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orientation of the pole strap helps to prevent thumb injuries and reduces
folding and binding of the strap beneath the skier's glove. We experimented
with numerous clay and foam models. But the problem required much more attention
than just squeezing clay! Our past experience with surgical instruments
was perhaps less helpful than we had initially thought it would be. In fact,
the motion studies we conducted revealed a choreography that had more in
common with the use of a hand tool, the movement of kick-plant-stroke. The
design forms had to support these elementary motions while the pole was
being used with a variety of gloves. However, the design also had to be
comfortable for the gloveless consumer in the store. In the end, we generated
many in-house castings of the final design direction to work through form
subtleties in order to achieve both goals without any compromise in performance.
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