Tanner Rosenthal use to stay ahead of the pack at Snowbird.  Train hard like the pros and one day you might be able to keep up…

If you haven’t heard yet what’s up with these intergalactic ski poles, then you obviously didn’t read Daryn Edmund’s review on Panda Poles.  Since then, you have been missing out the best ski pole out there. Period.  The guys at Panda Poles are about the coolest guys out there and on the list of the best skiers on the mountain.  Panda poles was founded by Oakley White Allen and Tanner Rosenthal.  Panda Poles was originally thought of on a chair lift, which is the second best think tank compared to the toilet.  However these poles are greater than what you just flushed while reading this on your phone.

Aside from the Bamboo construction and amazing grips for comfort in any situation, the part that puts these poles on top is the “Zero Drag Powder Baskets.”  We all hate skiing along pondering the universe only to suddenly have our arm seemingly ripped from our shoulders as our flat basket catches a branch.  With Panda Poles that is a thing of the past, and with a season like last year exposed bushes was a reality.  This season will be better and with a better season you need a pole that won’t sink into the POW we will be getting.

Now a lot of people complain about us writers being wrong, blah, blah, blah… But with 3 writers: Daryn, Kenjiro, and myself skiing with these, we have 3x the chances of being right!

Little Cottonwood Canyon has been going off the last 2 days!  The atmosphere is always rich with excitement and powder fever when the weatherman is wrong in a good way.  Skiers and boarders alike woke up to 13 inches of fresh instead of the 2-4 they were expecting Thursday morning.  That day I skied with the one and only Kenjiro Matsuo and Altabird’s Matthew Wolfe.  It continued to snow all day and by closing we had picked up about 5 more inches.  Friday took me to Alta with an unexpected several more inches.  The lift lines were non existent and I spent the day skiing with Panda Poles own TanSnowMan and Andrew B.

Conditions tomorrow should be excellent with another few inches on the way.  With 23 inches so far with this storm, we are no longer eligible for the “Worst Winter on Record” award.

Tanner and Tai from Panda poles got plenty of the deep last week when the Wasatch snow machine turned on for the first time all season. This edit shows the high energy and clean style of Panda Poles Chief and Head of Production from the perspective of the Panda Cam. (Pole Mount) If you keep seeing these crazy looking poles and wondering “How do I get a pair of those cool ass poles?”, then you should learn more about them on the Panda Poles Website.

Check out:

The smooth 360 at : 0:45

The Cliff drop 180 at: 0:55

The sweet backflip at: 2:33

Crazy Faceshots: The entire edit!

“So what is the deal with these crazy looking poles I have been seeing around lately?” I am sure that is what you have been asking yourself. Well for the … Read More

This sweet little number is of Panda Poles front man Tanner Rosenthal getting after in on a powder day last week with the Panda Cam. Be patient with this one it gets pretty damn cool a little ways in when Tanner starts charging the deep and the dubstep starts hitting harder.