Do you own a pair of jumping stilts that has the foam knee bar? The foam knee bar is one of the original designs by Mr. Boeck, the inventor. It’s the part that wraps around the leg near the knee. Mr. Boeck has stated that it’s main purpose is for safety.
If you fall, this stable, padded knee bar will protect your knees from serious injury. You simply slide your foot through the knee bar and fasten a little strap behind your knee and you’re ready to go - right? Not quite so fast. Although Mr. Boeck claims that the knee bar doesn’t need to be tight, after thousands of hours of use, we have a different opinion.
Our stunt team, along with hundreds of buyers learned that the knee bar is indeed stable and seems to add an element of safety, but we have also learned that to really jump high and land with confidence consistently, you need to have your leg fit tight inside the knee bar. Many users simply use their jumping stilts with no added items. Great.
But if you want added security and confidence. Pad up and strap in!! You can add many items to your leg or around the knee bar area to get a tighter fit. Knee pads, shin guards, foam padding, even pool noodles.
We have found pipe insulation to be a great inexpensive item to add that greatly reduces the wobbliness. See video below.
Padding
If you have padded up your knee bar and are starting to make giant leaps on your jumping stilts, and you still could use some more security - strap up. There will be a time very soon that you really want to go big or run fast. For maximum confidence while performing big air tricks, you need to have your jumping stilts feel like extensions of your leg.
The padding helps a lot but another item that is used for that extra security is straps. Buy 2 - 6′ long, 3/4 wide climbing strapping from any sporting goods store. It’s cheap. Wrap the strapping around your leg and the knee bar.
Now you are 100% secure and your confidence level will skyrocket in just short leaps. See video below. The strapping instructions start 1:45 minutes into the video.
Strapping: @1:45 in.
