Teeterboard
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The teeterboard or Korean plank is an acrobatic apparatus that resembles a playground
fulcrum made of welded steel. At each end of the board is a square padded area, where a performer stands on an incline before being catapulted into the air. The well-trained flyer performs various aerial somersaults, landing on padded mats, a human pyramid, a specialized landing chair, stilts, or even a Russian bar
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The teeterboard is operated by a team of flyers, catchers, spotters and pushers. Some members of the team perform more than one acrobatic role. In the early 1960s the finest teeterboard acts, trained in the
Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus
.
Korean-style teeterboard called
, and ECHO.Flying Fruit Fly Circus, based in Albury
NSW Australia, uses custom teeterboards (handmade in-house) in numerous national and international shows.
The Hungarian board (bascule hongroise) has a higher fulcrum, and the pushers jump from a height (e.g., from a tower).
