I broke my favortie pole today

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I broke my favortie pole today

Unread postby Robert schmitt » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:32 am

The weirdest break I've had. I had just left the ground and was finishing my take off and the pole snapped about 3.5 feet from the top. I hadn't even really swung or loaded the pole for that matter. In fact I was able to land on my feet Kind of still in the take off position well onto the mat, just got a little ding on my lead knee. obviously the pole had a flaw. but now I'm going to have to run from a longer run to get on anything else I have. One week before the 4th of July beach vault in Tacoma:(

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Tue Jun 27, 2006 12:33 am

That 13' something 195 you had?

3.5 feet from the top, sounds like it whacked a standard on an earlier jump.

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Unread postby Robert schmitt » Tue Jun 27, 2006 2:13 am

13'9" 190 It didn't hit the standard at least not for awhile. It was exactly right where the wrapping ended on the pole. It did look like there was damage from a rock standard something there. It pretty much broke straight accross like it was cut with a hack saw, parctically no splintering.

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Unread postby Anti-Gravity » Tue Jun 27, 2006 11:25 am

Did it have a cork plug in the top?

I had a pole break clean like that, with a nice 3 foot section in my hands.

In the bottom part of the pole, at the break, was the cork (form the days when poles had corks instead of caps). I assume it had worked its way down and prevented the pole from ovaling as it bent.
I got out a corkscrew that afternoon and pulled every cork from every pole I owned.

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was that a altius pole?

Unread postby 2-15-46 » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:02 pm

I have a 13-6 190 rocket for trade...
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