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Unread postby OUvaulterUSAF » Mon Jun 09, 2008 10:31 pm

interview:
http://track.flocasts.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234008-2008-prefontaine-classic/65504-brad-walker
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Unread postby mooski33 » Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:39 pm

did we ever get pole size and grip height?
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Unread postby bjvando » Wed Jun 11, 2008 10:54 am

So rumor has it that he lit the crap out of 5.90... i've heard "by a foot!" Is that jump online anywhere?
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Unread postby SlickVT » Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:56 pm

There are a few vidoes of the AR on Youtube, but does anyone have a good quality digital copy of the jump? Maybe a little more zoomed than the Youtube versions?
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Unread postby cdmilton » Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:49 pm

I have it in HD on my DVR but I don't have a good way to get it off.
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Unread postby BethelPV » Wed Jun 11, 2008 11:57 pm

Did anyone else realize that since Brad set the AR, now not only both AR's but also both WR's are set using Spirit poles? Just found it interesting that those 4 records we all relate to are all set on Spirit poles now... ;)
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Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Thu Jun 12, 2008 12:23 am

oh come on now this isn't a pole arguing post.
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Unread postby vaultmd » Thu Jun 12, 2008 2:52 am

cdmilton wrote:I have it in HD on my DVR but I don't have a good way to get it off.

What kind of DVR?
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Unread postby BethelPV » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:27 am

Haha... i wasn't arguing... just seeing if anyone else picked that up... im not arguing against one pole or the other... have used both and like both...

Definately still pumped that he set the AR this last weekend!! I would like to know what flex 5.20 he was on...

From watching the video that Danny my coach got, he took off at 13-10ish on the AR jump, and then the only one he took up at the WR he took off at 15!!! Makes me realize why he bailed out a little early... haha!
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Unread postby achtungpv » Thu Jun 12, 2008 8:37 am

BethelPV wrote:
From watching the video that Danny my coach got, he took off at 13-10ish on the AR jump, and then the only one he took up at the WR he took off at 15!!! Makes me realize why he bailed out a little early... haha!


From the bad video on youtube, I thought he was under at 6.04. Really not one of Brad's best jumps (other than bar height :D ). I hope he pulls together a really strong technical jump when he has the opportunity to jack the bar way up there.
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Unread postby bjvando » Thu Jun 12, 2008 10:15 am

BethelPV wrote:Did anyone else realize that since Brad set the AR, now not only both AR's but also both WR's are set using Spirit poles? Just found it interesting that those 4 records we all relate to are all set on Spirit poles now... ;)


I noticed ;)
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Unread postby SlickVT » Thu Jun 12, 2008 11:54 am

BethelPV wrote:Did anyone else realize that since Brad set the AR, now not only both AR's but also both WR's are set using Spirit poles? Just found it interesting that those 4 records we all relate to are all set on Spirit poles now... ;)


...with a few technicalities.

On the other hand, 12 of the 15 6m vaulters were on Pacer. It all evens out.
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