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I've outgrown these poles.

All prices include Shipping (standard Emery/Menlo Air...i.e., via air cargo but not overnight)

Skypole EZ Plant 12-150 (almost new...not many jumps) $150
Skypole EZ Plant 12-160 (almost new...even fewer jumps) $150
Skypole EZ PLant (new..no jumps) $150
Or order All 3 in the Series for $400

Skypole 13-145 (20.9 flex used...formerly owned by Skyjumpers) $100

Pacer Mystic 12'6"-150 (26.6 flex)(almost new...a few jumps) $200

Pacer FX 13-150 (19.7 flex) (new...literally less than 10 jumps) $225

Altius 12'4"-160 (6.0 flex) $150

Please send me a pm to arrange shipping and payment.

The 3rd Skypole EZ Plant that I listed is a 12-170. Sorry for my shoddy proofreading.

I was just curious as to how skypole EZ Plants as well as Altius poles feel as I have never used them.

The Skypole EZ Plant Poles are about as soft-feeling as you can get I think. The Gill People can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that they either have a very small sail piece or no sail piece at all. So they bend more easily than most poles I've tried and they are fairly slow (which can be a positive thing if you want to use them for short-run vaults or if you like extra time to get inverted). I've found that as a masters vaulter (i.e., a fairly slow runner), they are very useful (I would suspect that the same would be true for beginning/novice high school vaulters). Gill does not put flex numbers on them...I'm not exactly sure why not, though.

The Altius poles that I'm familiar with seem to bend very easily. They also seem to have a little bit smaller diameter than other comparable poles (but whether that's actually true I don't know). I'm sure that other npeople who have more experience with Altius than I do can speak about their performance characteristics better than I can. Last year one of the girls whom I coach jumped 9-6 on an Altius (which won the Connecticut Class LL - very Large schools -), so we've had a good experience with them.

Gill does not put flex numbers on training poles.

Russ wrote:The Altius poles that I'm familiar with seem to bend very easily. They also seem to have a little bit smaller diameter than other comparable poles (but whether that's actually true I don't know). I'm sure that other npeople who have more experience with Altius than I do can speak about their performance characteristics better than I can. Last year one of the girls whom I coach jumped 9-6 on an Altius (which won the Connecticut Class LL - very Large schools -), so we've had a good experience with them.

The smaller diameter thing is true in their smaller poles, like 13'ers and below. Some of their longer lengths I've found to have bigger mandrels than other brands. The smaller the mandrel/grip, the heavier the carry-weight though, because they have to use more glass to get the same stiffness. The bigger the mandrel/grip, generally the lighter the carry weight because less glass is required. Also, I believe Altius only uses E glass, the heavier grade, instead of S glass, the lighter grade. The result? Small diameter heavy poles with thick glass that are very resistant to breakage. Great for high schoolers who are rough on poles. Flex numbers in inches done on a very different flex system than Gill and can be very inconsistent.

Becca noted that Gill doesn't put flex numbers on "training poles".

But - and again I'll have to defer to the Gill people (com'on Decamouse & Junkie help me out here) - I don't believe that the EZ Plant poles are "training poles". Rather I believe that they are regular "competition poles" and will be legal under the NFHS rules. Correct?[/quote]

CORRECT. THEY ARE LEGAL FOR COMPETITION.

Russ wrote:Becca noted that Gill doesn't put flex numbers on "training poles".

But - and again I'll have to defer to the Gill people (com'on Decamouse & Junkie help me out here) - I don't believe that the EZ Plant poles are "training poles". Rather I believe that they are regular "competition poles" and will be legal under the NFHS rules. Correct?

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As an authorized Gill dealer, I can verify that. Yes, EZ Plants ARE competition legal and ARE NOT training poles (variable weight by definition) because EZ Plants have a fixed weight rating. They do bend easily and return more slowly LIKE a training pole. Don't know why there isn't a flex number though.

Newer ones do have flex no. - just went and looked at the tubes in back - anything with the new embedded bar coding has that

Poles Withdrawn:

Because of some selling and because of new vaulters (weighing in the 150-160 lbs. range) at the school where I coach, none of these poles is available any longer. Sorry.

interested if you still have the 13/145. Please call 310-213-6090 if available.