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Hover and click - many are links to articles click here for "The Sail Piece" click here for Herbert Czingon Presentation 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 - soemtimes 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
Sweet take-off - click below to see ---- Steve Lewis UK - his coach at that time was Steve Rippon -- in my opinion one of the top coaches in the world Try hard enough - you can break any pole - click below for video
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