All Things Scott

[Uncle-A]

A lot of time has passed but I still feel I owe you a comment/answer, @Uncle-A !!!
I meant to take pictures of my poles, up in the mountain but kept forgetting to do it

I just found out that Gipron is still in business, and "my" poles are still being produced/marketed, albeit in different colour scheme.
The handle is still exactly the same, though :

#711 SL-Slalom

Bastoni da gara progettati appositamente per le esigenze degli atleti nella disciplina slalom. Sempre pronti a tagliare il traguardo! Manopola in gomma, lacciolo in nylon regolabile con chiusura di sicurezza velcro. Tutti i bastoni sono venduti al paio. Peso 240 g...

gipron.store

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0487/5144/4136/products/711slslalomgipronbastoncini_1800x1800.png?v=1641891564

"My" poles colour scheme is this one (this is an SL pole set from the late '90s, and like these, mine were straight models), even if mine are battered up a lot by use and misuse

https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/-4kAAOSwKpJh6B2d/s-l1600.jpg

But if you look at both types of handles, and general appearance of the poles, they are , IMHO a carbon copy of the Scott ones of the same era.

As soon as I saw the blue with yellow grips I recognized the poles. We did sell them in one of the shops I worked. It was not a bad pole, it just wasn't very popular because Scott and Kerma was the big names.

 

[Philpug]

@Joal @Doug Briggs

I got mine.

 

[crgildart]

View attachment 216042 View attachment 216043 @Joal @Doug Briggs

I got mine.

My wrists are sore just looking at those things. They'd need shots in the grips to soak up the BANG on the surfaces I usually ski on.