# I think I may kill myself: Extreme Sports related. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 20, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-kill-myself-extreme-sports-related/412574 "2007-07-20T18:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-kill-myself-extreme-sports-related/412574/1 "2007-07-20T18:32:19Z")
I’m not really sure. But I am contemplating buying a pair of [these](http://powerizeronline.com/product.html). They are basically stilts that jump. I’m not revered for my grace, but I tried a pair a friend had and I really had a lot of fun. I’d mainly use them for exercise, but I also may indulge in the occasional _Bounce_…not sure if I’d wear them in public, and definitly not down to the waterfront parks I like to walk on now…Don’t want to fall in. But they look really fun. I’m feeling frivilous. My wife will probably think I’m nuts - but that won’t be too far off the norm. 🙂 Would you try them? ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-kill-myself-extreme-sports-related/412574/2 "2007-07-20T18:51:49Z")
I’ve seen them a few times. One guy just jogging, another dunking basketballs. Other than the additional height they already put you at, it didn’t look like the jumps were all that remarkably high, though a bit higher than normal. I’d try them, but I’d count on some road rash and the possibility of a broken wrist. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2007, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-kill-myself-extreme-sports-related/412574/3 "2007-07-20T18:54:47Z")
[QUOTE=Waverly] I’ve seen them a few times. One guy just jogging, another dunking basketballs. Other than the additional height they already put you at, it didn’t look like the jumps were all that remarkably high, though a bit higher than normal. I’d try them, but I’d count on some road rash and the possibility of a broken wrist. [/QUOTE] I’ve got wrist guards and knee protection and a helmut from a tried period of inline skating. ---
**Author:** ![Chasing\_Dreams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/258eb7/32.png) [@Chasing\_Dreams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chasing_Dreams)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-kill-myself-extreme-sports-related/412574/4 "2007-07-21T06:35:31Z")
Don’t try doing a backflip with those stilts unless you already know how to do it without them. A backflip requires whole body coordination and botching it could make you land on your face! If you don’t have the basic technique down, those stilts are just going to give you a longer time to say “Oh, shit!!!” when you realize that you are 3 feet off the ground, your head is below your feet, and you aren’t rotating any more. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2007, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-i-may-kill-myself-extreme-sports-related/412574/5 "2007-07-21T06:48:49Z")
[QUOTE=Chasing Dreams] Don’t try doing a backflip with those stilts unless you already know how to do it without them. A backflip requires whole body coordination and botching it could make you land on your face! If you don’t have the basic technique down, those stilts are just going to give you a longer time to say “Oh, shit!!!” when you realize that you are 3 feet off the ground, your head is below your feet, and you aren’t rotating any more. [/QUOTE] 😕 What Chasing Dreams _meant_ to say was: you could easily do a backflip on those things within minutes of being on them the first time. Just don’t forget to video tape your acrobatic triumph so that all of us can marvel in your bouncy flippy abilities.