Sticking the perfect landing can take years of practice for a human gymnast, and it seems the same is true for little monopedal jumping robots. Salto-1P, an old acquaintance here on Hackaday ...

When the 12-year-old discovered a pogo stick six years ago, it was the perfect fit. "As soon as I went on it, I was instantly good … and I know that's not very humble, but still," Lachlan said.

Vurtego is one of the companies that are manufacturing these special pogo sticks that can let you jump higher than the height of an average adult. Produced by Gene Kim. Video courtesy of XPOGO and ...

Ashrita Furman: One of my absolute favourite records is pogo stick jumping and I've done that all over the world. I went up Mount Fuji in Japan - that was one of the first distance records I set ...