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Unread postby jomrus » Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:13 pm

Here be the list o my nicknames:

The Poest (Nicknamed after a teammate)
-Pacer Carbon
-4.90m
-16.5flex

The Biggest Little Pole (I tip my hat to Reno, Nevada)
-Pacer Carbon
-4.90
-15.5flex

Roy Jones Jr.
-PC
-4.90
-15.0flex

Cape Canaveral
-PC
-4.90
-14.5flex
-----Just jumped 5.45 on this badboy!!!

The others will remain nameless for now... I'm sure you understand. You can't give a pole a nickname if you haven't even planted it. You gotta get a feel for it's personality, ya know.
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Unread postby dorseygirl28 » Mon Mar 08, 2004 1:40 pm

One is called sponge bob (it is blue and yellow. And i taped it to be that way......which was probably stupid because it made it like 5 pounds stiffer but what can ya do) because it was my safety blanket :o in a way-13 140 spirit. Then my spirit 13 150 is the wrangler because that pole is the s***. ;) and i love it!
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Unread postby Vaulter1080 » Tue Apr 20, 2004 8:42 am

It seems to be a tradition here at ESHS-S to name our poles we jump on. Last year there was this black pole that was named black death. It had no markings, no weight, and the pole looked pretty beat up. After districts I started jumping on it (it was a 13 foot pole) and started making 13' easily with it. Too bad I ended up putting it to death. :crying: The pole was used to set the school record back in '85. It's older than I am :eek:

This year we have such poles as
whizzmo - 110lb 11' white skypole
green lantern - 150? 12' green skypole
scraggles - 130? 13' old beatup ucs spirit

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Unread postby ColoradoVaulter » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:19 pm

When I was in high school we had a 120 12' altius that we called the smurffer. I vaulted on a 11' 120 lady rocket my junior year that we called Barney then my senior year i got a 12' 125 and it was Barney number II. Now up in college I have a 13' 120 and yes it has carried on the name of Barney number III. I don't know what I will do if they ever change the color of the Lady Rockets!!!
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Unread postby ColoradoVaulter » Wed Apr 28, 2004 9:23 pm

dbulick wrote:I got a pole about 2 weeks before my district meet my junior year that my coach pawned off some other school. Well the thing was like a 15' 180 i think it was an altius. It had blue and white tape, but looked hideous since it was about 2,000 years old when we finally got it. Good ole blue tiger is what we named it. It was impossible to jump on the thing had no bend.


An Altius that didn't bend. THAT IS A FIRST!!!! My problems with Altius poles is that you don't know where they heck they are going to bend!
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Unread postby PVJunkie » Thu Apr 29, 2004 9:07 am

ColoradoVaulter wrote:An Altius that didn't bend. THAT IS A FIRST!!!! My problems with Altius poles is that you don't know where they heck they are going to bend!


????? im lost.........what do you mean by that?? It will bend on its soft side, away from you when you plant.......................uuuummmmm am I missing something??

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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:53 am

where along the pole, I'm guessing...towards the bottom, or higher up...

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Unread postby skyin' pimp » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:19 pm

i call my poles... "pole".. i first whistle, then gently say, "here pole, come on now pole, it's time for you to flick my fat a** over that scarey big ol' bar up there at 10'."
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Unread postby skyin' pimp » Thu Apr 29, 2004 6:21 pm

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Unread postby blazerunner121 » Thu Apr 29, 2004 8:53 pm

skyin' pimp wrote:OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!! i just saw my age.. there's no way i'm actually 30.. i think i'm going to die now.. this age idea is the worst thing i've ever known... bye cruel world


hmm ... not looking forward for that age. too much responsiblity and no fun. ;)

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Unread postby skyin' pimp » Thu Apr 29, 2004 10:19 pm

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Unread postby Caseman33 » Wed May 05, 2004 1:17 pm

NICKNAME Wolverine

BRAND____Pacer Fx_________________________

SIZE POLE ______15_________________

WEIGHT_______175__________________
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