Jonathan and I got the 30-second version of the record and now it’s time for the 1-minute variant.

As any kid can tell you, it’s not all that hard to catch a beach ball. It becomes much hard when trying to do it blindfolded. It’s not going to hurt if you don’t catch it but it’s not going to count for a Guinness World Records title unless you can do it 35 times in one minute.

The most critical aspect of this record was Jonathan and I being in sync and having the timing down so I knew exactly when the ball was going to reach my hands so I could squeeze to catch it. A moment too soon and I would could my hands before the ball could land and a moment too late and it would hit me in the face which would disqualify the catch (can’t touch anything but the hands).

The previous record was 32 blind beach ball catches in one minute and we finally got 35. Our witnesses weren’t super excited when we finally got it since it took so long. Jonathan, however, was excited and challenged others to break the record in a 2 v 2 competition.