Reason #105 to never let go of the pole

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Reason #105 to never let go of the pole

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Dec 07, 2006 2:35 pm

Funny video attached to the article

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Unread postby theczar » Thu Dec 07, 2006 5:38 pm

that hurt me just looking at it :dazed:

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Unread postby MightyMouse » Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:17 pm

just wondering, does anyone know the name of that song?
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Unread postby captainfalcon43 » Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:24 pm

Letting go of the pole can be very dangerous. Last year at one of my meets it was drizzling and getting pretty wet. I jumped and my hands slipped off of the pole when it was bent...and it recoiled right into my groin. I even had to get professional attention because of it. I won't go into detail, but it involved bruising of delicate parts. I am scared to jump in the rain now.



Mighty Mouse: That is actually an opera. It is a really good one too. I am pretty sure that the composer is Carl Orff, and the name of the opera is Carmina Burana. The song has a good tune...kinda like Lord of The Rings. I used it in one of my videos at a really intense scene.
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Unread postby KYSEAMAN » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:18 pm

That is so wierd...because the same thing just happened to me this past weekend.

I was on a very stiff pole and my plant wasn't straight on, after I began to swing I decided to abort the jump...somehow my bottom hand slipped off the pole and the 15' 170lb spirit recoiled on my....my...in between my legs! It hit me so hard it rotated my whole body, so that I was going face first into the pit.

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Unread postby VaultBrad » Fri Dec 08, 2006 12:21 am

i have the song on my computer titled "la fortuna", i have no idea whether or not thats the real title, but i have the song and its ill. i first heard it at the beginning of forum snowboards video The Resistance. i get so pumped listening to it.

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Unread postby achtungpv » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:11 am

It's actually "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana by Karl Orff.
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Unread postby Tim McMichael » Fri Dec 08, 2006 9:03 am

It should have been done to the music of the Nutcracker.

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Unread postby jcoover » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:23 am

the nutcracker hahaha.... still laughing about that one :D
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Unread postby MightyMouse » Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:18 pm

Alright found it! Carl Orff Carmina Burana - O Fortuna
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Unread postby vault3rb0y » Fri Dec 08, 2006 11:16 pm

Oh poor guy. It hurt enough what the pole recoiled into my knee, i cant imagine. Major props if he ever picked up a pole again.
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Unread postby Lax PV » Sat Dec 09, 2006 12:23 pm

ahh the shell... did they get a roll out runway there? it looks kinda like it..


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