Comfort that lasts the whole day
With the load carried by the strap over the pole's centerline, your hand stops fighting the grip. Hours eight through twelve feel like hours one through four.
The FloPole grip system
Enjoy the comfort and ease of a neutral wrist position with your own FloPoles.
- Neutral
- Wrist position under load
- Centerline
- Force transmission path
- Less
- Wrist fatigue over long days
Force over the
centerlineNeutral wrist
geometryMore comfort, mile
after mileLess wrist
fatigueLower injury
potential
Anatomy of the grip
Four decisions that
Four decisions that
change every plant
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01
Load-bearing strap
The strap, not your fingers, carries the load. It wraps the heel of the hand so you push through the webbing instead of gripping and squeezing the shaft.
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02
Neutral wrist angle
The strap geometry holds the wrist in a neutral position rather than the extended, cocked-back angle a conventional grip forces on every plant.
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03
Centerline force path
Because the load sits over the pole's axis, force is transmitted straight down the centerline. Nothing is lost to the sideways torque a standard grip creates.
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04
Open-hand release
Your hand can relax completely between plants. On long descents, that recovery time is what keeps the forearm from burning out.
Biomechanics
Better mechanics, not more parts
The FloPole does not add gadgets to a pole. It corrects the one interface that every step passes through — the connection between your hand and the shaft.
Force where you actually want it
Each plant transmits force directly down the pole rather than bleeding off through a bent wrist, so more of your push turns into forward and upward movement.
Fatigue and injury risk down
A neutral wrist under load means less strain on the joint and tendons — the difference between finishing strong and nursing a sore wrist for a week.
The poles
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Three shafts, one grip
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Field report“Twelve miles of scree descent and my wrists were the one thing that did not hurt. The strap does the work — my hands were basically open the whole way down.”
Built for the descent
Downhill is where wrists take the beating. It is also where the centerline grip makes the biggest difference.
Platform specs
- Grip system
- Centerline load-bearing strap
- Strap sizing
- S / M / L, tool-free swap
- Shaft options
- Carbon, folding carbon, 7075 alloy
- Weight range
- 218 – 274 g per pole
- Warranty
- Three years on grip and shaft