****WHERE CAN I FIND CANDY STRIPED CARBON POLES****

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****WHERE CAN I FIND CANDY STRIPED CARBON POLES****

Unread postby Pole Vault Pirate » Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:26 pm

What are some websites where they sell candy striped carbon fx poles?

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Re: ****WHERE CAN I FIND CANDY STRIPED CARBON POLES****

Unread postby jcoover » Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:09 pm

Any poles that are candy striped are made that way by the vaulters. You can buy colored tape somewhere online and then retape your poles with it. No poles come from the company with different colored tape.

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Re: ****WHERE CAN I FIND CANDY STRIPED CARBON POLES****

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:33 pm

I think most of the poles Altius sells are candy cane striped, and they sell carbons now.

It's pretty easy to do it yourself, just buy some gym floor tape, 2" wide, and decorate as you see fit.

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Re: ****WHERE CAN I FIND CANDY STRIPED CARBON POLES****

Unread postby Pole Vault Pirate » Sun Jun 06, 2010 11:28 pm

How exactly do you tape it though?

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Re: ****WHERE CAN I FIND CANDY STRIPED CARBON POLES****

Unread postby rainbowgirl28 » Mon Jun 07, 2010 1:30 am

It's kind of like doing grip tape, you start at the bottom and work up, you just angle it so that it's not overlapping.

I would practice on something first.


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