Super Jump Shoes in My Neighborhood

Today I was able to snap an elderly lady who had unlocked some kind of spring shoes. Not only do they let her move nimbly around the streets of San Francisco, but they also let her reach that last Jiggy on the corner of 6th and Geary. As you can see from the photo, there are literally springs attached to the heels of her shoes. Maybe I just live a sheltered life, but what...? Did she get these from the back of Boy's Life or what? I want some spring shoes too...

Today I was able to snap an elderly lady who had unlocked some kind of spring shoes. Not only do they let her move nimbly around the streets of San Francisco, but they also let her reach that last Jiggy on the corner of 6th and Geary. As you can see from the photo, there are literally springs attached to the heels of her shoes. Maybe I just live a sheltered life, but what...? Did she get these from the back of Boy's Life or what? I want some spring shoes too...

Kinda like Chell too ... kinda.

She probably has to load in Bullet Bill cartridges to operate them.

Is it just me, or does the news seem to be pouring in today? I just checked the site five minutes ago, and since then there have been two new articles.

Also, that is amazing.

Kickass.

I don't believe this amazing trend has made it to the Great White North yet. Sounds pretty awesome though.

Mentioning that movie is just as bad as mentioning the game.  OH SHIT, I JUST LOST!

apparently inventing shoes with springs was like plan b for this guy after running for the senate and failing twice: "'I wanted to get into politics because I thought I had some good ideas about ways to help people, but I think I'm reaching more people with the footwear,'  Al says, looking back. "

http://www.zcoil.com/

nice job tying back into games vinny. Through a mario bros..................................movie no less!

I would assume she uses them to fight crime?

Vinny, is this what you do all day? Take photos of super jump shoes on old ladies?

Were you following this woman around?

That grey scale picture just makes it look like you were stalking her... and also that you were so close to her... Is there something your not telling us Vinny ?? :D

Elderly fads, beware... it's a scam.

vinny has a foot fetish.

I love this site.

http://www.zcoil.com/

First google result for "spring shoes".

lmfao   Maybe she can jump really high and grab a mushroom now.

Effin' poser Grandmas and their spring shoes! Ts'all 'bout the M00N B00Ts

.........................BOING!

I knew a teacher that shoes just like those.

I upgraded to super jump shoes years ago.

What we think Vinny does = Makes videos
What he really does = Takes pictures of freaky footwear.

I saw the second ones advertised at Target or something.

I forget the name of the shoes but my mother had some. Apparently they are popular among nurses and even construction workers. But they cover the heels as to not show them. My mother is a bartender and didn't particularly find them useful for taking stress off her feet. As far as getting "Jiggy" my mom bought them from a place (in Arkansas) called "Jigglin' Georges."
You were down the street from my studio btw... though Geary is a fairly long street.

...heh...

Hey guys, it seems you ALL lived a somewhat sheltered life.  These "spring" shoes have been around since the early 1990's.  They first became available for order through an athletic apparel magazine named "Eastbay."  What the shoes are designed to do is create strength in your calf muscles by forcing you to use a certain part of your foot while walking.  George Costanza tried selling a bunch of these on like, Season 5 of Seinfeld.

hey jeff, i think you're cool and all. but uh, taking voyeur photos of elderly women!? thats just wrong. 

"Hey guys, it seems you ALL lived a somewhat sheltered life.  These "spring" shoes have been around since the early 1990's.  They first became available for order through an athletic apparel magazine named "Eastbay."  What the shoes are designed to do is create strength in your calf muscles by forcing you to use a certain part of your foot while walking.  George Costanza tried selling a bunch of these on like, Season 5 of Seinfeld."

She's a magician, trying to keep the heels of her feet away from the stinging dirt of mother Earth.

I can picture Vinny stalking this woman down the street repeatedly taking pictures of her shoes.

You are a strange man Vinny.

I wonder if she is "gel-in like a felon", too?

I remember those, in fact there were spring shoes aimed at kids back in the 50s.  Those were no joke, two springs, one on the ball and one on the heel.

It's no Pogo Ball though.

One step closer to a fully cybernetic society

Awesome.

Andy Vinny, I always guessed you were a Boy Scout.  Man those gadgets in the back of Boys Life were freaking awesome...

they should market those to kids as a replacement for healys

you can have lots of over enthusiastic kids jumping about, a man with a strange nasally voice narrating and a shot of a dog (all adverts like that need a dog)

there's the possibility for endless hours of fun leaping into the air trying to catch the moon with those. that is until you fall and snap your neck

you could buy a rocket powered wheelchair made by the same people

Well, it's official. Vinny is a perv for old ladies! For shame!!!!

this makes me want real super jump shoes.

Oookay, if it has bullet bill cartridges then Im all for it. 

ITS-A ME

GANSTA!
Kill heaps of Homeyz in those Bad Boyz

coolio

This shit always fascinates me because when I see these sorts of things I fit them into the Actuarial Table I've compiled inside of my head, and that fucker is dead-on accurate. Life Insurance companies always make erroneous assumptions based on bullshit like smoking and body weight.

For example, based only on the ownership those shoes I wouldn't expect her to live any longer than 8 more months. If she had those shoes and a Jitterbug she wouldn't make it to February. I wish you'd got a shot of her haircut. If she has the old lady white muffintop, a Jitterbug, and those shoes she could count her remaining sunsets on one hand.