cool stilts from commercial

February 11, 2006 1:03 PM

In the beginning of this ad for Zurich Insurance (link is to an MPG video) there is a kid running on these interesting stilts.

If it's an effect, it's a really good one, and there are a bunch more people running on them later in the commercial. I was just wondering if anyone knew if they were real and where a person might obtain them. I looked around and only found links to the commercial-type stilts that people use in construction. I'm not even totally sure you would classify these things as stilts, but maybe I'm looking in the wrong place....

posted by TeamBilly to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (6 answers total)

Best answer: Looks like Poweriser Stilts to me.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:14 PM on February 11, 2006

Best answer: Yep. Powerskips, aka Powerisers. Here's a user page explaining them in greater detail.
posted by Smart Dalek at 1:25 PM on February 11, 2006

man i want some.

one more reason to go to work every day.

/sigh.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 1:36 PM on February 11, 2006

I know that they use something similar to this at Disneyland and in California Adventure, in the parades that are currently running. I found them refered to as bounce stilts.
posted by jvilter at 1:38 PM on February 11, 2006

Response by poster: Yep. That's it. Yet another thing for me to break another collarbone on. I figure since Segways have been outlawed on most sidewalks you could get away with these. Seriously...nine-foot strides? I wonder what a marathon would be like in those things.
posted by TeamBilly at 1:58 PM on February 11, 2006

They look fun...and insane.
posted by etc. at 8:46 PM on February 11, 2006