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How To Make Your Own Stilts
How to make your own Strap On - Hands Free Stilts
How to make your own Peg Stilts
How to make your own Hand Held Stilts
         
        An interesting design using joist hangers.

                                                                   
         Barbados Stilt Design - Welded square steel with replaceable round wood poles                                                             
         Asian Stilts design (screen captures from "Duty Free TV" on G4TV.com )
                                                 
  • Simply Circus Handbooks
          Simply Circus Introduction to Stiltwalking Textbook
          <http://community.simplycircus.com/pdf/2004-08-23-IntroToStiltwalking.pdf>                             
          This is our textbook on learning to stilt.  This book is designed for use with the Simply Circus            
           Introduction to Stilting class.  It is NOT a replacement for hands on stiltwalking instruction

           The English method <http://www.juggling.org/help/circus-arts/stilts/walking.html>.  This page describes      
            the traditional English method of learning to stiltwalk.  Please Note that this is *NOT *the method we
            teach at Simply Circus, and is included here ONLY for reference purposes.
           
            Stiltwalking How-to <http://www.circusnews.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1347>.    
            Eric Bagai's stiltwalking guide is one of the most widely read resources on learning stiltwalking. 
            Well worth a read.
                                      http://community.simplycircus.com/tutorials/equilibristics/stilts.htm                     For Street, Deck, Patio Furniture, and more for Public Spaces
          A good gathering place requires seating, lighting and other amenities besides good entertainment.
          This is the place for information on furnishing and developing attractive and useful public spaces.
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