Liam Cooper hopes he has set a new world record / Photo: Meghan Cobb

By Meghan Cobb

‘I like bouncing’: local boy attempts to set new Guinness World Record for pogo stick jumps

Jul 3, 2022 | 9:06 AM

MEDICINE HAT, AB – 7-year-old Liam Cooper from Medicine Hat is waiting to hear if he has set a new world record.

Liam recently bounced on his pogo stick 5,032 consecutive times and according to his research, that is almost double the current record.

“I googled 7-year-old continuous bounces,” says Liam. “The longest one was 2,309.”

Cooper got the pogo stick a few months ago, but his mom says it wasn’t an immediate hit.

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“He initially could only do one or two and he was getting very, very frustrated. He practiced and practiced and had a break and then he came back and did a few at a time,” says Alina Cooper.

Once he started getting the hang of it, Liam wanted to know the record for continuous jumps. The internet search revealed a 7-year-old in the United States had a record of 2,309 consecutive bounces on a pogo stick. Once Liam got the hang of it, that record became a target.

“After he did about 700 (bounces) he ended up getting really into it,” Cooper says. “When he was doing 1,000 I said ‘do you think you could break the record?’ Then he started practicing even more.”

Liam was able to complete 3,000 consecutive jumps, but unfortunately no one was filming. The family decided to try again but this time make sure the camera was ready.

“We got all set,” says Cooper. “My husband had his phone and I was ready to count and we went to the water park and he did over 5,000.”

The video is 45 minutes long and has now been sent to Guinness World Records to see if it it qualifies. Cooper says she thinks it will be a couple of week before they hear back.

“It’s quite a long process. We’ve registered with Guinness World Record and submitted the video so now we’re just waiting for them to get back to us,” says Cooper.

In the meantime, Liam will keep bouncing, but when asked if he was going to try to beat his own record, he said no.

“I’m not going to try to break it,” says Liam. His mom however, has a different opinion, describing Liam as very competitive.

“I would imagine [Guinness] would probably come back and want to do it all over again,” Cooper says to verify the record. “And if that happens, I can imagine Liam would want to break it again, the 5,000 record.”