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An adult holding a pogo stick A high-performance pogo stick as used in "Xpogo" A pogo stick is a vehicle for jumping off the ground in a standing position—through the aid of a spring, or new high performance technologies—often used as a toy, exercise equipment or extreme sports instrument. [1] It led to an extreme sport named extreme pogo ...
Bravo Sports recalled 169,000 pogo sticks after nine people were hurt. The bottom of the toy can shatter and a pin holding the spring in place can break, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...
Extreme Pogo is an action sport which involves riding and performing tricks on extreme pogo sticks, defined as such by their durability and potential for height. It draws from influences of other action sports such as skate, BMX, Parkour and more, integrating the use of obstacles and performance of tricks.
Pogo stick, a toy used for jumping up and down with the aid of a spring Extreme Pogo , an action sport on specially designed "extreme" pogo sticks Pogo ball , a toy similar to a pogo stick, based on a rubber ball
An extreme pogo exhibition in 2017. From 2000 to 2004, groups of extreme pogo athletes began emerging around the United States and other countries such as the Netherlands, inspired by Xpogo.com. [7] During this time there were no 'extreme' sticks, only traditional steel spring sticks that could be purchased at established retailers.
The air spring within a Vurtego pogo stick allows riders to pump the pogo stick up to their preferred air pressure in order to jump. The more air pressure that is pumped into the pogo stick, the stiffer the spring becomes. The same Vurtego pogo stick can be used by a 75 lb kid or a 300 lb fully grown adult, simply by adjusting the air pressure.
The pogo is a dance in which the dancers jump up and down, while either remaining on the spot or moving around; the dance takes its name from its resemblance to the use of a pogo stick, especially in a common version of the dance, where one keeps one's torso stiff, one's arms rigid, and one's legs close together.
The history of the pogo stick seems to be incomplete and innacurate. Pogo sticks could not have been invented by the Russian military in WWII. In addition to the rather absurd notion that a pogo stick could be used to flee from German tanks, pogos were around for decades before WWII. There was a patent application in 1919.