Talk:Kiiking

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I question the claim that Kiiking was invented in 1996. The picture on the external link is dated in the 19th century. Biscuittin 21:03, 21 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation?

How would you pronounce this word? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.201.196 (talk) 20:55, 30 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

You pronounce it like key-king in English. I'm not sure how to put the pronounciation in the article. Adeliine (talk) 13:58, 15 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

swinging over the bar

Does anyone remember trying to swing over the bar when they were kids? You would always try to go as high as you could and no matter how hard you tried you could never get over the bar. Is it possible kiiking was invented because of how impossible swinging over the bar is? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.229.112.135 (talk) 14:28, 2 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing is impossible :) For comparission I added an image from 1913 taken by Johannes Pääsuke. Ivo (talk) 20:31, 1 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Though there is one major difference: the swings for kids which I've seen have had chains or rope linking the board to the center, while in kiiking the links are of non-bending steel. Sure, it could be possible with chains/rope also, but usually the swing frame is not mounted on the ground, so it would probably turn over. (at least that's been happening when I've tried it) 85.76.112.73 (talk) 08:24, 31 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]