I was sat on the steps outside the corn exchange in Leeds eating a donut and a banana milkshake when 2 young men bounced past on stilts. Normally I would have ran after them with my camera but I had only just sat down.
Later walking down past Waterloo House I saw them practising on their "stilts" by the railway arches so I went over and said hi.
In the photograph above you can see Tom on his Powerizers striding adjacent to the railway arches. I had never seen anyone with these things before so was pleased that Tom said OK when I asked if I could take some pictures. Tom has had them for a couple of months and is still learning the ropes as it were.
You can see in the photo above a better view of the kit attached to his legs. These spring-loaded stilts were patented in Germany by Alexander Böck in 2003. His name is now used when performing jumping, running and acrobatics using these stilts as 'Bocking' or 'PowerBocking'.
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Gosh! :-) Impressive.
ReplyDeleteIt's the first time I've seen the things up close. Thank you. It's fascinating but it also sounds tough to learn.
ReplyDeleteBoing, boing, boing, boing, boing ....
ReplyDeleteFantastic capture and composition (1st shot)!
ReplyDeleteI've never seen anything like this before! That first shot of him in the air is fantastic.
ReplyDeleteVery cool!
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