What pole?

[xtremevaulter]

Hey everyone. I want to know what types of poles you people out there use. And what the measurments are of that pole. I know that sounds dirty. I use mainly 14' UCS anywhere around 170lbs. - 185lbs.

[rainbowgirl28]

The biggest poles I have ever been on are...

3 step: 12'120
4 step: 13'130
5 step: 13'130
6 step: 13'135

Hmmm I think I see where I could use improvement

Oh yeah I like Spirits the best.

[Robert schmitt]

I love the site Becca , Joining the polevault.mach.org and this forum is an increadible idea!! Wait till my wife finds out I have another pole vault forum to spend hours on .

I started laughing when I think of the biggest poles I've ever been on and what I use now. As Dick Henry always points out to me " you know you are getting old when every thing you say begins with... I used to"

Well,
I used to jump on 15' 195 or 15'9" 190 pacer carbons back when I wieghed 176#

Now here is the funny/sad part, now I wiegh 190 and jump on 15' 175lb pacer carbon

alas at least I'm still jumping

[rainbowgirl28]

Your wife should join! She is cool and she is a vaulter too

[flyhigher]

The BIGGEST pole I have ever been on was a 13'6 165 Pacer, from a 7 step at Canada Games. I have only ever jumped on Pacer Poles...so I chose them as my favourite type of pole to jump on.

[dubjones]

Just a note to let everyone out there know some pole info.
Earl Bell, with the help of EssxSport has designed his own line of vaulting poles. We have been jumping on some of the prototypes and now some of the production models here at Bell Athletics for about 2 years now. They are some of the best poles I have seen in a long time, made to Earl's specs, at the new factory in Ca. Earl is currently working on converting his famous "wall of poles" to all Essx poles, which is a slow process because we keep selling out of the popular sizes before we can get them on the wall. Myself, or Earl, would be more than happy to answer any and all questions about these poles, or any other EssxSport, or Bell Athletics products. Either e-mail to info@bellathletics.com or call us at 1-800-753-7332.
Dub

[rainbowgirl28]

Yay I am glad you guys got the new factory going! I have seen Matt Merritt jump on Essx and I know he really liked them.

[UNCDubbVaulter]

thank you becca! this is matt merritt for all who are wondering. i have used essex poles and i believe they are top of the line. The poles are wrapped specifically so that the sail piece is higher allowing the vaulter to be in better position at the takeoff. i highly recomend them to any vaulter.

[NCDiv2InjuryArtist]

In high school i was on:

14' 145
14' 155
15' 165

All spirit, I like the way they bend more towards the top of the pole rather than at the bottom like pacers.

[vaultin chris]

so far in this season i have been jumping on a 15' 155 from 5 lefts (62'), and i am working on jumping on some 16' poles. I weigh 135 and the smallest 16' spirit makes is around 155lbs. But last year i weighed 130 and i jumped on a 16' 160. that was pretty big for me.

[PVJunkie]

To start with.....take a week or so and go read the Pacer vs. Spirt debate.

Now to answer your question, I currently jump on a series of 4.60 (15') Carbon FX's from 17.1 (170lbs) to 15.4 flex (185lbs). Back in the day (can I talk about the 80's???) I was on a 4.90 (16') series from 20.0 to 18.2 flex. Cant remember the weight ratings but I could rattle off the whole series in order of flex.

[rainbowgirl28]

To start with.....take a week or so and go read the Pacer vs. Spirt debate.

Haha yeah it takes a good week

Back in the day (can I talk about the 80's???)

LOL yes of course