BabyOpal87 – it's good to know you haven't had any trouble with your ss pole 🙂 Also, that picture of your poling area makes me sooooooo jealous!! I love the height you have to play around with!
Pole gal – as chemgoddess1 said, ss is available. I think x-pole just started selling stainless steel poles in the US recently, probably due to requests from American polers 🙂