Pogo Man

WBZ's Jordan Rich says this pogoer just broke the world's record for most pogo bounces.

Episode Transcript

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Welcome to the Upside with Jordan adose of good news, because it's a
big world out there, and it'san up and down world for a fellow
named James Ramiliotis. The other day, he tried to reclaim a Guinness World
Record for something, and he didit, the record for the most consecutive
bounces on a pogo stick. He'dalready set the world record for the farthest
distance traveled on a stick in twentytwelve, something like twenty three miles,

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but years later he lost the recordfor consecutive bounces and Jim promised he'd win
it back. He did so outsidethe South Boston Vietnam Memorial, setting a
goal of eighty eight thousand bounces,and he made it. And Jim and
his pogo stick with their Hopping forHeroes campaign raise a much needed cash for
the New England Center and Home forVeterans in the South Boston Vietnam Memorial.
He broke the record after more thaneight and a half hours with one hundred

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and fifteen thousand straight bounces. Andin case you're wondering, what do you
do when you have to you know, I guess you'd have to ask that
of Jim, that's the upside WithJordan WBZ, Boston's news radio