Originally published at: This maker built pneumatic "superhuman jumping shoes" | Boing Boing
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Just watching it makes my ankles feel sore.
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Keds made those back in the 60’s.
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Aw, I was expecting this soundtrack:
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Yeah, ever since someone broke their spine on live German prime time TV using similar contraptions, I am somewhat skeptical about their safety.
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I thought that was PF Flyers?
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The USSR military dabbled with piston-boots using a fuel-air mixture to jump…
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(I know, but it’s 1994 Morissey)
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My parents put us in Keds. That gave the neighborhood Converse kids the go-ahead to hit us with “Skippies!”
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Oh, man, what memories of their commercials. “When you want to run your fastest and jump your highest!” I think those were the first ‘brand-name’ shoes I ever wanted.
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He really pulls his legs up a lot when he’s against that ruled wall, much more so than in his “before” shots at the beginning of the video.
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