Pole hose snagged on a rock in a garden and yanked my pole out my hands. It fell on a metal cross section of an old fence and bent it 80 degrees.
Thankfully not a full break so can keep it mostly inside section 2 and keep working for day. Although I have my hybrid pole but much prefer the carbon.
Going to look on gardiner website later, im guessing im right in thinking you can buy section 1 of a SLX pole