Pole vaulters doing commercials...

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Unread postby Barto » Thu Feb 12, 2004 9:02 am

mrose wrote:Who remembers the University of Oregon pole vaulter who became the Calvin Klein dude. The story goes, he was discovered while on a warm down jog after practice. He's probably been on more commercials for TV, print and billboard commercials than any other vaulter.


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Unread postby Caseman33 » Thu Feb 12, 2004 2:32 pm

wow!!! awsome
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Unread postby Carolina Extreme » Sat Feb 14, 2004 1:29 pm

Russ wrote:On Jan's Skysystems III Video (I think that it's III), he's got a Kellogg's Corn Flakes TV commercial that looks and sounds like it was British. A vaulter - but I don't know who it is - vaults over a box of Corn Flakes (but the box looks like it's about 16 feet high or so the way that the video/film is put together).
Before I got out of real estate sales I had the idea for my own commercial of vaulting in a suit and tie in front of a blue/green screen, so that the background could be wiped out, then overlaying it in front of a home. So I would be vaulting over the house. The voice over would say something like "...no Realtor will go to greater heights for you." :yes:
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Unread postby Russ » Mon Feb 16, 2004 1:51 am

Hey I found out who the vaulter in the Kellogg's Corn Flakes commercial is: It's Jan Johnson, himself!
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Unread postby vaulter580 » Mon Feb 16, 2004 8:41 pm

the coolest was the budweiser box with dean on it back in the day like 96 or 97
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Russ's Commercial

Unread postby mikepv1 » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:28 pm

russvault wrote:I just got a copy of my Hyndai commerical I did in reno, Nv in the desert with the help of spirit. it is me pole vaulting and being compared to the car, it hasnt shown in the USA yet, but has shown in japan, europe, and sout afica.
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Ill see if I can get it on the site


I saw that commercial. It was pretty cool. What bar were you going over, anyway?

By the way, here is a link to the commercial. It works best if you launch it in a stand-alone player:

http://www.neovault.com/v/Russ_Commercial.wmv

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