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Great pole break video

Unread postby lonestar » Fri Nov 03, 2006 8:13 pm

Don't know if this was ever posted on here, but...

Kevin Galbreath of Texas State at the 2006 Texas Relays:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... lays&hl=en
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Unread postby Vault Chick » Sat Nov 04, 2006 7:47 pm

Yeah, that video was pretty good! I kept watching it over and over again! lol It was amazing how loud it was when the pole broke!
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looked like he kicked the pole?

Unread postby Bruce Caldwell » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:04 am

Looks like he kicked the pole to me what do you all think?
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Unread postby OUvaulterUSAF » Sun Nov 05, 2006 9:47 am

let me guess it was a carbon. and he probably pulled too hard with his top hand.
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Unread postby SlickVT » Sun Nov 05, 2006 11:14 am

Looks like a Spirit. And the problem was that he pulled down on the top hand, but only because he didn't bend the pole past 90 degrees before taking off...
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Unread postby nitro » Sun Nov 05, 2006 12:49 pm

i heard that the part of the pole that broke that went flying backwards went 100 feet back and hit the bell....but that might just have been a rumor
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Unread postby lonestar » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:10 pm

nitro wrote:i heard that the part of the pole that broke that went flying backwards went 100 feet back and hit the bell....but that might just have been a rumor


It broke into about 5 pieces, and the handle did hit the bell - you can hear it in the video, ever so faintly...
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Unread postby lonestar » Sun Nov 05, 2006 6:18 pm

OUvaulterUSAF wrote:let me guess it was a carbon. and he probably pulled too hard with his top hand.


5 meter 185 (15.5?) UCS Spirit

He couldn't penetrate into the pit on it the week before - this was his first attempt on it since that meet a week before.
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Unread postby polevaulter08nw » Sun Nov 05, 2006 10:16 pm

he was on a 16'4 pole!? i can't see that?! was he really
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Unread postby lonestar » Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:58 am

polevaulter08nw wrote:he was on a 16'4 pole!? i can't see that?! was he really


16'4.75" actually ;)
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Unread postby jcoover » Thu Nov 09, 2006 1:10 pm

i bet that one stung the palms a bit... anyone know if the pole was dinged up at all? ive never seen a pole explode like that...
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Unread postby lonestar » Thu Nov 09, 2006 2:01 pm

jcoover wrote:i bet that one stung the palms a bit... anyone know if the pole was dinged up at all? ive never seen a pole explode like that...


It wasn't dinged at all that anyone could see, unless it was dinged under the wrap. Still, when you're breaking poles into more than 2 pieces, it's generally an overload break, and not a damage break.
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