Getting someone to embrace pogo as a leisure activity seems like a long shot. If anything, the Slingshot appears more suited to the trick-stick wannabes, the younger generation that isn’t ready ...

The pogo stick can also jump as high as 10 feet in the air. What you should consider: The device costs well over $400, which can be out of many potential buyers’ price range.

“This stick is absolutely crazy,” said Daniel Brown of XPogo.com, a Web site devoted to stunt pogo-stick jumping. The jackhammer-size contraption sprang to life about five years ago.

Pogo-stick jumping is an intense, yet low-impact, cardio exercise that also works the muscles. Small jumps—6 to 8 inches—burn about 600 calories an hour, even when the hour is split up into a few ...

But when Patino’s dad died in a motorcycle accident a month before his 13th birthday, he pulled an old pogo stick out of his family’s garage and put all of himself into it. Life, he couldn’t ...

The pogo stick also has a 210-pound weight capacity, making it perfect for a wider range of adults. What you should consider: The plastic foot pedals can ship if they hit the ground wrong.