My friend’s a vaulter, and he’s actually had that happen to him. except, instead of face planting, he was actually flung back further than the point he started running from (about 18 paces away)
It would have been much worse for him to let go. There are other videos where the vaulter lets go and ends up taking the stick recoil in the balls. It is a fundamental rule that you never let go if something like this goes wrong.
Not only would he have eaten that pole if he’d have let go, he could have cracked his skull open on the metal indent that the pole goes into. Pole vaulting can be very dangerous, my roommate is a former pole vaulter and luckily she never had an accident like that.
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February 24th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
LOL
February 24th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
Agreed
February 24th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
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February 24th, 2008 at 9:26 pm
i think he got owned
February 24th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
DOOD!!!!!!!!!! there was a MF athletic ad with a guy pole vaulting right as i watched this lol
February 25th, 2008 at 10:36 am
You get a “Thumbs Up”!
February 25th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I knew there was a reason I’d never tried this…
February 29th, 2008 at 4:48 pm
hi
March 1st, 2008 at 9:54 am
Stumble Upon Rules
March 1st, 2008 at 4:58 pm
Lol, adding to my collection thanks.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Omg That was awesome!
March 1st, 2008 at 10:08 pm
actually, it would have been a lot more dangerous for him *had* he let go of it before he did.
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:49 am
REPOST OF A REPOST!!
gb2 AFV
March 2nd, 2008 at 6:35 pm
Dude is right. But, if he would have let go sooner, he actually could have ended up eating the end of that pole. Ouch
March 3rd, 2008 at 6:37 pm
i cant stop watching it… please help…
March 7th, 2008 at 12:22 am
My friend’s a vaulter, and he’s actually had that happen to him. except, instead of face planting, he was actually flung back further than the point he started running from (about 18 paces away)
funny stuff, and honestly not that rare.
March 8th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
omg i want to do that
March 9th, 2008 at 1:35 am
made my day. (well, night.)
March 12th, 2008 at 1:37 am
It would have been much worse for him to let go. There are other videos where the vaulter lets go and ends up taking the stick recoil in the balls. It is a fundamental rule that you never let go if something like this goes wrong.
March 15th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Not only would he have eaten that pole if he’d have let go, he could have cracked his skull open on the metal indent that the pole goes into. Pole vaulting can be very dangerous, my roommate is a former pole vaulter and luckily she never had an accident like that.
March 16th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
HA! I used Stumble Upon too!
March 17th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Bwahahaaa…very funny
March 18th, 2008 at 10:50 am
ARRRR! I just nearly wet myself… cant stop laughing !
March 18th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Stumble upon leads to hilarious things. Haha.
pwned.
March 23rd, 2008 at 11:42 am
STUMBLEUPON FTW
March 27th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
GREAT DEPICTION! ENJOYED THE PICTURE.
Thumbs Up to you 
April 11th, 2008 at 1:31 am
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April 16th, 2008 at 4:32 pm
That was heck of an athlete.
May 26th, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Damn he’s sexy on that pole!