I MADE MY OWN POLE AND NOW I FEEL SPECIAL

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I MADE MY OWN POLE AND NOW I FEEL SPECIAL

Unread postby izzystikchik » Sun Jul 31, 2005 6:05 pm

Yes, if you read the title then you already know what i'm about to talk about.

Well, now that my camps and stuff are all over for the summer season, today i was going through some serious withdrawal symptoms.
I remembered seeing some great stuff on www.pvei.com and other things my coaches have said about the wonders of PVC material.

SO....

I literally headed out to Home Depot, walked around for awhile, because i know squat about hardware.

Finally found the stuff but it was way up on a freakin scaffold.

Found a young worker and made him fetch 2 PVC pipes that were 10 feet each. After much groaning he retrieved them for me.
At the check out i paid a measly 4-5 bucks for them.

Just then a middle aged man walking by said "hey, are you going to go pole vaulting with those?" and to his suprise I said "actually that's exactly what i'm going to do with these"

Here's the link if you wanna good laugh:
http://www.polevaultpit.com/?q=node/962

The other motive for this pole is i'm making it for the kids i'm going to coach and we only need something that looks like a pole so don't worry no one really vaults on them ;)

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)

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Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sun Jul 31, 2005 8:14 pm

Cute :)

I had some 11 year old girls jumping today on poles I made out of broken crossbars. :yes:

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Unread postby ACvault » Fri Aug 05, 2005 11:27 am

are there any detailed instructions anywhere online on making these?

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Unread postby izzystikchik » Fri Aug 05, 2005 8:52 pm

not that i know of....but try the website www.pvei.com and look around or email the manager of that website...but there wasn't any instructions for me to follow, i just went out and bought two pipes..thats it... ;)


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