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Posted: **Fri Sep 21, 2007 1:28 am**

Alan Launder asked me to post this for him. It is a an email he received from Joel Pocklington, a 5.20m (17') vaulter from Victoria, coached by Mark Stewart. Alan thought a lot of you would enjoy it.

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YO YO YO

I finished Joel's Crazy Tricks - Vol 2 : Full on Stupid finally!!!

I'm pumped with it and really hope it lives up to any expectation.

Send it around! I need lots of hits to make up for the many many hours spent on it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT3JoprrUMk

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Oh yeah and check out something I made for james... hahaha!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7halErFWpMA

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catch ya at the track soon i hope. once this animal wee has left my body!

joel

Posted: **Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:46 pm**

OMG! If he ever tries to commit suicide it better not be by jumping off of a bridge. :dazed:

Posted: **Sun Sep 23, 2007 9:03 pm**

oh man... that was a cool video. I wish I could be more like that!

Posted: **Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:01 pm**

thats some crazy sh*t i love jumping off of bridges though...i just never go first lol

Posted: **Tue Sep 25, 2007 10:13 pm**

A great video! I especially appreciate being introduced to Nightwish and "Ghost Love Score," the musical background.

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:08 pm**

Ninja Warrior!!!!!!

Posted: **Sat Sep 29, 2007 10:17 pm**

I wish I had like a pond or something like that so that I could vault into it like in the video...

Posted: **Tue Oct 30, 2007 2:24 am**

That was probably the most phenomenal five-minute anything I've ever seen.

Posted: **Sun May 02, 2010 9:06 pm**

Volume 3 is now posted: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Y-lOys6qFQ

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2010 1:30 am**

Some of Joel's tricks fall into the category of "don't try this at home", but most are very, very cool.

I especially liked the one where someone on the runway behind him kicked a ball towards the bar, and Joel caught it as he cleared the bar! :yes:

And if you're wondering how to train for PV without any gym or vaulting equipment on a slow day in a strange city, then check out some of his traceur moves! :yes:

He could have done most of the tricks shown on the traceur vid off this thread ... http://www.polevaultpower.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=16608&p=120023&hilit=traceur#p120023.

The videography was outstanding too! :yes:

I hadn't heard of Pocklington before, but he's apparently a not-so-bad vaulter from Australia - found a 5.05 that he did. Any higher ... or has he spent too much time goofing off and diving off cliffs around the world? :confused:

Kirk

Posted: **Mon May 03, 2010 12:53 pm**

His pr is 5.30m

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Joel Pocklington's "Full on Stupid" Vol 2

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