Jump Board

             A Jump Board works on the same principal as a Seesaw, except it is not attached in the middle as a Seesaw is. You use a plank that is about a foot wide and close to two inches thick and somewhere around 10 to 12 feet long. You center this board over a log that is around 10 to 12 inches in diameter and about 2 feet long. Instead of sitting on the board like a Seesaw you stand on the board, one person on each side of the board which is centered over the log. Each balances themselves on their end of the board and they start to seesaw back and forth

picking up momentum as they go until when one person comes down on his end of the board and sends the other person up in the air which results in the person in the air coming down with more force which will send the other person even higher. Eventually they are propelling each other higher and higher until they will be going up in the air with their feet being 4 to 6 feet off the ground. If one person comes down and hits the board crooked the result will be a spill for both of them.

            If one of the persons on the Jump Board weighs a good deal more than the other, they can either center the board more on the side of the log of the person that weighs less or the heaver person can move in on his end of the board until a balance is reached. It looks dangerous but I never saw anyone get hurt seriously doing this fun sport.

            Where I went to school girls were particularly good at this sport. Both girls and boys would many times position the Jump Board next to the side of the school building to help them keep their balance. Many times there was a girl on one side of the Jump Board and a boy on the other side. It was a lot of fun.