http://www.air-trekkers.com/

Jumping stilts are an up and coming form of extreme sport, mostly in Europe but catching on in NA. These things are really fun, you really can jump high and run fast with little practice.

I just wanted to see if anyone else is into these, if you're interested in parkour, trampolines and the like you should really look into them, they are really fun.

Pro video

Here's an example of what people can pull of on these things.

brain_

United States812 Posts

June 10 2010 23:47 GMT

This looks like an incredibly awesome way to break your neck.

Sfydjklm

United States9218 Posts

June 10 2010 23:51 GMT

oh wow so awesome, they can do almost all the tricks a parkour begginer does
....

OpRaider

United States307 Posts

June 10 2010 23:52 GMT

300 bucks for a pogo stick strapped to your feet? pretty ridiculous

Kruxxen

United States149 Posts

June 10 2010 23:53 GMT

Just like skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX biking, trampolines, extreme pogo-sticks. Most sports are dangerous if you don't approach them with caution and safety in mind. Obviously there is a learning curve involved, but tell me you didn't scrape your elbow when learning to ride a bicycle.

surLoop

United States80 Posts

June 10 2010 23:55 GMT

I'd love to try those out... but I doubt that I could resist doing some crazy shit and breaking myself

mucker

United States1120 Posts

June 10 2010 23:57 GMT

Gonna get ahead of the curve and start skateboarding wearing those...

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

June 11 2010 00:00 GMT

On June 11 2010 08:57 mucker wrote:
Gonna get ahead of the curve and start skateboarding wearing those...

Already been done my friend. There are a group of us who have now moved on to doing advanced parkour tricks while skateboards are strapped on to these. Also while chewing bubblegum. Oh and blindfolded too.

Gotta step your game up.

Boundz(DarKo)

5311 Posts

June 11 2010 00:03 GMT

u gotta jump

Tyri

Germany453 Posts

June 11 2010 00:04 GMT

#10

looks really fun

but seariously, the fact that they wear knee protectors doing crazy back flips with no helmets kinda ironic

sleeepy

Canada777 Posts

June 11 2010 00:10 GMT

#11

On June 11 2010 08:51 Sfydjklm wrote:
oh wow so awesome, they can do almost all the tricks a parkour begginer does
....

lol this. Paying $300 to hop around like an idiot when you can do it for free and have more fun with some practice... yeah good idea.

JeeJee

Canada5652 Posts

June 11 2010 00:11 GMT

#12

lol when they run/jog the first thing i notice is how similar they look to the n'avi
looks like so much fun just jogging around rofl

semantics

10040 Posts

June 11 2010 00:14 GMT

#13

And people wonder why i fear google.
Only out of respect for TL.net do i allow the ads from teamliquid to appear.
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KumquatExpress

United States344 Posts

June 11 2010 00:18 GMT

#14

"Jump up to 9 feet!"
No. There is no possible way a bit of potential spring energy will propel someone 9 feet into the air.

Trezeguet

United States2656 Posts

June 11 2010 00:27 GMT

#15

On June 11 2010 09:18 KumquatExpress wrote:
"Jump up to 9 feet!"
No. There is no possible way a bit of potential spring energy will propel someone 9 feet into the air.

maybe they measure from the bottom of your feet no matter your orientation.

Trezeguet

United States2656 Posts

June 11 2010 00:28 GMT

#16

On June 11 2010 09:03 Boundz(DarKo) wrote:
u gotta jump

damnit

KumquatExpress

United States344 Posts

June 11 2010 00:40 GMT

#17

On June 11 2010 09:27 Trezeguet23 wrote:

Show nested quote +

maybe they measure from the bottom of your feet no matter your orientation.

In the youtube video, none of those guys come even remotely close to having their feet 9 feet off the ground. Unless it was after they jumped off of a 7 foot wall.