FiberSport Vaulting Poles
designed by Bruce Caldwell
The founder of ESSX and FiberSport
Timeline
1976 Founded FiberSport
World Class Athletes on FiberSport poles:
Earl Bell, world outdoor record holder
Billy Olson, 11x world indoor record holder
Wladyslaw Kozakiewicz, world record and gold medalist, Moscow Olympics
1991 Joined with Sports Supply Group (SSG) to market pole vault and high jump landing systems
1993 Made Cat-a-Pole vaulting poles for DFW Distribution
1996 With SSG, Official Equipment Supplier to 1996 Olympics in Atlanta
1998 Founded EssxSport
ESSX pole vault poles, ESSX athletic shoes and ESSX landing systems
Elite vaulters on Caldwell designed poles include:
Sam Kendricks, 2x World champion, Olympian, American record holder
Robeilys Peinado (Ruby), Gold medalist, South American Champion. Lima, Peru
Kellie Suttle, 2x Olympian (2000, 2004), World Indoor medalist
Jillian Schwartz, Olympian (2004), 3x All-American
Tracy O’Hara, 5x NCAA Champion
Tye Harvey, World indoor championship medalist
Bubba Sparks, World Masters Champion
2014 Sold ESSX to Japanese conglomerate UST-Mamiya Golf, remaining in consulting and
relationship role through 2017
2019 Relaunch of FiberSport
A legacy lineup of premium-designed poles, updated with 40+ years of design experience, producing the best in hybrid carbon fiber and Kevlar poles available on the market today.
“Helping others to enhance their talent and vault higher.
My design experience is in every pole.”
Bruce Caldwell