Pole Vaulting Helmets

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Pole Vaulting Helmets

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:27 pm

The first pole vaulting helmet has been introduced to the market.

http://www.polevaulthelmet.com/

What do you think?

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Unread postby i_heart_pv » Wed Sep 29, 2004 5:51 pm

hehe its got a little pole vaulter on the back

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Unread postby fong520 » Wed Sep 29, 2004 7:01 pm

how much is it do u k no?
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Unread postby Scott Go Pre » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:26 pm

Sucks for me! I bought a hockey helmet about 3 or 4 months ago, and now there is the new vaulting helmet!
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Unread postby ashcraftpv » Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:50 pm

I'm impressed! They really go indepth into the construction of the helmet. Good use of technology. $99 is a bit pricey if you ask me, but if it saves lives, then i guess its worth it. I wouldn't mind seeing some impact testing data comparing this helmet with other skating/biking helmets that are out there just to back up its credibility.
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Wed Sep 29, 2004 9:27 pm

I don't know, even if I'm being safe with helmets, I'm not sure if I'd spend 100 bucks on it. I'd wait until I got a couple more hundred and just buy a pole. lol
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:41 pm

fong520 wrote:how much is it do u k no?


They are $99

It doesn't display the price right away but it will if you change the quantity.

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Unread postby Bruce Caldwell » Wed Sep 29, 2004 11:36 pm

Do they have product liability insurance or is the company self insured?

There is nothing that says the helmet will protect you from a broken neck?

It is the best design I have seen, however I still have my reservations!

I do not recommend state associations make it manditory allowing it optional is fine.
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Unread postby achtungpv » Thu Sep 30, 2004 7:25 am

Learn to pole vault instead. It's a much better investment.
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Unread postby Lord of the Poles » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:32 am

achtungpv wrote:Learn to pole vault instead. It's a much better investment.


SOOOO agree with you there, achtung
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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:44 am

Here's what I think...

If you want to wear a helmet, fine. I don't think there should be rules requiring them.

$100 for a helmet though? Most skateboard helmets are $40 as I recall. Maybe these are more expensive to make? I don't know. I'd like to see how much they cost in a year or two when there are other brands on the market.

All these "products" trying to make the event safer. Bigger pits, extra padding, pole vault helmets, soft boxes... it seems like such an American attitude: "If we throw enough money at the problem it will go away." We are pricing the event out of the high schools and even some of the colleges.

I'm with Devereaux, I think our time and energy would be better spent improving coaching in this country. I wish every state high school association would realize what Washington did: the equipment is not the issue, the coaching is.

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I agree

Unread postby Bruce Caldwell » Thu Sep 30, 2004 1:59 pm

achtungpv wrote:Learn to pole vault instead. It's a much better investment.


A camp is a lot cheaper and you may vault safer.

Bike helmets will protect you from a fall the same height of a bike!

Think about that. A fall in the box will be head injury there has to be something better.

I will focus on this for the next few weeks any suggestions out there send to bruce@xlogicsports.com


MIKE DAVIS you use a soft box tell us about that??
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