A bailout gone wrong

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A bailout gone wrong

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:16 am

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Unread postby theczar » Sat Jun 16, 2007 7:35 am

lol...I'd much rather land on a rubber runway than the plant box too.
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Unread postby txpolevaulter_k25 » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:13 am

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Unread postby achtungpv » Sat Jun 16, 2007 9:45 am

Saw a kid hold on like that and he hit the sweet spot where he stayed in the air balanced on a bent pole. Pole broke and he impaled his bicep on the bottom piece when he fell.
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Unread postby Vault Chick » Sat Jun 16, 2007 2:10 pm

Wow, that's freakin' insane!
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Unread postby chsvaulter » Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:55 am

Thats frick'in amazing, it doesnt look like it hurt that bad though so... LOL


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Unread postby KYSEAMAN » Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:19 pm

haha I feel sorry for the vaulter, but that is one of my favorite clips ever...
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Unread postby Ethan » Tue Jun 19, 2007 6:43 pm

thats crazy but he bent the pole more on the way down than he did on the way up lol
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Unread postby spike gibeault » Tue Jun 19, 2007 8:40 pm

Ethan wrote:thats crazy but he bent the pole more on the way down than he did on the way up lol


thats because he doesnt keep his bottom arm out at his takeoff and he lets it hit him in the chest...poor form
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Unread postby KCEric28 » Thu Aug 02, 2007 1:54 pm

One of my fellow vaulters did this in high school when I was getting ready to catch the pole. The only difference was that he let go when the pole was completely bent. The pole shot like a rocket and hit me in the chest....Luckly, I only had a huge bruse
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Unread postby Vaultiletics » Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:17 pm

That could have been well worse! He rolled out nicely... And Besmer would have been proud! He never let go of the pole!
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Unread postby MightyMouse » Sun Aug 12, 2007 7:59 pm

spike gibeault wrote:
Ethan wrote:thats crazy but he bent the pole more on the way down than he did on the way up lol


thats because he doesnt keep his bottom arm out at his takeoff and he lets it hit him in the chest...poor form


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