The Bedford Express 1023 crash- in GIF form!

[Debbie]

Originally Posted by Tottanka

Any idea why you fell?

Originally Posted by sodizzle

We fell because our top latches slide off of the powder coated pyramid, and our bottom safety latches were disengaged. On our practice pyramid back home our top latches hold on just fine and we would remove our bottom locks for easy removal. But since we slide off, we have to keep the bottom locks engaged to hold us up.

That and, due to the playing field being less sturdy than we planned for, we took a less fatal fall in a practice match early in the day. What you see there is our 2nd 3rd tier fall of the day. The first landed us on corner bumpers which saved us greatly. We did have some damage that was later discovered which affected the later fall. Also, as Brandon mentioned, the powder coating made the poles much slippery than our practice field. A number of small factors all added up to that fall. Hopefully we will have them all resolved for our next event.