Nope, I actually measured, and they're just under an inch.  They just looked higher at first because of the way they're built.

They will be VERY soft.  It might not be a bad idea to keep them around for a while if you can't cancel the transaction or anything, but you will want 90120s some time.  Or equivalent Pro-Jump springs, whatever you choose.

Wear shoes with thick soles.  I'm 5'10" but my soles are something like an inch and a half thick, maybe a little more.  I have no trouble at all.

Hey, I hope they inspire some more people to get some bocks!

By the way, I'm pretty sure the whole powerbocking community holds you very highly and we're all rooting for you.  I know I am.

1. It's unbelievable fun. I'm up in the air even before I start bouncing and I feel a little superhuman.  That's just about all there is to it.

2. One time I had a run-in with a midget.  She didn't have anything very funny to say, but she was seriously interested.

3. I bike everywhere I go, but I don't do much extreme.  I do snowboard and ski, and I've always wanted to do parkour, but it's hard and I have no terrain near my house.

4. Critical velocity is scary as hell.  If you're moving fast enough on a downward slope, you gain height with each stride instead of losing it.  Very hard to get out of.  I've never gone completely out of control, but the idea of falling while barreling down a hill five feet in the air, or maybe hitting something, scares the poop outta me.

5. I nearly knocked myself out THROUGH a skateboarding helmet once.  I was pretty new and running faster than I should have been while I was nearly exhaustion (You know how most skiing fatalities occur in the afternoon when everyone's tired), and I tripped.  Next thing I remember, my head was bouncing back up from the pavement.  I figure I went down sideways, crunched my shoulder (still have a scar from abrasion against the inside of my T-shirt so I presume there was a great deal of pressure), and my head had a whip effect as it hit the pavement.  I remember thinking, as I looked around, "OK, I'm rebooting.  My personality should come back sometime soon.  Oh, that's who I am, good to know.  Crap my shoulder hurts!"  I walked it off and never saw a doctor, but it still scared me off my bocks until my shoulder started working again.

Good luck cutting through the tire, but if you can do it, they will work very nicely.  Use super glue or something like it.

I would suggest just messing aorund on them for a while before you try and do tricks...  Gotta walk before you can run, gotta run before you can stunt.


edit:Hey, 300th post... neat or something...

It would seem to me that the width of the spring from side to side and the thinness from front to back are how the durability problem is solved.  That way, you have the same power but the inside is compressed less and the outside is stretched less.

It looks like there are different layers to them??  I count six strips of material.

Very nice, I can't wait until they're ready to sell.

Yes, Ace.  The "Block" is where the knee bindings attach.

The footplate should be more-or-less horizontal.  If it isn't, you should adjust it.

Thanks guys, I hope this works.

EDIT: Hey, it did!

I made a basic diagram with the part names I use, but I don't know how to post it in a thread without cluttering up the gallery...

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I'm sorry to see you having so much difficulty with Powerisers, especially since I pointed you that way...  You got really unlucky with those, must have been somebody's first day at the assembly line.

I agree with Bill; the vendors probably get this often enough that they would know to just send you the parts and not make a huge fuss.

Good luck!  They really are wonderful when they're in working order!

See ya some other time.