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Extreme pogo is the act of performing stunts or tricks on a pogo stick, and is often compared to other extreme sports, such as skateboarding.
The creation of stunt pogo is sometimes attributed to David Armstrong, the creator of the online community known as xpogo. This website unified pogo performers world wide making it possible for the sport to advance at its current pace.
Since the creation of xpogo, the difficulty of tricks has drastically changed, in large part due to the introduction of high class pogos like the Vurtego and Flybar. These pogo sticks allow riders to attain heights of over 8 feet in the air. Since their introduction, pogo'ers have been able to reach all new levels; for example, larger barspins are now possible, flips and other acrobatics are now possible and pogo'ers now have more time in the air to do as many tricks as possible.
The Flybar is a high-performance pogo stick that uses large elastic bands called thrusters instead of the traditional steel coil spring to rebound.
The thrusters are housed inside the outer shell (body) and anchored to the lower mounts. A Flybar has at least 8 thrusters that can be engaged by fitting into the upper hanger depending on the model. The more thrusters engaged the higher the propelling force. The body has hanger access slots that enable experienced users to engage and disengage the thrusters without removing the shell.
The Vurtego Pogo Stick is the finest high-performance pogo stick ever made. It features a unique patented air-spring propulsion system.
Vurtego Pogo Sticks are crafted from exceptionally strong space-age materials that are manufactured to exacting specifications and tolerances and assembled in the USA. They will withstand the forces of nature as well as the abuse of extreme riders.
The body of the Vurtego pogo stick is a thermoplastic cylinder which is also the compression chamber for the air spring. It houses a piston and seal that are attached to a stainless steel slider shaft that extends out of the bottom of the pogo stick. A fill valve in the top of the stick allows the rider to add air to the cylinder to whatever pressure is desired. The higher the air pressure, the stiffer the spring.
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