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Unread postby jomrus » Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:28 pm

Biggest pole ever been on also happens to be the one I had my Pr on. It is a 16' 14.0 flex. Weight rating says 205. I weighed 175 and was 6' at the time, and I held about 15'3''. It's sort of fat= 4 on the butt plug. Needed nine lefts to get on the thing. Now I can jump on it from 7 lefts, but that's probably because I weigh ten pounds more than last year. Pacer Carbon by the way. Spirits are too wimpy on the recoil.
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Unread postby vaulter870 » Thu Apr 28, 2005 8:49 am

pshhh those little tooth pick carbons!! they are easy to carry down the runway! The hard part is bending it


haha true bending the pole is the hardest part with the darn carbons
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Unread postby wacky274 » Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:51 pm

rainbowgirl28 wrote:
wacky274 wrote:
StretchVaulter wrote:I must agree...Carbons are like toothpicks...Up at school I jump on a 16'180 spirit and that is really a tree trunk!


do you guys prefer larger or smaller mandrel sizes? for me, i like having a thicker pole, just my preference...just wondering what everyone else is like cause i hear a LOT of people say they think they skinnier the better


Skinnier=heavier (all other things being equal) :no:


exactly why i like a little rounder pole :-)
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Unread postby skyin' pimp » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:02 pm

[quote="ashcraftpv"]old yellow catapoles....those things were sweet......I miss them :(

DAMN.. you beat me to it ashcraft.. for most of you pups.. you never got to enjoy the feel of a bendin' banana..
i had an 18" pr on the ol' yella catapole.. 13' -----> 14'6" (i was young)
that pole was a 15' 160 i gripped 14' and i weighed 145lbs

my biggest pole.. 4.90 17.8 spirit
16' 175
i weighed 150 at the time
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Unread postby StretchVaulter » Wed May 04, 2005 7:53 pm

I used to like jumping on really skinny carbons, but lately I have started to like having a bigger pole in my hands...I'm 6'5 so some things are different for me

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Unread postby BritDawg » Fri May 06, 2005 6:22 pm

gotta love ESSX! The biggest ESSX I've been on is a 13'7-167, but I also like the new carbon FXs and I've been on a 14'-150.
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