Name: Alex Dunbar Birth Date: June 26 1993 Location: Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Pogo Sticks I Use: Motostik Website:www.alexdunbar.cjb.net Emails:thepogokid@hotmail.com
My older brother got a pogo stick for his birthday. He wasn't interested in it at all but my sister liked it. It was a black pogoroo. She tried it out and was pretty good on it; when I tried I couldn't even get one bounce. She persevered with just jumping and got very good at it.
Two and a half years later when I was hanging out with my friend Nathan I decided to give the pogo stick another chance. I reached two bounces the first try. Nathan tried and got 3 bounces. We began competing to see who could get the most bounces. The record that day was 18 by Nathan. Mine was 12. The next day I tried again. I got over 100 bounces. I continued working to increase the amount. As time went by I could do many hundreds without stopping. It reached the point where I could jump for as long as I wanted but I became bored because it wasn't challenging enough. I started doing tricks. Later I got Nathan involved and he started pulling off moves too. The more we improved the harder it was on our pogo stick. Later that week it broke. I didn't pogo for two months until I found a store that was selling them. Since then pogo sticking has remained a steadfast part of my life. I love it. I have been pogoing since 2003
