I had the privilege of being invited onto the Huckabee show last week. I jumped at the opportunity to promote STEM education, talk about the power of a growth mindset, and of course break a Guinness World Records Title. I flew down to the filming in Hendersonville, Tennessee. In this case, I was shooting to reclaim a title I had formerly held that was last broken on Britain’s Got Talent by Jaw Rawlings earlier this year.

The record was for the most chairs balanced on this chin at one time. I broke it the first time in June of 2018 balancing 8 chairs in a single stack on my chin besting the minimum mark of 5. They had to be held on the chin for over 10 seconds to qualify. Ashrita Furman broke it with 9 and Jay 11 on BGT with 11. I went on the set and decided I would try up to 15. I didn’t get to practice with the chairs until earlier that afternoon when I arrived on set since they were shipped straight there.

When I arrived for my rehearsal, I started with one chair to warm up, then 8 which was the previous record, then 11 to see if I could tie the record. I couldn’t try any more without help since I couldn’t get that many chairs up to my chin safely without help.

The 15 chairs weighed over 60 lbs altogether and bounced like a spring on my chin making it quite the challenge to keep balanced. I was able to do it in practice with the assistants lifting the 15 chairs on my chin, the question is if I’d be able to pull it off in front of the live audience.

The filming for the show is done for a live audience of about 100 people and I had a nice interview with Governor Huckabee about why I break Guinness World Records Titles (you can check it out below from the Huckabee channel). I then went on to attempt it live. I got just a little nervous and it took me 4 tries to get a run that lasted over 10 seconds to break the record. A video review confirmed I kept all 15 chairs balanced on my chin for 10.4 seconds to break a Guinness World Records Title.