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Broken Pole Photo While in Air

Unread postby advath » Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:45 pm

http://homepage.mac.com/nilstrom/pasadenagames1.html

Check out the second picture on that page.
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Unread postby breaker » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:07 pm

fun pic!!!
i would have edited the height to say like 19 though if i were you :P
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Unread postby VaultMarq26 » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:09 pm

Apparently everyone in the background has absolutly NO reaction time because they dont' seem to be phased by the loud noise!!!
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Unread postby advath » Mon Mar 28, 2005 11:14 pm

Yes. It was very loud. Even on the video that I have.
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Unread postby CHC04Vault » Tue Mar 29, 2005 1:05 am

VaultMarq26 wrote:Apparently everyone in the background has absolutly NO reaction time because they dont' seem to be phased by the loud noise!!!


They prolly hadn't reacted to it yet, i bet if u get the frame a lil afterwords ppl are ducking. Btw...has any1 ever lost an eye from breakin a pole, it seems like ppl get really lucky when it break. I broke it and got cut under my eye, my friend got cut above the eye, but i've never heard of anything IN the eye.
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I hate to hear of any pole breaks..

Unread postby Bruce Caldwell » Tue Mar 29, 2005 7:45 am

I hate to hear of any pole breaks.. no matter the brand. This brand looks like it had hit the crossbar a few times and weakened the glass just below the vaulters handgrip.
One can jump all day and maybe not have aproblem then the right vibration, pressure, and boom it gives.
every meet I go to no one is catching the pole after clearance.
THese poles are made of glass we have to make sure we protect them.

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Unread postby Bonevt » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:29 am

So is it both possilbe to break a pole from jumping wrong and also just simple pole neglect.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:27 am

Looks like he's a lefty. That's probably part of the problem. That just ain't natural. :P
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Unread postby C-townvault » Wed Mar 30, 2005 11:32 am

I unfortuantly broke my first pole last night. It was very first personal pole too. I caught a lip on the plant box in mid stride, I caught the pole between the legs and snapped the top off on the cross bar. Did i mention it was in the dark? I hate poorly ran meets. I ran a Pr in the 100m dash 11.23!

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Unread postby vaulter870 » Wed Mar 30, 2005 12:31 pm

dang man sorry to hear that i know the feeling of having your pole almost broken(adam...) and it sucks even more if it is your money pole!!
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Unread postby mcminkz05 » Wed Mar 30, 2005 5:03 pm

vaulter870 wrote:dang man sorry to hear that i know the feeling of having your pole almost broken(adam...) and it sucks even more if it is your money pole!!


pfft the thign was a pole break waiting to happen... ;)
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Unread postby distancejumper » Wed Mar 30, 2005 8:37 pm

I have a friend whose dad died when He snapped a pole in half and it went through him.
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