I must tell you about Nick as you watch this video, I have had the chance to compete against for 3 years and he is a fierce competitor.  He exhibits many metal skills that most top level athletes have.  And I must say that Nick has a fearless mind, to be an extreme sports athlete you need to be fearless, but I will say that after having something like this happen to you and then want to get back on a pole to compete again is brave, But that is how Nick is and if you ask him about the event he will probably be more excited about how he made 17 feet 1 inches running from 10 steps, that is a pretty remarkable achievement.  Again the sign of a high performing athlete is they always focus on the successes and the positives and work on things they can improve, in Nick’s case it could be getting out of the way of the pole.  But when you jump that high it is an inherent risk that most jumpers take.