11-year-old boy tries to break national pogo stick jumping record
By: WGBA Staff
and last updated 2021-04-27 13:03:56-04
DE PERE â Wisc. â It s taken 11-year-old Dane Steward plenty of determination and perseverance, but he hopes to soon hold a national record for consecutive jumps on a pogo stick.
âAt first I could do like two, and then I wanted to try even more, Dane said. And then, what made me want to do it is I wanted to know the feel of being a record holder and the feeling after.â
Last month, he jumped for nearly three hours. To be exact, he jumped for two hours and 42 minutes with a total of 20,100 jumps.
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