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U.S. Olympic Trials Pole Vault Safety Informational Meeting Friday June 22, 2012 9am to 12 noon Location: 3862 North Shasta Loop Eugene, Oregon 97405 RSVP by June 20, 2012 via email: jan@skyjumpers.com or txt: 1805 423-2363 Hosted by Bob and Patsy Moser Sponsored by: Pole Vault Safety Certification...

U.S. Olympic Trials Pole Vault Safety Informational Meeting Friday June 22, 2012 9am to 12 noon Location: 3862 North Shasta Loop Eugene, Oregon 97405 RSVP by June 20, 2012 via email: jan@skyjumpers.com or txt: 1805 423-2363 Hosted by Bob and Patsy Moser Sponsored by: Pole Vault Safety Certification...

For sure its hard to know what your getting when you switch brands .... This of course makes it more dangerous. We have over 500 poles here all flexed on our machine and tested every day. This makes it very easy to see the variations. A universal flex system would be nice. I don't think the manufact...

Catastrophic Injuries in Pole-Vaulters: A Prospective 10-Year Follow-up Study :dazed: (Digested Version of Findings) Barry P. Boden, MD*, Matthew G. Boden*, Rebecca G. Peter, Peter M. McGinnis**, Fred O. Mueller, PhD***, and Jan Johnson MS. **** From *The Orthopaedic Center, Rockville, Maryland, **S...

On the Best Flex chart the rate is six inches in grip reduction equals ten pounds increased user weight. This appears to be true for most of the length ranges except for the smallest of poles (which is actually more like 3" equal 10 pounds). Knowing this, we could easily make a ASTM specificati...

Ha ha ha . Thanks for that tap.
~jan~

:dazed: Nice job Rainbow! Here are some opinions regarding the weight rule. [b]No Standards for Weight Ratings In short, there is no basis for a weight rule. No ASTM specification , no industry standard, no nothing! In fact, the weight values of vaulting poles by the various manufactures are all ove...

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Jan Johnson
Sky Jumpers
Atascadero, Ca

Sky Jumpers Vertical Sports Club Winter 2011 Pole Vaulting Camp application Atascadero, Ca December 28-30, 2011 Directed by Olympic bronze medalist and former world record holder Jan Johnson. His SJVSC camp system is legendary for offering the finest, most up to date teaching system possible in a hi...

Subject:F08.67 Pole Vaulting Virtual Meeting Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011 Time: 9:00 AM (ET) Host: Christi Sierk You are invited to an ASTM Virtual Meeting. Session Number: 837 815 725 Session Password: This meeting does not require a password. --------------------------------------------------...

Does anyone know anything more about this accident?
Jan Johnson
Atascadero, Ca

Thanks,
Its going to be a fun project, and im hoping people enjoy them.


~jan~