Movie "Solarbabies" 1986 Pole Vaulter!!

skyshark177 · Unread postby **skyshark177** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:51 pm

If you've seen the movie before you'll know what I'm talking about.
Anyway, I grew up a little in the 80's and I used to love this movie when I was a kid.
Before I even knew what pole vaulting was I saw this movie and just recently I watched it again and noticed that there is a pole vaulting scene in it.
One of the main characters vaults over a huge fence while on roller skates, well the stunt man doesn't actually have skates on while vaulting, but that's the illusion.

My question is, Who was the stunt man that performed this vault?

Does anyone know?

http://imdb.com/title/tt0091981/

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:53 pm

I definitely have not seen it, but my guess would be Anthony Curran as he did a lot of that stuff in the 80s.

I'll shoot him an email and see

skyshark177 · Unread postby **skyshark177** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:54 pm

That was my first guess too but it really didn't look like him.

skyshark177 · Unread postby **skyshark177** » Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:55 pm

oh ya, and if you look at the stunt people listed, i don't recognize any vaulters there.

Unread postby **rainbowgirl28** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 12:57 pm

Yeah Anthony says it wasn't him.

skyshark177 · Unread postby **skyshark177** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:04 pm

Yeah, I asked Jill Starkey if it was Dean, she said it wasn't him either. She thought i might have been Anthony too.

I wonder who it was?

achtungpv · Unread postby **achtungpv** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:56 pm

Maybe it's Tim Werner of Advantage Athletics. He is/was a stuntman and pole vaulter.

gtc · Unread postby **gtc** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 2:13 pm

How bout a clip of it?

vaultmd · Unread postby **vaultmd** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 3:30 pm

In addition to those guys, back in those days the guys who got those gigs included Bill Thilken (my old training parter), Tom Hinthaus and David Kenworthy and possibly Steve Tully (Mike's brother).

Bruce Caldwell · Unread postby **Bruce Caldwell** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 8:13 pm

ANother Vaulter stunt man
Was Bubba Kavanaugh who was from USC 18' who went to Oak PArk High In North Kansas cityMO he did the Levies and the Mcdonalds commercial. But he did not do the stunt in that movie.
grin I think he graduated from High School in 1979
ESSX

gtc · Unread postby **gtc** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 10:03 pm

I thought it might be Bubba K. P.S. Bruce he graduated in 1979

Bruce Caldwell · Unread postby **Bruce Caldwell** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 5:37 am

Your correct how time flys
I will give him a call and see
Bruce

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Movie "Solarbabies" 1986 Pole Vaulter!!

Movie "Solarbabies" 1986 Pole Vaulter!!

Another vaulter

your correct how time flys

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