It’s pole-vaulting like you’ve never seen it before.
GoPro got together with Allison Stokke and took viewers on the “seven seconds of tunnel vision” involved in getting over the bar.
The company had cameras on Stokke’s head, the crossbar, the box and the on the end of the pole and captured the former Cal standout’s ride up and over the bar.
“Pole-vaulting is a rush. It’s so frustrating but I think that’s what makes it so fun,” Stokke says in the spot. “Technically there’s no limit to how high the bar can go.”
If the video, and the whole act of pole vaulting itself, looks nutty — and maybe gives you a little motion sickness — Stokke understands.
“Everyone says we pole vaulters are crazy — and I’d have to agree,” she says.
And let’s not kid ourselves here about GoPro’s motives behind putting this spot together; pretty, fit woman plus skimpy clothes equals 470,000 YouTube views — and counting — on Thursday morning.
ON YOUR PHONE? SEE ALLISON STOKKE POLE VAULT HERE
