REMEMBER POGO STICKS?

[oldguyinTX]

These guys take it to a whole new level.

 

[Bob Denman]

Where do you get a pogo stick like those??? :clap: :thumbup:

 

[Chupaca]

Oh yeah....

those are some seriously modified pogo sticks although if you remember them this one was insane.....:yikes:

nothing like more power...:2thumbs:

 

[Bob Denman]

those are some seriously modified pogo sticks although if you remember them this one was insane.....:yikes:

View attachment 143383 nothing like more power...:2thumbs:

:agree: :clap:

 

[Chupaca]

Here you go....

http://www.vurtegopogo.com Air powered pogo sticks with a record 9'2" jump...:yikes: pictures when your jumping...:lecturef_smilie:

Where do you get a pogo stick like those??? :clap: :thumbup:

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: A four hundred dollar sized hole in the checkbook will be tough to hide... nojoke

 

[ARtraveler]

:2thumbs::2thumbs::2thumbs:


And...the black boxes are working today. Don't know what changed, but I will take it. :yes:

 

[bscrive]

That is some serious skills with a pogo stick. I could never keep the freakin thing going.

 

[Bob Denman]

:2thumbs::2thumbs::2thumbs:


And...the black boxes are working today. Don't know what changed, but I will take it. :yes:

:congrats: Welcome back!! :thumbup:

 

[PrairieSpyder]

Those pogo sticks are something new. Kind of like the skate boards now compared to those in the late 60s.

I'm glad they are wearing helmets!

 

[Bob Denman]

They almost need parachutes! :shocked:

Patti,

Re: Skateboards
Did I tell you the story about how my friend and I started the "Wide-Body" trend on the East Coast?
1976: We both decided to give skateboarding a try since it would help to distract us from the rigors of a collegiate education. He was a surfer, and told me that it would be easy!
:shocked: He lied... :shocked:
After buying the typical 6" wide skateboard: I quickly found out that my two left-feet needed more real estate... We took some plywood, cut two 10" skateboard blanks from it, and added a kicktail cut out of a hunk of 2x6...
The other skaters went NUTZ when they saw them!
Pretty soon, we were both sporting 12" boards that we custom cut from skateboard blanks that found found in one of the skateboarding magazines...
Originally we were adding axle extensions onto the trucks, but the accessory marketplace caught up to the new boards quickly!
Skateboarding was fun!
I broke:
Both wrists (in one fall...)
Both feet (one of them twice!)
A fibula

And carried a bruise on my left buttock for about three years! :clap:
Ahh... college was fun back then!

 

[cuznjohn]

first time i tried one, i struck water

 

[oldguyinTX]

Bob, I feel your pain. In 1978, I was skateboarding on a half pipe when the board got out from under me, I tripped over it, went down and ended up with a displaced spiral fracture of the Tibia, Fibula, Heel & Ankle. Needless to say, the next year was not a lot of fun. But, my bad for acting a lot younger than I was, and thinking that my skateboarding skills were better than they were. The only bright spot - if you can call it that - was that I ended up in pictures on the front page of a local rag, both boarding, and then being attended to by the Paramedics. The press coverage was both exhilarating and humiliating. And of course, when she feels that I'm getting too big for my britches, my darling bride is quick to remind me about that time and what happened when I let youth and being dumb get in the way of common sense. But, we're only young once right?

They almost need parachutes! :shocked:

Patti,

Re: Skateboards
Did I tell you the story about how my friend and I started the "Wide-Body" trend on the East Coast?
1976: We both decided to give skateboarding a try since it would help to distract us from the rigors of a collegiate education. He was a surfer, and told me that it would be easy!
:shocked: He lied... :shocked:
After buying the typical 6" wide skateboard: I quickly found out that my two left-feet needed more real estate... We took some plywood, cut two 10" skateboard blanks from it, and added a kicktail cut out of a hunk of 2x6...
The other skaters went NUTZ when they saw them!
Pretty soon, we were both sporting 12" boards that we custom cut from skateboard blanks that found found in one of the skateboarding magazines...
Originally we were adding axle extensions onto the trucks, but the accessory marketplace caught up to the new boards quickly!
Skateboarding was fun!
I broke:
Both wrists (in one fall...)
Both feet (one of them twice!)
A fibula

And carried a bruise on my left buttock for about three years! :clap:
Ahh... college was fun back then!

 

[Bob Denman]

Brothers in Arms... :thumbup:
(But it's usually the Paramedic's arms... :shocked

I drove from Wildwood, NJ back to Trenton with the two busted wrists... nojoke
I dropped straight down into a 16 foot bowl, and blasted up the other side...

...and ran out of wall! :yikes:

I crash-dived, and landed right on the drain back at the bottom!
Ouch...

 

[Machinegunner]

The pogo stick I had as a Kid must have been defective. There was no way we could have done those tricks back then.