Around the globe, extreme pogo sticking has taken off! If your child is a budding pogo athlete, then here are five of the world’s best pogo stickers they need to follow. Hopefully, these young pogo stars will fill your kid with all the inspiration they need to reach new heights.
Now, puns aside, let’s get serious!
#1 Biff Hutchison
Biff is the archetypal American extreme sports legend. Cheeky, daring, and oozing talent, he is also a nice role model for younger pogo stickers. Biff is a great teacher and you’ll find many videos where he breaks down and teaches all the classic tricks, from beginner to advanced. He is the face of the best pogo stick on the market: Vurtego. Join him as he advocates for extreme pogo sticking, leading through example.
- Age: 27
- Nationality: US
- Achievements: Held various world records. Has won 15 Pogopalooza medals.
- Most active on: instagram.com/p/CPjryUNBfGz
#2 Dmitry Arsenyev
Dmitry is Russia’s pogo poster boy. He’s an incredibly strong athlete capable of stringing together big highly technical tricks. In 2018 he broke yet another world record when he performed 8 consecutive no-hand backflips. During the same session, he went on to jump the highest any person has ever reached on a pogo stick. 11 feet 1 inch!!!
- Age: 24
- Nationality: Russia
- Achievements: Holds record for most consecutive no-hand backflips and highest ever jump. Has won 5 Pogopalooza medals.
- Most active on: N/A
#3 Dalton Smith
Another hot addition to the world-famous Xpogo team, Dalton is another US pogo star. He has strung together an incredible 13 Pogopalooza medals. Dalton is a highly technical freestyle pogo sticker with a back catalog of incredible tricks and combos.
- Age: 24
- Nationality: US
- Achievements: Holds record for most cars jumped over in a row. Has won 13 Pogopalooza medals.
- Most active on: instagram.com/p/CQzHehxjan7
#4 Henry Cabelus
Henry is a young extreme sports athlete with a bright future. He’s already broken several world records and currently holds the most consecutive front flips on a pogo stick. This young man is a definite star to keep your eyes on. Who knows what madness he’ll pull off over the next few years.
- Age: 21
- Nationality: US
- Achievements: Holds multiple world records. Has won 12 Pogopalooza medals.
- Most active on: instagram.com/xpogohenry
#4 Dan Mahoney
At the tender age of 28, Dan is still recognized as a veteran. He recorded the first captured front flip on a pogo stick in his backyard before he was 15. Since then Dan has soared to the highest levels of pogo stick success but also come crashing down many times, both literally and figuratively. He’s been through some dark times and bounced back. Now he has a child and peacefully shares his life wisdom with the new generation of pogo kids.
- Age: 28
- Nationality: Canada
- Achievements: Has won 10 Pogopalooza medals.
- Most active on: instagram.com/xpogodan
