Have you seen these alt. jumping stilts? (Bay Area Maker Faire 2013)

November 5, 2013 10:58 AM

I'm trying to find more about a pair of jumping stilts that I saw at maker faire (2013 Bay Area) that are substantially different form any I've seen online. Does anyone know anything about these - they had a glossy metallic-red (almost Ironman-like?) nearly-knee-high boot instead of the usual clamps, and the spring power seemed to come from a lot of black rubber cording bunched in the rear as if a calf muscle (I don't recall the mechanism, but bungie cording suggests it's different to the blade-spring traditional design). Are these something that can be purchased, or were they a maker-crafted one-off?
posted by anonymisc to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (2 answers total)

You posted a link to a google image search.

Here's a google shopping search of the same terms that returns several hits.
posted by sarah_pdx at 8:44 PM on November 5, 2013

Response by poster: None of the hits are what I describe - they're all the same traditional jumping-stilts design as in the Google Image Search link - they all use the blade-spring instead of the bungie-muscle and all use the leg-clamps instead of the boots.
(I included the GIS link because the term "jumping stilts" isn't meaningful to many people who might still know about the ones in question)
posted by anonymisc at 11:33 AM on November 6, 2013