russvault wrote:hey Beam,
Im back in the south, so i hung up the corona and started drinking Bud!!!
That's ok Russ, "When in Rome" is what they tell me. I've had Coors Light in Arkansas. . . and it was the best beer I've ever had (at the time). And I try not to drink Corona anymore because on a trip to Baja this last Spring, I was told that Tecate is the real baja beer, and that Corona was specifically designed by Mexico in a secret beer lab in order to do reverse racist marketing to white America. I've got Mexican blood in me, so I naturally have made the switch to Tacate. But back to the thread of pole length shall we. . .
I'd like to take this time to switch sides. . . I'm on Russ's side now and all you people talking about getting on longer sticks might still need to be informed that it's not the save all drug that will ensure success. I'm sure many of you already know that. . . but in reference to some of these guys like Keul (love you man), and Hunter, and people that have the natural ability to already jump on long sticks. . . a person still needs to learn how to jump correctly. I'm speaking in the sense of being an elite pole vaulter on the money making lines. In order to make money, just jumping on longer sticks won't mean winning a meet because everyone else in an international competition ideally will have the same equipment. It's being able to put both pieces together. . . be a good technical jumper with understanding of the event, and also being able to be on the same playing field as the guys that jump on long sticks. Try this analogy to surfing. . . In a big wave competition surfers ride longer boards, roughly 12' long (like longer poles for bigger bars), if a competitor paddled out on a 6' board in that same competition, they aren't going to win. It would be an interesting idea to have competitions in the vault designed around length catagories. . .much like wrestling has weight catagories for competition. It's my belief that we would begin to see shorter guys winning in the 16' range catagories for competition, while the men genetically made for longer sticks would win those catagories. I could beat everyone on 12' poles for sure.
