Who Decides Whether You Can Jump

This is the question we are asked most, and the one where a helpful-sounding answer does the most damage. So: the limits are the operator’s, they differ between venues, and we will not publish a site-wide set of numbers.

Why not just print a range

Because a single range is wrong somewhere. Operators set their own limits and rigs have their own ratings. Publish one figure across the site and you have misdescribed at least one venue.

That is not a theoretical harm. It means somebody reads a weight limit here, drives an hour and a half, and is turned away at the scale. An earlier version of this site published exactly that kind of invented range.

Weight

There is a maximum and there is also a minimum, which surprises people. A cord needs enough load to behave the way it was designed to. Both figures come from the operator and both are checked on site.

Age

Operator-set, and often higher than expected. Where a minor is permitted at all it is normally on signed parental consent. Ask us for the specific venue and we will confirm it with them.

Health

This is the one that actually decides most cases. Pregnancy is an absolute exclusion. Cardiovascular conditions, high blood pressure, and back, neck or joint problems are commonly excluded or restricted, because of the forces in the rebound rather than the fall.

Declare everything. The waiver you sign is only worth something if what you declared was true, and that protects you more than it protects anybody else.

What we will do

Tell us the venue and the specifics and we will put them to the operator and come back with their answer in writing, before you commit to anything. That is slower than a number on a page and it is the only version of this that is actually useful.

Can you jump, and what happens.