Hover and click - many are links to articles (links are in green)
click here for "The Sail Piece"
click here Petrov Article
click here for Herbert Czingon Presentation
2012 Inocencio Presentation
Herb Jenks Patent US3869557
Origins of Fiberglass Pole by Aubrey Charles Dooley - 1961
A little mouse told me:
2023
-- thoughts -- wow again
Mondo continues to raise the bar - Women have lots
of players
Poles:
USC Spirit
is still dominate player
Essx with Chris N., Sam and Katie N. plus others
is top carbon pole
Gill showing up with Pacer FX and Composite (Carbon
pole)
Altius and Nordic are also carving
out niches - Nordic expanding out from Sweden/Norway/Finland - good job Lars
Fibersport
and Dynasty - a few new players from old blood lines
Back in time -- Herb Jenks and
early Pacer poles -- brilliant man -- remember how poles used to splinter with longer strips or shards when a pole broke
-- the Original Pole patent on the (helically wound according to patent wording) spiral wrap -- this was for added hoop
strength -- based on using straight glass (not woven material) so to get hoop strength - the spiral wrapping of material --
the two spiral wraps were also separated by a body wrap - that was important -- if you are a die hard read Patent 3,969,557
-- materials have changed and improved -- the patent talks about avoiding woven material --
Use what works for you - sometimes
pole choice is made for you - place or coaches
Pole
building still has a lot of hands on work - craftsmanship - patterns and materials - great - a good chief can use the same
ingredients and will get a better product that someone who main goal is to make quantity -
you need consistency - reliability - quality control - repeatability and not treat as a mass produced commodity
product
Could be an interesting season will try and update more often and give any insite or hindsight
you can get living in cheeseland
Picture below - look at the shock wave in the pole - draw line from top of pole to break
point to see the wave of energy - that is why it hurts the hand
2014 Women's Indoor Worlds Pole Break
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The
following link is for a little tidbit I threw together and Ashley Whittaker helped clean up while I was at Gill. This plus a few of my presentations
can be found out on the web. This page will also included some expanded information as mentioned on the home page
Click for Engineers View on a Pole Vault Pole
2004 Pole Symposium presentation
2006 European Vault Conference - big file
2008 European Vault Conference - big file
2009 Power Point Presentation
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My Input on PV Poles 1/27/2011
Example of 425 Series Section Modulus
