This record is special to me because it made such a great visual I used it for the cover of my book: Breaking Records: 21 Lessons from 21 World Record Attempts.

I first broke it in 2017 balancing a chainsaw on my forehead for 5 minutes and 1 second surpassing the required 3 minutes. Someone else broke it recently with a time of 6 minutes and 48 seconds. I could not let that stand. 31 minutes 25 seconds later the record is securely back on my forehead.

Balancing a chainsaw on the forehead is quite a bit harder than on the chin because the visual cues are much harder to follow. It’s more about feeling than sight. When balancing the chainsaw on the chin I can see the top which is what moves the most when it starts to tip. When it moves a little I adjust to put my body back underneath it. When the chainsaw is on my forehead the body blocks the top so all I can see is the bottom of it right near my eyes. It barely moves at all so I have to feel the chainsaw to keep the balance.

I’m hoping I can keep this one for a while again since it holds a special place for me.