I won the Flybar in a radio station drawing back in July 2004....

Being a 40+ year old fatman I gave the pogo stick to my 12 and 14 year old sons who are a couple of skateboard Gods. I supervised them at all times they were on it and only let them jump with the minimal settings for their weight while they learned to control it. They both became very good at riding it within a couple weeks and loved jumping on it, they used it so much that the tip began to split from all the impacts it had with the concrete and asphalt where they jumped. After contacting the company about the tips, the owner himself sent me some new ones, along with some other Flybar flash.

About two weeks later I got to spend MANY hours in the Emergency room at the Trauma Center here in Seattle while I listened to my 14 year old son scream in pain as 4 doctors pulled on his leg to try and set the massive Open Fracture (Bones Protruding From The Skin) of his left Tibia and Fibula (Lower Leg) that he received when the Flybar slipped out from under him as he landed on it.

It is now 2005....

My son is off his crutches now but still walks with a cane for support and is always in pain by the end of the day. The $3500 worth of Titanium implants will come out soon then he can continue his quest back to becoming a normal boy again. The hardest part for him is being 15 now and 6'3 and 220 pounds, very athletic.... He knows he will probably never play the sports he loves so much again due to the severity of his catastrophic injury.

Hindsight being 20/20 .... I should have sold the Flybar at auction as soon as I won it.