Hello all I am going to try and set the record for the most jumps on a pogo stick. The current record is: The greatest number of consecutive jumps achieved on a pogo stick is 177,737, by Gary Stewart at Huntington Beach, California, USA on 25-26 May 1990. They gave me the set of rules which I will list now and continue typing after them.
POGO STICK JUMPING – MOST JUMPS
The following act as a guide to the specific considerations and undertakings, in addition to the
general requirements as detailed in the General Rules of the Record Breakers’ Pack, for any
potential attempt on the above record.
They should be read and understood by all concerned – organizers, participants and witnesses
– prior to the event.
Please note that, as detailed in the Agreement Regarding Record Attempts, these guidelines in
no way provide any kind of safety advice or can be construed as providing any comfort that the
record is free from risk.
GUIDELINES
The record for the greatest number of jumps on a pogo stick is based on the number of jumps
achieved.
1 - This is a solo attempt and involves jumping on a pogo stick as many times as
possible, without stopping apart from during rest breaks.
2 - A rest break of five minutes for each completed hour is medically essential.
However, the taking of these is aggregable, so ten minutes may be taken every
two hours, fifteen minutes every three hours etc. The log must show each interval
taken. At each rest break the number of jumps made must be included in the log,
and this is also to be recorded at the end.
3 - If the person attempting the record falls off or gets off the pogo stick, a rest break
of at least a minute would have to be taken and registered in the log book. If, as a
result, breaks were being taken which had not been earned, the attempt can still
continue, but we could disallow it if all of the time owing was not subsequently
made up.
4 - It is permitted to change pogo sticks at rest breaks.
5 - The duration is not of importance as far as the record is concerned, but this
should be confirmed as additional information.
6 - No person under the age of 14 years may attempt this. Persons between 14 and
18 years of age must have written parental/guardian consent prior to the attempt.
The longest I have gone on a pogo stick so far without stopping is one hour 7 minutes and the reason I stopped was because I was bored. I was ever so slightly tired but felt I could have easily gone much longer without stopping had I not been bored. So I am thinking about when I start going two hours until my first break then taking the ten minutes to slowly sip some water so I don't get any cramps and maybe eat a very small snack? Then I will probably just take a 5 minute break every hour for the rest of the attempt because I will probably be more tired then I was when I got to my first break? What kinds of things should I take before I start the event and during my breaks to give me energy to keep going strong? How much sleep do you think I should get the night before a full 8 hour or maybe more? They said the old record was done on 25-26 so I am figuring it will take me at least 24 hours to best his record. I got a system down that I use when I pogo where basically I let the pogo do 98% of all the work. The only work I do is when I go down and the spring compresses my feet do just a ever so slight bit of work thats it my hands/arms don't do any of the work so I think I should be able to do it. Also any one have any suggestions on how I would go about counting this? I average about 2 jumps a second but sometimes that will vary to 1 or I think on rare occasions even as high as 3 jumps a second if you count Mississippi's. I have no idea how I'm going to count it. There will be other people there watching the even but its near impossible for a human to count because once you get into the high numbers I will have done 2-3+ jumps I'm the time it takes some one to count/record say for example the number 102,937. Maybe theres some kind of device I could buy or make to some how attach to the pogo to keep count? Thanks guys for any information / tips you can give me.
POGO STICK JUMPING – MOST JUMPS
The following act as a guide to the specific considerations and undertakings, in addition to the
general requirements as detailed in the General Rules of the Record Breakers’ Pack, for any
potential attempt on the above record.
They should be read and understood by all concerned – organizers, participants and witnesses
– prior to the event.
Please note that, as detailed in the Agreement Regarding Record Attempts, these guidelines in
no way provide any kind of safety advice or can be construed as providing any comfort that the
record is free from risk.
GUIDELINES
The record for the greatest number of jumps on a pogo stick is based on the number of jumps
achieved.
1 - This is a solo attempt and involves jumping on a pogo stick as many times as
possible, without stopping apart from during rest breaks.
2 - A rest break of five minutes for each completed hour is medically essential.
However, the taking of these is aggregable, so ten minutes may be taken every
two hours, fifteen minutes every three hours etc. The log must show each interval
taken. At each rest break the number of jumps made must be included in the log,
and this is also to be recorded at the end.
3 - If the person attempting the record falls off or gets off the pogo stick, a rest break
of at least a minute would have to be taken and registered in the log book. If, as a
result, breaks were being taken which had not been earned, the attempt can still
continue, but we could disallow it if all of the time owing was not subsequently
made up.
4 - It is permitted to change pogo sticks at rest breaks.
5 - The duration is not of importance as far as the record is concerned, but this
should be confirmed as additional information.
6 - No person under the age of 14 years may attempt this. Persons between 14 and
18 years of age must have written parental/guardian consent prior to the attempt.
The longest I have gone on a pogo stick so far without stopping is one hour 7 minutes and the reason I stopped was because I was bored. I was ever so slightly tired but felt I could have easily gone much longer without stopping had I not been bored. So I am thinking about when I start going two hours until my first break then taking the ten minutes to slowly sip some water so I don't get any cramps and maybe eat a very small snack? Then I will probably just take a 5 minute break every hour for the rest of the attempt because I will probably be more tired then I was when I got to my first break? What kinds of things should I take before I start the event and during my breaks to give me energy to keep going strong? How much sleep do you think I should get the night before a full 8 hour or maybe more? They said the old record was done on 25-26 so I am figuring it will take me at least 24 hours to best his record. I got a system down that I use when I pogo where basically I let the pogo do 98% of all the work. The only work I do is when I go down and the spring compresses my feet do just a ever so slight bit of work thats it my hands/arms don't do any of the work so I think I should be able to do it. Also any one have any suggestions on how I would go about counting this? I average about 2 jumps a second but sometimes that will vary to 1 or I think on rare occasions even as high as 3 jumps a second if you count Mississippi's. I have no idea how I'm going to count it. There will be other people there watching the even but its near impossible for a human to count because once you get into the high numbers I will have done 2-3+ jumps I'm the time it takes some one to count/record say for example the number 102,937. Maybe theres some kind of device I could buy or make to some how attach to the pogo to keep count? Thanks guys for any information / tips you can give me.
