Happy World Juggling Day. June 16, 2018.

Today I juggled axes. I’ve been preparing for this record attempt for more than 2 years. The longest lead-time item was finding the right axes. It took over 2 years to find them. The next longest lead-time was building up the strength, endurance, and accuracy to juggle the axes for over 5 and a half minutes. I have been lifting weights for months. I regularly do 60, 80, and 150 rep sets with 20, 15, and 12 lb weights. In five and a half minutes I lifted over 5,000 lbs with my biceps while juggling these three, 3 lb axes. It was almost 2,500 raw pounds plus it about doubles the effort to throw them airborne.

I had to chop wood with them before the attempt per Guinness rules to confirm they were real. I have cut myself a couple times in practice but mostly practiced with the sheaths on to avoid injury.  I would have had significant injuries if the sheaths hadn’t been on. The City of Boise wanted to make sure we were prepared so a space was cordoned off for the attempt. There were several officers on hand. The paramedics also brought out a gurney just in case… that was a first.

Josh Horton of Jake and Josh was the previous record holder with 604 catches.

Boise is hosting the “Road to the X-Games” with ESPN at the Rhodes skate park. On Friday and Saturday competitors are vying for a spot on the finals in Minneapolis for Skateboarding and BMX biking.

I had 2 radio station interviews (I think that was the first time I’ve been interviewed for radio…). It got to wear the headsets and talk into the mic. It was fun.

Thanks to the City of Boise, ESPN, the witnesses, timekeepers, police, and paramedics for coming out to support the event!

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