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...Flip Burgers, Not Cups Congratulations to Steven Purugganan for breaking the world record at a totally useless endeavor, sport stacking [April 27]. I'm sure he feels that $30 for a set of cups, timer and mat are well worth the price. I only hope that when he grows up he will find more sensible ways to spend his valuable time. Neil Bresnahan, Poing, Germany...
After Steven Purugganan broke the world record at last year's championship by up- and down-stacking six pyramids in just over six seconds, the 11-year-old from Longmeadow, Mass., garnered an endorsement deal from McDonald's. And when he clocked in at 5.93 sec. at a regional tournament in January, fellow stackers started sending him YouTube videos of their routines, asking for his advice. "I tell them to keep a light grip, that you need to practice like any other sport, working to get faster every single day," he says...
More than 1,000 players will descend on Denver on April 18 for the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA) Championships, where Purugganan will be competing alongside another up-and-cupping celebrity: 14-year-old Luke Myers, who can be seen stacking in a TV ad urging kids to eat more eggs. (The kicker? The ding! of an egg timer, of course...
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