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Unread postby VaultPurple » Tue Mar 25, 2008 2:37 pm

i like how the carbon mystics do it... you get a 14' pole and the weight sticker is as close to the top as they can fit it (usualy around an inch and a half thick and touching the top of the pole) so that the hand hold is basicaly about 14ft!

why buy a 14' pole that you can only hold 13'6, if i wanted to do that i would get a 13'6 (this is if i could acculay hold 14, because currently i hold about 13'3 on my 14' pole)
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Unread postby AR01 » Tue Mar 25, 2008 6:24 pm

Another question: would it be illegal to move the weight sticker on the UCS pole to accomodate for those 6" you lose?
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Unread postby Rhino » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:08 pm

AR01 wrote:Another question: would it be illegal to move the weight sticker on the UCS pole to accomodate for those 6" you lose?


You wouldn't be breaking any laws that I know of. You would, however, be breaking the rules.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:56 pm

Rhino wrote:
You wouldn't be breaking any laws that I know of. You would, however, be breaking the rules.


Really? Can someone post the rule? I know it says a label from the manufacturer but does it say anything about replacement labels being placed in the original position by the manufacturer?
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Unread postby powerplant42 » Wed Mar 26, 2008 5:35 pm

But I guess it would make sense, because then you could have covered up the weight engravement and change the whole label... (CHEATING!!!)
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:37 am

AR01 wrote:Another question: would it be illegal to move the weight sticker on the UCS pole to accomodate for those 6" you lose?


Yes. The high school rules specify something to the effect that the label must be placed by the manufacturer (or as intended by the manufacturer?).

As an official, I would DQ any pole in a heartbeat if it was a SPIRIT pole with a pink label less than 6" from the top.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:55 am

rainbowgirl28 wrote:As an official, I would DQ any pole in a heartbeat if it was a SPIRIT pole with a pink label less than 6" from the top.


What if that pole was chopped off at the top? Just saying :P
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Mar 27, 2008 12:19 pm

achtungpv wrote:
rainbowgirl28 wrote:As an official, I would DQ any pole in a heartbeat if it was a SPIRIT pole with a pink label less than 6" from the top.


What if that pole was chopped off at the top? Just saying :P


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Unread postby jcoover » Mon Mar 31, 2008 7:29 pm

rainbowgirl28 wrote:
achtungpv wrote:
rainbowgirl28 wrote:As an official, I would DQ any pole in a heartbeat if it was a SPIRIT pole with a pink label less than 6" from the top.


What if that pole was chopped off at the top? Just saying :P


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Unread postby Rhino » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:25 pm

jcoover wrote:
rainbowgirl28 wrote:
achtungpv wrote:
rainbowgirl28 wrote:As an official, I would DQ any pole in a heartbeat if it was a SPIRIT pole with a pink label less than 6" from the top.


What if that pole was chopped off at the top? Just saying :P


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Unread postby AR01 » Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:26 pm

I don't get it haha.
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