POGO STICK SAFETY GEAR
ABSOLUTE MUST!
Never, ever get onto a Vurtego pogo stick (or any pogo stick, for that matter) without your helmet. This is rule numero uno! While injuries tend to be pretty rare, hitting your head is always a possibility – and it only takes one fall to crack your noggin open.
STICK INSPECTION
Before gearing up for a bounce session, go through a quick checklist to make sure that your stick is completely tightened up and ready to perform. Make sure the bolts are completely screwed into the cylinder, check to make sure the handlebar is secure, and see if the bounce pad is securely fastened. If you hear some rattling and clanking noises while 6 feet up in the air, you might have some issues.
Flat & Solid Ground
Only bounce on flat, even surfaces. If you find yourself bouncing on a steep incline or decline, you may very well find yourself on your back…staring up at the clouds, wondering how you got there. And make sure that the surface you’re bouncing on is sturdy. With a high bounce, you can be apply 100s of pounds of pressure per square inch on that bounce pad. If the ground isn’t solid enough, you’ll punch a hole right through it…possibly even tearing a hole through the fabric of the universe.
Open Areas
Before gearing up for a bounce session, go through a quick checklist to make sure that your stick is completely tightened up and ready to perform. Make sure the bolts are completely screwed into the cylinder, check to make sure the handlebar is secure, and see if the bounce pad is securely fastened. If you hear some rattling and clanking noises while 6 feet up in the air, you might have some issues.
Slick Surfaces
We shouldn’t even have to state this one. It’s just common sense, people. Don’t bounce on slick surfaces. You ever try to go ice skating with tennis shoes? That’s what bouncing on on slippery surfaces feels like on a pogo stick. On the other hand, if you want to end up on your butt, go right ahead.
Overhead Objects
Be wary of any overhead objects that you might bounce up into. You can pretty easily get your head 10 feet or higher on a Vurtego. It’s no fun smacking your head on the ground…and even less fun smacking your head on the sky…especially when you fall and smack your head on the ground right afterward
Ditch The Stick
Your Vurtego was designed to take abuse, and lots of it. Your body…not so much. If you lose your balance in the air, ditch the stick and land safely on your feet; walk over to the pogo stick, talk to it like a baby and tell it you’re sorry, then get back on it.
Stick Maintenance
Don’t ever take your stick apart with pressure in it. Seriously, don’t do it. Always let the air pressure out of it and collapse the slide shaft completely before doing any work on it!
