Ok lets try and sort this out would all of the Shorter Bockers on Adult PJ's read this and measure your legs
(see Pic below)
The main problems with the transition between Junior and Adult PJ's are
1] Weight
Now although they say 10-20kg over as a percentage of an individuals weight this will be wrong so for arguments sake lets say if you weigh less than 50kg your gonna find it hard to bend the 60's (there will be exceptions to this but not to many ) 20kg for me is 10% of my body weight 10kg is 20% of a 50kg persons body weight
2] Leg Length
My wife although not a bocker yet is 5ft 4" and I have just put her in a set of bocks and measured
She can bend her legs but would bruise her thigh on the spring top if she was to do things like spring grabs (a lot of people do that and just accept the pain
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Now the hard bit to explain
Bend your Knee to 90 degrees ( a right angle) and measure from your heel to the back of your thigh (the pic makes it clearer)
The wife's mesurement was 15" (380 mm) and I would say that this is close to the minimum for tricking
Now the spring bracket is 16" (apx 400 mm) so allowing for a thick pair of shoes you might get away with a 14" lower leg length if you don't do much tricking or only want to walk and bounce
If you are willing to mod your stilts with flipflops or hard foam and wear thick shoes it might be possible to get down to a 13" lower leg length but that is taking it to an extreme
Now lets throw this open to a experiment
Would everyone who is on adult stilts and under 5ft 1" please take a moment to measure their lower leg length and post it on this thread so we can find the shortest length that it is possible to use adult PJ's
Jason
