As if jumping around at heights of 6′ and running at speeds of up to 25mph aren’t enough here are some other things you can do on jumping stilts.
1 on 1 basketball. Your opponent can have stilts too but bonus to you if they don’t.
Head downtown and walk around on a busy day. If you dont like attention avoid this one because people will flock to you to ask you about your stilts.
See how fast you can run. Find one of those signs the police department set up and test your speed. If you happen to live in Australia maybe you can challenge a kangaroo to a race?
Go find tall fences and look over them.
Make Money $$ Tomorrow I’ll cover five ways to make money using your jumping stilts.
Heading into summer we are noticing that everyone is wanting to get their hands on a pair of these jumping stilts. Thankfully we were prepared for this and have thoroughly stocked up our supply!
This also means though with a lot of new customers and a lot of potential customers our e-mail inbox is full of questions that most people interested in getting a pair of jumping stilts is going to ask.
So hopefully I can answer some of your questions here to save you the time of having to e-mail in. If your question doesn’t get answered below I am more than happy to answer that via e-mail. admin@air-trekkers.com
Air-Trekkers.com FAQ - These pages are filled with answers to common questions. There are also tons of how to videos for your enjoyment.
JumpingStilts.com - Up and Coming Site about jumping stilts. This site will have a place to upload pics and vids of you on your stilts as well as a forum to compare tricks.
I wanted to let you know I got the jumping stilts that I ordered. Wow is all I can say! It’s been rainy the past couple days and so I’ve been forced to just sit and look at them as they hang out in the corner of my office. I’ve passed waiting for the sun to come out by reading and re-reading the manual that comes with them and going thru all of the how to videos you have on youtube.
Then today the sun finally broke. Even though I had tons to get done today I decided that it all could wait. As I was strapping them on for the first time I was both nervous and excited. I consider myself pretty athletic and have a pretty good sense of balance but I wasn’t looking forward to falling from that high up.
After getting strapped in I hopped up and started taking some tentative steps around. So far so good..After a few minutes of just walking around trying to get a feel for them I started hopping a little. Nothing big but just a couple to see how they reacted.
The biggest thing I found is it takes a minute to learn what angle you want to come down at. Too far forward or backwards and it throws you off balance. But when you find that sweet spot and the springs work their magic lifting you effortlessly into the air you know you’re hooked.
Within 15-20 minutes I felt really comfortable and was able to bound fairly high and run without serious concern of falling. I will be completely honest and tell you I did fall once when I was trying to jump really high. Thankfully I had invested in some wrist guards and they made the fall painless. Getting back up is a trick though. It took me a second but I was up jumping around again in a few minutes.
All in all I would suggest getting a pair of Air-Trekker Jumping stilts to anyone. Not only are they a great work out (found out just how out of shape I am) but they’re just plain fun. The only thing you have to be concerned with is all of the weird looks you get from people who are jealous of your new toys!
It’s almost summer. Are you as fit as you want to be?
If you have set fitness goals this spring to slip into those smaller sizes, or want to proudly wear a swimsuit (without a t-shirt), but you dread the long hours at those fitness clubs or you’re bored of the endless pounding of running, we have discovered at unique new sports product that will whip you into shape in no time and have a blast doing it.
The product is called Air-Trekker Jumping stilts. Jumping Stilts apparently are taking the USA by storm among the 15- 25 year old extreme sports crowds but we’ve discovered “older, health conscious men and women who are bored with of the gym and are looking for novel ways of exercising” are buying these units. WHY? “They are are just a lot of fun, and with the fun comes incredible fitness.”
There are a few licensed brands in the USA, and the brands are similar, so check around for the most affordable and the best quality. After a short learning curve adapting to the realization you are standing 18″ off the ground, you will find yourself bouncing, running and leaping around like an 8 year old very quickly.
Kids around the country have been using their skateboard, snowboard, wakeboard and trampoline skills and performing all their wild, big air tricks on jumping stilts. “It’s like having a trampoline strapped to your feet……you can perform anywhere.” But the hidden benefit is remarkable cardiovascular and core muscle development.
Why spend an hour running when you can maintain an optimum heart rate quickly, easily and conveniently in your front yard if you like. 5-10 minutes of exercising on jumping stilts will boost your heart rate up as high as you want. 2-3 sets of 5 minute sessions a few times a week is all you need to burn thousands of calories and develop powerful lungs and a strong heart. Better yet, with all those burnt calories, also goes the excess weight.
Although an excellent alternative to treadmills and boxersize classes, the most remarkable benefit of exercising on jumping stilts is leg and core muscle development. Admit it, squat machines and ab exercises are a pain, and hard to commit to. We all love to train and tone our arms, chest and back, but when it comes to legs and abs, it’s tough to stay committed long enough to achieve noticeable improvements. Enter jumping stilts. If you want to tone your waistline, buttocks and legs, easily and quickly, jumping stilts may be the product you should try.
Each jump requires exertion of the quads and buttocks, so as you are running or leaping around having fun, your are performing specific exercises to develop and tone your legs and midsection. Users, even athletes with strong legs, have noted that their legs feel “like noodles” after the first few sessions. “Jumping stilts provide a type of exercise you just don’t find anywhere else. I thought I was in great shape and I bragged to you that my legs were strong………but I was amazed how jumping stilts took my leg strength to the next level. This new strength helps me in all my sporting activities.” J.S. Conn
One final benefit of exercising on jumping stilts is when you combine the cardiovascular and the strength workout, the physical results are dramatic. You’ll see all your muscles in your quads grow. Your butt will take on a rounder, firmer shape. You’ll notice how tight all the muscles around your waist have become. Not just the six pack in the front, but all the muscles that are located in your midsection. That belt size will shrink faster than you can say jumping stilts. It happens fast because the exercise is so different. As they say - when you “shock” your body with a new exercise you see and feel results very quickly.
Bockers (term used to describe people who own and use jumping stilts) who have become addicted to this new extreme sport/fitness product will eventually want to, or need to, change out their springs.
Whether they have the desire to try a heavier spring (higher weight category) or feel it’s time to install a fresh new spring, they will need to know how to properly change them out.
As bockers move through the initial learning curve (2-3 weeks or 10-15 sessions) they begin to realize how strong their legs have become. They sense a fresh level of fitness that they haven’t felt before. Once one becomes aware of this new feeling of strength and fitness, the desire to “crank” or become more free on the springs becomes very apparent.
After a few months, some bockers may make the decision to try a bigger spring. It is not recommended that one move up until you are very comfortable on your jumping stilts and your legs are strong, because a larger spring will be tougher to bend. Unless one is very fit, a larger spring will feel like wooden stilts, not jumping stilts.
Why try a bigger spring? A bigger spring will allow the same weighted person to jumping much higher, opening up the opportunity for many new tricks.
Mr. Boeck, the inventor of jumping stilts, states that the carbon fiber springs used on most jumping stilts, have a life of around 500 hours. Sure they can last longer if one isn’t very aggressive with them. Their life span can also be diminished if one falls alot and scrapes the springs, knicks the springs, or allows someone much heavier to use their units.
They are made with milliions of tiny carbon fiberglass threads fused together, so scraping or knicking the springs can break many fibers, thus weakening the springs and shortening their life.
Eventually you will need to change out your springs. Below is a short video that shows how to change the springs, and a short article, for your to print out and use as a guide when, or if, you do change your springs.
Tools:
1. 1 - 5mm allen wrench
2. 2 - 10 mm wrenches or socket wrenches
3. 2 - 13 mm wrenches or socket wrenches
a. With a 5 mm allen wrench and 10 mm socket wrench loosen the 4 bolts the keep the knee bar/calf cuff in place. Just loosen them. You don’t need to take the nuts completely off.
b. Slide the knee bar/calf cuff up and off the unit.
c. With 2 - 13 mm wrenches, loosen and remove the bolts that keep the spring/black brace onto the frame. Remove the nut and slide out the bolt. Perform this at both ends of the spring.
d. With the black braces still attached, pull the spring free from the frame at the top and bottom.
e. With 2- 10 mm wrenches, loosen and remove the 2 - bolts that keep the black spring brace attached to the spring itself. Each end of the spring has a black brace, and each brace has two bolts. Loosen and remove them all.
f. Slide the spring out of the aluminum frame.
g. To install your new spring simply perform the above steps backwards.
h. Slide the new spring into the aluminum frame.
i. Reattach the black braces to both ends of the spring using the same bolts and nuts.
j. Reattach the black braces (top and bottom) to the frame, insert bolts and tighten the nuts. Very tight!
k. Slide the knee bar/calf cuff back into the frame and tighten the 4 bolts.
Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts introduces user-friendly, safety-enhanced, adult model into USA market. The name: EXTREME
Jumping Stilts, a new action sport craze among teens and young adults, has a new model that fits everyone like a glove - it’s called “THE EXTREME.” Big, small, tall, short, young or older people can strap into these units and perform all their favorite jumping stilts big air tricks with instant confidence and security. Standard adult jumping stilt models sported a foam-padded metal knee bar that never seems to fit tight- enough - around the upper calf.
Users often add foam for a tighter fit and some even use straps to secure themselves. Alpine Innovations, LLC the global licensee for Air-Trekker jumping stilts has introduced it’s newest adult model which has a high quality velcro-strapped cuff that provides an instant, tight fit for anyone.
“Quality, comfort and safety with minimal price increase is exactly what our consumers were asking for,” says Gary Armstrong, one of Alpine’s principals. “With the new calf cuffs, users have a secure, custom fit for any leg size. The learning curve is cut by 90%. This model also has high quality snowboard bindings……the new Air-Trekker EXTREME jumping stilts are ready for the masses. We made a request to our manufacturer for an upgraded, safety-enhanced model that appealed to a wider USA demographic. The EXTREME is the answer.”
Welcome the official online shopping store of the world famous Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts. This is the #1 best selling/fastest growing site to buy top quality jumping stilts in North America. If you are looking for the best jumping stilts, at the best prices in the USA, look no further, you have found the site!
Why have Air-Trekkers taken the USA by storm?We offer you licensed, patent protected, jumping stilts at importer-direct prices.We answer the phone and will take the time to answer your every question all day and almost every night.
Yes, we are real people, very knowledgeable people that can help you buy the correct jumping stilts for your needs. Finally, we deliver on our #1 warranty, and have unlimited parts and accessories. If you buy anywhere else, you are either spending too much or you are in danger of buying the wrong sized jumping stilts. Enjoy your stay!
Air-Trekkers are the only exclusive USA trademarked jumping stilts licensed by the German patent holder - Mr. Boeck. All other brands are just either European or Asian brand names…….a couple these brands have received USA distribution rights……(Poweriser, Powerstrider). Many ask, “What’s the difference?” Honestly, except for price….not much. Every jumping stilt made falls under (1) patent number.
Also, there are only (2) mass producers of Mr. Boeck’s product. So like automobiles, these two manufacturer’s buy many of their parts from the same part producer.
Air-Trekker’s manufacturer makes and distributes 95% of the jumping stilts sold around the world. (We even supplied jumping stilts for the 2008 Olympic closing ceremony.) In Britain, they are called Pro Jumps. In Europe, they are called Flying Jumpers. In Asia, they are called Fly Jumpers. In the USA, they are called Air-Trekkers. All are made by the same top producing manufacturer……mystery solved.
What are jumping stilts used for? If you want to have fun beyond your wildest imagination…..if you want to become an instant icon……..if you want to gracefully fly through the air, anywhere…….if you want a very demanding cardio and core muscle workout…..then Air-Trekker jumping stilts is your dream come true.
We are not just an online store, we live, breathe, and use jumping stilts every day. You can throw big air tricks, anytime! You can actually jump high enough to sit in a basketball hoop! You can run so fast….it’s scary. But most of all, you can have a new, gnarly kind of fun that never gets dull. We have literally sold 1000’s in the USA in 2008. Our buyers love them.
1. I bought a pair of Air-Trekkers about a month to two months ago and I fell in love with these stilts when i jumped on them, they changed my life for the better the warning in the back on the book is true i would like to thank you at Air-Trekkers for changing my life.
2. I’ve got them and I think they’re sick and my little brother wants a pair too.
3. Hello, yes I have received my air trekkers and there amazing. I learned how to walk and do small jumps in ten minutes, it felt natural but odd at the same time. I’m so addicted to them I don’t know when I’m going to stop. I keep jumping higher and higher every time thanks
Warning: The use of Jumping Stilts can be very dangerous and can result in injury. Alpine Innovations, LLC. as well as its owner and operators are in no way responsible for any injury, resulting from your use of Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts. By purchasing and or using Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts, you, the buyer or operator accept full responsibility for injury, and will not hold Alpine Innovations, LLC. responsible. By Purchasing and or using Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts, you also agree to be 18 years of age or have consent of an adult to purchase and use Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts. We highly recommend, and require, you wear safety gear: helmet, wrist guards, knee & elbow pads, before using your Air-Trekker Jumping Stilts.
