Ultimate Crash Stories?

[lonestar]

as for the crash thing i was once vaulting as a sophomore with the bar at like 10-6 and a vault went off to the right i could have bailed out of the vault and hit mat or cleared the bar and see what would happen. i chose to go for the bar, cleared it and missed the mat. went on to pr by 3 inches jumping 12-9. i was sore the next day though.

Been there, done that. Only I landed on my back from about 14' onto concrete with about 1/2 inch of thin rubber on top of it. Took me out for 5 weeks my freshman year of college, lots of soft tissue damage although no bones broken.

[mcminkz05]

well i have one that may take the cake. yesterday a fellow vaulter from my school who will remain nameless (dan coleman) almost succeded in harming him self my pole he was jumping on and several people running the meet. He took off and hung on the pole almost breaking it so he being the genius that he is lets go and ends up kicking off the crossbar that almost hits several people. then after he almost broke the pole he kicke/ hit the standars that fell and almomost took out a meet worker. then Jim Davis took the pole from him to keep farther damage from happening and he ends up dropping the pole on some poor guys head. that is one of the best things i have seen in my life its not exactly a crash story but its close enough.

i can attest to how amusing it was to watch

[CHC04Vault]

Senior year at private school championships, i got a new 14' 150, wasn't feelin to confident on it, ran up, planted, started to take off, my bottom hand slipped off, pole smacked me in the chest breakin 2 ribs...ohh and not landing in the pit face first in the process.