Trampoline in Your Yard?

[BmillsSkier]

Amazon suggested a sippy cup so I pulled the trigger on this as well: https://www.amazon.com/NUK-Sesame-St.../dp/B07KQWFH1F

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Sounds to me like you’re all set.

Just a helmet and a GoPro away from your first TR.

[Norseman]

Umbrella liability policy. Extra $12/mo or whatever

[riser4]

Every time this thread gets bumped it is worth mentioning that it was called a Jumpoline until your mom got on it.

[PB]

WHAT?!??!? Nobody's pranged on this twat yet????

[wolfelot]

People with a trampoline in their yard are idiots. While not personally there for all of them I have seen some nasty shit as a result of trampolines. My brother at 5 got bounced off. He caught himself with his arm backwards. His elbow fully bent exactly the wrong way, ALL the way. He got to spend 6 days in traction at the hospital + a cast for an extended period. This summer friends we ski with just had to fucking have one. After less than an hour of setting it up my friend bounced his 6-year-old. The kid didn’t get bounced off, but the double bounce broke his ankle less than a week into summer break. They got rid of it and I got to say I told you so after strongly advising against it. Man they are soooo worth it.

[Cisco Kid]

^^^ Sounds more like operator error by doing stupid things to me. Kids across the street have had one for a few years and are surviving. Not a fan of them. Kids should be playing mumbley pegs or building a tree house jump out of anyway IMO.

[KQ]

People down the road from me have a trampoline set up right next to a t-post fence. There is a t-post right against the edge of the trampoline. Evertime I see it I think of a skewered kid.

I've been wanting to post a pic here but can't really stop and take a pic without being obvious.

[2FUNKY]

^^^ Sounds more like operator error by doing stupid things to me. Kids across the street have had one for a few years and are surviving. Not a fan of them. Kids should be playing mumbley pegs or building a tree house jump out of anyway IMO.

No shit. I had one for 8 years. My girls only injury was a bloody nose or lip due to a knee to the melon. One of their friends was no longer allowed on it after their second injury, nothing major but her mom would freak out. Poor kid is just a klutz. My kids were in gymnastics since age 5 and went to state as teenagers as well as were on a competitive cheer competition team so that all helped. Loved watching my girls bounce and flip. They are not for screwing off on and only one bouncing at a time. Man I loved that thing as well. So fun to flip and bounce on.


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[irul&ublo]

I've been wanting to post a pic here but can't really stop and take a pic without being obvious.

Mrs. Peel…you’re supposed to be a secret agent

[Dantheman]

Operator error story:

In the mid-90s my parents paid for my sister to go to a gymnastics camp in Tahoe, which was about a 6-hour drive from our house. They sent her down there with another family and we were going to pick her up.

It turns out that the incompetent fucks had not nets or padding on the tramps. She under-rotated a backflip, was launched forward, and hit the frame face-first. Split her lip completely in half and broke her maxillary bone off her skull completely. Horrific, and completely preventable.

[Dantheman]

That said, tramps are objectively awesome. We have a 10x16 rectangular with a good pad and net and it's no more dangerous than playing soccer or skiing, even with multiple people on it. My son and I invented a trampoline soccer game that is a riot to play and a great workout.

[J. Barron DeJong]

Operator error story:

In the mid-90s my parents paid for my sister to go to a gymnastics camp in Tahoe, which was about a 6-hour drive from our house. They sent her down there with another family and we were going to pick her up.

It turns out that the incompetent fucks had not nets or padding on the tramps. She under-rotated a backflip, was launched forward, and hit the frame face-first. Split her lip completely in half and broke her maxillary bone off her skull completely. Horrific.

Had to google ‘maxillary bone’. Horrific sounds about right.

We have a trampoline. Only very minor injuries so far…

[BCMtnHound]

Trampolines are like any gym/exercise equipment. They have gotten better a bit with time, but still need a sober spotter to make sure risks are mitigated.

Friends had one we played on in the 70’s. No padding, no safety net. No parental supervision. Same era as lawn darts. Damn lucky with some of the antics we got up to that someone didn’t get seriously injured, but stories abounded about those that did. But unlike lawn darts, they survived past the 80’s.

[Angle Parking]

Every time this thread gets bumped it is worth mentioning that it was called a Jumpoline until your mom got on it.

Thank you for the levity.


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