Introduction to Using Jumping Stilts

Series Summary

Are you tired of your girlfriend being taller than you whenever she wears heels? Are you sick of walking downtown and having people from cars shout at you, "Hey! Why does that grown man look like a five year old?" Have you ever just wanted to see what the world would look like from the perspective of Andre the Giant? Then stilts are the thing for you. Stilt walking isn't just for circus performers, clowns, and carnies, stilts are for anybody and everybody that is tired of being small and wants to be big for a while.

In this free video series, our expert will teach you how to walk, jump, and run on stilts. You will step by step instructions for adjusting your stilts, putting on stilts and getting up off the ground onto stilts. You will also get tips and advice for walking on stilts, learning to stop on stilts and doing any other activity you can think of to do on stilts. If you feel the need to make walking just a bit more fun, let our expert show you how to use stilts in your everyday life.

Video Transcript

"KEVIN BARRET: Hi. My name is Kevin Barret and I'm here with Expert Village to teach you how to use jumping stilts. Now, I'm going to give you a little back history on what a jumping stilt is. Stilts were originally made for drywall installation and painting in high areas in office buildings and homes. This allowed the user to get two to three feet off the ground and still have the mobility to walk around as opposed to using a ladder. This allowed the user to get three feet off the ground and still be able to grab drywall, hang it up in homes and office buildings, as well as using paint everywhere. Now, these drywall stilts that were originally made for this application are way simpler than the ones I'm going to be teaching you today, which are jumping stilts. These stilts allow you to jump in the air, they allow you to run, they allow you to do amazing feats that you would not be able to do on your own two legs, okay? I'm going to give you a little bit of features on why jumping stilts are great. Okay. First, let me tell you my experience in stilt jumping. It's actually kind of a funny story. About a year ago is the first time I ever had even seen a jumping stilt. I was on--I'm an actor and I was on a Verizon commercial. And in the audition, they asked me if I knew how to use jumping stilts. And I was like, "Yeah, of course I know how to use jumping stilts." How hard could they be, right? I actually ride a unicycle so I didn't think the balance would be, you know, hard at all. So, they called me back for a callback and they actually had rented jumping stilts. They expected me to get up by myself, figure it all out, and go into the audition and jump around and know what I'm doing. So, I went into the audition, I lied and I said, "Hey, here's me. I've been jumping on jumping stilts for two or three years now," which is a load of, you know. So, that's how I got that and ever since then, I booked the Verizon commercial, I bought myself a pair of jumping stilts and it's been downhill ever since then. Now, I'm showing you how to use these jumping stilts."