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Uses For Broken Poles

Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2005 11:00 pm
by vaulter870
So far we have managed to turn a broken pole into a rocket launcher

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:11 am
by bvpv07
1. Cross bar "putter-uppers" :P with a few small adjustments

2. Drills (as an aid or to get your arms/hands in a similar position during a drill that you would have them during the vault)

3. Wall Decoration ;)

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 12:34 am
by mcminkz05
I agree with chris, the rocket lanucher DEFFINETLY wins the bets sue for a broken pole :devil:

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:19 pm
by CrossBarHOpper
i use mine for bottle rocket lauchers and beating sticks

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:59 pm
by VaultMarq26
Pull up bar, or an oversized jav

Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2005 9:43 pm
by LHSpolevault
How are you using them for rocket launches? I wanna know in case I come across a broken pole ;) :D

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 12:22 am
by Scott Go Pre
you can turn the pole into many different things, with just a little imagination:

+ a potato gun - if allowed by your state
+ get two and some bungee cord and make a giant slingshot
+ break it up into 3 foot long pieces and make a dirt flinger
+ a nice, long digerido
+ depending on the weight rating, turn it into a dumbbell bar
+ turn it into a smoke bomb smoke stack

just to name a few ideas, man I got so many of them.

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 4:08 am
by mcminkz05
LHSpolevault wrote:How are you using them for rocket launches? I wanna know in case I come across a broken pole ;) :D


you make sure both ends are open, then have 1 person hold it on their shoulder and aim, while another lights the rockets in the back of the pole and shoves them in.. .and out the other end they come!

Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2005 2:45 pm
by ashcraftpv
i've got a 2 foot section behind my seat in my truck as a beater stick for sticky situations. Don't know about you, but getting whacked with piece of fiberglass pole hurts like hell...

They also make great whiffle ball and stick ball bats

Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:08 am
by sploit
We had a 15' 170 that got ran over by a truck. So we cut it down to a 12' and stuck the tip in a corner and held the rest up with rope. We jump on and swing and use it to practice getting inverted while the pole is uncoiling.

Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2005 6:05 pm
by HcVaulter
well we had a pole break years ago... so we use the remaining like 9 ft of it and use it as a drill pole... practice 1 handers... rock back, swing... all that good stuff