(springs squeaking) - Pogo sticking is a stick that you stand on between your legs, and there's some sort of spring mechanism in it where you bounce up and down repeatedly.

And most people kind of leave it at that and they just enjoy the bounce, which is still fun, but there's about a hundred people out there in the world who take it way too seriously.

(laughs) (metal clinking) So this is the big air Pogo stick.

So this Pogo stick has a steel spring in it like a classic-style Pogo stick does, so it doesn't go that high in the air.

But this Pogo stick is filled with compressed air, which is about 80 times as efficient, to my understanding, as a steel spring.

(energetic music) I just like Pogo sticking, and I feel like everybody's got something that they do just because they like to do it.

I don't know if am inspiring the neighborhood kids to get really into Pogo sticking, but I think if you're exposed to anything that shows you that you can take something to the next level, you don't have to figure that out for yourself.

No hands, do you want to try no hands?

Oh!

Wait, high five!

Yeah!

There we go!

- We have a great sense of community on this block, but I just feel like it elevated it, because he would come out to Pogo stick, you'd see the kids in the windows, they'd ask their parents if they could come out, then they'd line up on the curb, watch him Pogo stick.

Parents would come out with their kids in strollers to watch him.

So it was just fun, and I think it just helped feed his interest.

- How long have you been Pogo sticking, man?

- Maybe a year, I'm not sure.

- Dude, you're doing a really good job.

I'm very impressed.

Do you have a favorite trick?

Do you have a trick you like to do most?

- The one-hand, where I take both of my hands off.

- Nice.

You're doing a great job, man, high five.

Woo!

(springs squeaking)