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The weirdest break I've had. I had just left the ground and was finishing my take off and the pole snapped about 3.5 feet from the top. I hadn't even really swung or loaded the pole for that matter. In fact I was able to land on my feet Kind of still in the take off position well onto the mat, just got a little ding on my lead knee. obviously the pole had a flaw. but now I'm going to have to run from a longer run to get on anything else I have. One week before the 4th of July beach vault in Tacoma:(

That 13' something 195 you had?

3.5 feet from the top, sounds like it whacked a standard on an earlier jump.

13'9" 190 It didn't hit the standard at least not for awhile. It was exactly right where the wrapping ended on the pole. It did look like there was damage from a rock standard something there. It pretty much broke straight accross like it was cut with a hack saw, parctically no splintering.

Did it have a cork plug in the top?

I had a pole break clean like that, with a nice 3 foot section in my hands.

In the bottom part of the pole, at the break, was the cork (form the days when poles had corks instead of caps). I assume it had worked its way down and prevented the pole from ovaling as it bent.
I got out a corkscrew that afternoon and pulled every cork from every pole I owned.

I have a 13-6 190 rocket for trade...