Comments on: Extreme Pogo Stick

By: Sue

Sue — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:50:49 +0000

I recently saw some of the small kids around here riding Big Wheels. I didn’t even know they made them. They were a major mode of transport in my kidhood. I know, nothing to do with pogo sticks. Get one for her.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 13 May 2008 01:37:56 +0000

My kids got a pogo stick. It came with a really fat bottom that you could eventually remove to a smaller stick. It was great for learning and they could actually move up and down without moving side to side at first.

Eventually my daughter got pretty good, but she never got more than one foot off the ground. And your feet come off fairly easy, so falling off is not the same as falling down.

By: Marco Mcclean

Marco Mcclean — Mon, 12 May 2008 23:15:12 +0000

The shoe ones. Obviously what to spend your Tricky Dick Fun Bill on, if you’re otherwise a prudent accountant.

By: Eileen

Eileen — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:44:40 +0000

I wanted a pogo stick at that age too. It took me a weekend to master and I thought it was pretty awesome, but I did have some trouble getting anywhere and tended to just hop in circles, which isn’t so much fun.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:00:17 +0000

C’mon, get the pogo stick (not the high flyer, just a regular one). As the mom of two grown kids, we always encouraged them to try new things, especially something that gets them playing outside. We spend so much time worrying about them getting hurt that they’re soon afraid to do anything. How else do you learn your limits than by getting out there and trying? Yep, you get a bruise or scrape but the self confidence soars. I know that there are terrible things that can happen, but how sad to live a life of “what if I get hurt?” Just my two cents.

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:35:32 +0000

AMR: Hahahaha!

By: Miss Cellania

Miss Cellania — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:34:14 +0000

Oh, she’s very skilled with both a bicycle and rollerblades. I just don’t think want her six feet in the air!

By: AMR

AMR — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:31:40 +0000

I was 10 years old and it was a late 1970′s summer day. After weeks of practice, I finally mastered the pogostick. It was baking HOT outside and our driveway had been newly-paved the week before…and I pogo-ed a few thousand little holes into it that day.
Parents: really NOT impressed.
Cool effect when it rained the next day though.

By: skateboard

skateboard — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:59:30 +0000

Well you can never be to careful at any materials you use, for me its in the safety gadgets that you use. For me let her use a bicycle instead with training wheels of course.

By: T

Mon, 12 May 2008 13:19:40 +0000

I shattered my wrist by falling off of a skateboard in only my second month of practice. I would suggest a unicycle instead. They’re much safer (99% of the time that you fall off a unicycle, you land on your feet), super fun, and very good exercise. There are a boatload of tricks and skills she could learn too if she wanted to. Check out unicycle.com for some good beginner unis.

I’ve been unicycling for five months now and I love to ride off-road (mountain unicycling) and distance (my max so far is only 15 miles). It’s rad.