My 44th Birthday Challenge
My 44 Birthday Challenge
The Challenge: Juggling 3 balls 44 times while head balancing.
Status: COMPLETE!!!
Boy that was a crazy one!
It’s not something that hasn’t been done before, but never the less this ultimate party trick and old school “Grand Finale” was very challenging and rewarding. I didn’t really have a doubt that I would do it eventually, yet the time constraint of reaching my goal by today made it a little stressful, frustrating and funny at times.
It is clear to me that besides getting the trick itself I have learned a lot from the process I went through in order to reach the point where I could juggle while head balancing. I've started head standing 3 years ago when I decided to give this circus art a chance, and have since been exploring this exciting discipline on a daily basis.
I would like to thank the following head/hand balancers for helping me directly, and indirectly, in this challenge and with my head balancing in general: Yuval OZ, Claude Victoria, henri bruère-dawson, Daniel Cave-Walker, teemu riihelä, and Denis Tolstov… Your little tips, videos and advice along the way were a great addition to all those countless hours of practice...
The Whistle
I have added the whistle in post production (Just in case you were wondering) I had a thought of maybe going for it while whistling the birthday tune, but I realised very fast that counting balls and whistling at the same time would basically be and impossible multi tasking feat at last at this point of the game…
Special thanks to my wife Herelle, for baring with me on this one. I know how annoying is the sound of ball dropping in the living room throughout the day during the last 6 or more months...LOVE YA!
So that's it. Another birthday challenge under the belt. Not sure what it is going to be next time... hmmm.
Cheers,
Yuval