So Now You Know

The world's record for most consecutive pogo stick jumps is 177,737 by Gary Stewart at Huntington Beach, California, USA on May 25-26, 1990. The attempt took him 20 hours and 20 minutes. Ashrita Furman of Jamaica, New York, USA, set a pogo stick jumping distance record of 37.18 km (23.11 miles) in 12 hours 27 minutes on June 22, 1997. She also holds the record for jumping the 1,899 steps of the CN Tower, Ontario, Canada in a time of 57 minutes and 51 seconds on July 23, 1999. Now, the sport can be taken to new heights using a pogo stick marketed by Hammacher Schlemmer which launches jumpers as high as 6' in the air.