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The event has had many homes, and briefly was established as a global tour, and has been featured on ESPN as a part of its Ocho Day programming. It currently now is based in Xpogo LLC's home of Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania,
Today's sticks have the potential for over 10 ft. of height (measured from the ground to the bottom of the tip). Extreme pogo is a young extreme sport and is currently emerging into popular culture as evidenced by the growing number of athletes around the globe, growing sales from extreme pogo companies, the popularity of Xpogo athlete exhibition teams, positive feedback and continued interest in Xpogo content.
In 2022, Xpogo hosted the Pogopalooza Cup on ESPN2, as a part of their The Ocho Day in Rock Hill, South Carolina. This was an auxiliary freestyle competition and was won by Russ Kaus.
Events
Tech Freestyle is a run based competition where competitors are only permitted to use spring based pogo sticks. Athletes will perform timed runs on a specially designed course of obstacles, and are scored on a mix of their skill and style, with bails (falls) counting against their final score. Runs are scored by 5 judges, with the highest and lowest total scores being dropped.
Big Air Freestyle is a run-based event where competitors are permitted to use Big Air extreme sticks (typically Vurtego Pogo sticks) Athletes will perform timed runs on a specially designed course of obstacles, and are scored on a mix of their skill and style, with bails (falls) counting against their final score. Typically the Big Air Winner is considered the best extreme pogo sticker in the world for that year. Runs are scored by 5 judges, with the highest and lowest total scores being dropped.
High Jump is a competition to see who can clear the highest height over a bar on a pogo stick. Athletes are permitted to use multiple techniques to clear the bar. The current record holder and High Jump champion is Dalton Smith, who uses a stickflip technique, and achieved 12' at Pogopalooza 2022. Henry Cabelus holds the High Jump record for the straight jump method, which was set at Pogopalooza 2024 at 11' 7"
Best Trick is a jam based competition where athletes take turns during a 30-minute jam to land the best trick, as judged by 5 Pogopalooza judges, judges score based on trick difficulty, with an emphasis on tricks that have never been landed before. Participants can be removed by judges from the Jam if their attempted tricks are deemed not to be of winning quality.
15 and Under Kids Bounce Off The final event of Pogopalooza is open to competitors 15 years old and younger. They compete to see who can continually bounce the longest, with challenges such as bouncing no handed, being added after a certain time limit. The winner typically will receive a free pogo stick.
In addition to the competition, a world record day kicks off each Pogopalooza, where athletes attempt to break any one of the 15 Xpogo LLC-recognized Guinness World Records. Additionally, all of the world's top pogo stick manufacturers normally attend each Pogopalooza, exhibiting their products and allowing the public to try all pogo sticks in the Free Jump/Clinic area.
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| Chicago, Illinois | ||||||
| Cusco | Nick McClintock (7") | |||||
| Lamay | Nick McClintock | Fred Grzybowski (7'6") | ||||
| Buena Park, California | Nick McClintock | |||||
| Pittsburgh | Biff Hutchison | Jake Gartland | Dan Mahoney (8'6") | Earl Pote | ||
| Salt Lake City | Fred Grzybowski | Dan Mahoney | Dan Mahoney (9'6") | Earl Pote | ||
| Costa Mesa, California | Jake Gartland | Dan Mahoney | Dan Mahoney (9') | Tone Staubs / Nick Mcclintock* | ||
| Costa Mesa, California | Biff Hutchison | Dan Mahoney | Biff Hutchison (8'6") | |||
| New York City | Biff Hutchison | Dan Mahoney | Biff Hutchison (9'7.5") | N/A | ||
| Montpellier, France | Fred Grzybowski | Dmitry Arsenyev | Dmitry Arsenyev (9'8") | N/A | ||
| 2014 | Pogopalooza 2014: Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh, USA | Dalton Smith | Biff Hutchison | Dmitry Arsenyev (9") | N/A |
| 2014 | Pogopalooza 2014: Finals | Helsingborg, Sweden | Dalton Smith* | N/A | Biff Hutchison (9'9") | |
| US Open: Jacksonville, Florida, USA | Dmitry Arsenyev | Michael Mena | Biff Hutchison (10'0.25") | N/A | ||
| 2015 | Pogopalooza 2015 World Finals | World Finals: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA | Dalton Smith | Nic Patino | Dalton Smith / Biff Hutchison (tie) (10'6") | N/A |
| Braddock, Pennsylvania | Dalton Smith | Steven Bennett | Nic Patino (10'6") | N/A | ||
| 2017 | No Pogopalooza | |||||
| 2018 | Pogopalooza 2018 | Wilkinsburg, PA | Dalton Smith | Henry Cabelus | Henry Cabelus (10'6") | Michael Mena |
| 2019 | Pogopalooza 2019 | WIlkinsburg, PA | Dalton Smith | Flynn Nyman | Michael Mena (10'6") | Tone Staubs |
| 2020 | Pogopalooza 2020 | Wilkinsburg, PA | Dalton Smith | Russ Kaus | Dalton Smith (10'6") | Tone Staubs |
| 2021 | Pogopalooza 2021 | Pittsburgh / WIlkinsburgh, PA | Dalton Smith | Steven Bennett | Dalton Smith (11'8") | Tone Staubs |
| 2022 | Pogopalooza 2022 | Pittsburgh / Wilkinsburgh, PA | Konner Kellogg | Konner Kellogg | Dalton Smith (12') | Tone Staubs |
| 2022 | Pogopalooza Cup | Rock Hill, SC | Russ Kaus | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2023 | Pogopalooza 2023 | Pittsburgh / Wilkinsburgh, PA | Henry Cabelus | Konner Kellogg | Michael Mena (11') | Tone Staubs |
| 2024 | Pogopalooza 2024 | Pittsburgh / Wilkinsburgh, PA | Henry Cabelus | Duncan Murray | Henry Cabelus (11'7") | Earl Pote |
*2008 had a Tech Flatland and a Tech Park competition, Tone Staubs won Flatland and Nick McClintock won park
| Konnor Kellog | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Bennet | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Mena | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Fred Grzybowski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tone Staubs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Dalton Smith | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Russ Kaus | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Henry Cabelus | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Dmitry Arsenyev | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Biff Hutchison | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jake Gartland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Mahoney | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Nick McClintock | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Nic Patino | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Earl Pote | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
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