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I am pretty sure I could come up with a solution for you. All I would need is for you to fly me there. Put me up, and let me test it out for a week or two :)

It seems like the dji mavic and phantom are still the best rated out there. Any experience with these ones?

Almost bought one after that video then I started reading some reviews. Any first hand general public owners/users? That can comment

51 and 20 years off from vaulting. getting old and slow sucks but still fun nonetheless -

@Than_Bogan looking good

@Mike Gile We vaullted off a sand dune into a lake in Florence Oregon. I really wish I had videos of that. @mwetskier very insightful. coaching any sport is easier if you understand the general mechanics of what you are trying to achieve

@horton found thread it was the first impression of syndicate pro. Where you made a comment on both of them. Since my a1 is long gone I was wondering if you meant there are similarities between the two or they were/are both good skis

Which new ski is or would be the closest match feel to the A1? I thought I read in a post that @horton had mentioned a comparison/similarity of sorts.

@jimbrake the curse of way too many vaulters

@Ceberski not indoors but outdoors is in Spokane this year so I am considering that. only 100 miles for me

@jimbrake yes, summit was a blast, we both jumped, just not high though. I made 12'6" then passed to 13'6" and blew through everything I brought, but it was the first bar I had made at a meet in over twenty years.

Sounds like a pole vault/waterski biathlon is in order. Maybe throw in a mountain bike downhill and we got the new Triathlon, heck we could submit it to Olympic committee. We used to do a few mall vaults in Eugene, people loved to watch it plus it was pretty fun jumping 17' inside a mall. Lot's of beach vaults too, combining two obscure events could boost attendance.

@Than_Bogan I like the take off. Just like a triple jumper should, but the pole carry has to be addressed ASAP you are now their leader they will follow your example. Don't let anyone get in the habit of carrying the pole like that to many bad habits to break Soft bar is called a bungee

During the swing you are still loading the pole and continuing forward momentum "rolling the pole over." (Technical aspects omitted) As long as you are doing that you will be putting yourself in a position to rock back and get lined up with the pole as it begins to unbend and shoot you up and hopefully over the bar. Now, if you begin to unload the pole with either hand too soon the pole will begin to straighten and now the vaulter will be trying to rock back while the pole is lifting them up. which is bad and most athletes lack the physical strength to do anything successful after that. Picture swinging upside down on a high bar easy right? Now trying swinging upside down while hanging on a helicopter while it is going up. Much more challenging but not impossible. And yes if done properly the swing and rock back will ideally increase or at a bare minimum maintain the energy created from the takeoff Dr. Peter McGinnis has done a lot of biometric studies on the vault I am sure we could find all the needed values I will try to do all of this correctly this weekend and post it, or post exactly what not to do, probably the latter

Kid is a stud. His dad is 5'6" and built like a body builder and also jumped 19' kinda like if terry winter was Nate smith's dad

@horton based on what you just said I would guess your coach didn't know very much about the vault

Just sold my 04 2500 doge ram for 20k great truck and no exhaust filter cleaning. which I need to delete. So finding a good 2010 and up might be a challenge for 20k Diesel in Idaho for sure too many hills and altitude changes

@jimbrake My first year back since 2006, before that I used to live/coach in Reno and went every year as well, even coached at the summit a couple years. 15'3" is a great high school mark, nice to have the choice between skiing and vaulting for college. Not sure which one I would have chosen if I had that same opportunity. Vaulting and Skiing require similar Kinesthetic movements and mindsets.

Sky poles and the black cats were scary must have broke six or seven of them I am glad pacer started making good poles back in the eighties

@Than_Bogan send me a message if you want. been vaulting and coaching vault for 30 plus years I jumped over 17' a few times back in the 80s and 90's now I am trying to beat my son one last time in a couple weeks at the national pole vault summit in Reno

Why don't we steal from yacht racing, they have more money and have undoubtedly done more hydrodynamic testing.

That makes me cringe

I would go with 6x6. There is a lot of tension being put on those posts I use a 2" ratchet strap 27 feet long. You can get longer straps but they work pretty good and are cheap 30-80 dollars If you eyebolt through the post you can put a couple of eye bolts at different heights that way you can go higher when you are feeling confident and put some more slack in when you are really feeling it Look across and not at your feet

yes animal bindings and rtp

@twhisper @Horton can I use my existing HO bindings on the platinum?