This viral ad for Original Penguin menswear shows a lowrider with hydraulics so powerful that the car can jump off the ground — even jump rope! Ah, but can it do a criss-cross?
-via Doobybrain
Uchida Geinousha of Japan holds the Guinness World Record for having the most dogs jump rope at the same time. She’s trained thirteen dogs to leap at just the right moment.
Link -via Christopher Jobson
Yuri Volodchenkov and his horse only make one cycle of the rope, but that’s a great start. A casual YouTube search suggests that Volodchenkov is an accomplished trick rider.
via Ace of Spades HQ
Holy moley. I remember jumping rope as a kid, and always thought I was pretty good; heck, I could get through most of the Alphabet (eg: A my name is Alli, etc.). Boy, was I wrong. These young ladies make Double Dutch look like sleep walking.
The Kings Firecrackers are a group of elementary and Jr High school girls from Kings Local School District in Ohio who, besides doing their school work and keeping their grades up, practice for 5 days a week, 2 hrs a day jumping rope. And it pays off; they’ve been on Late Night With David Letterman, in the Macy’s Day parade, at one of Bush’s inaugurations as well as in American Girl magazine.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to take a nap. Just watching them has me exhausted. If you’re not too wiped out, you can take a peek at their blog: Link
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