I’ve found a great niche as a corporate MC for general sessions, company meetings, awards ceremonies, fundraisers, etc.  Check out the new teaser video!

On January 11th 2009, I successfully “joggled” the 26.2 miles of the Disney Marathon. Joggling = jogging + juggling, and it looks as ridiculous as it sounds.

I joggled as a member of TEAM ASK (Athletes for Special Kids).  Special Kids is a non-profit organization in Tennessee that provides skilled nursing for special needs children, as well as speech, physical, and occupational therapy.  My goal was to raise $5000 for these children, and I’m happy to report that because of the wonderful support I received, we did it.  My first performances were in high school for special needs children at the Don Guanella School outside Philadelphia.  It felt great to give back.

I finished with a time of 4:24.. a bit longer than my 3:45 finish the previous year without juggling, but I’ll take it   I plan on joggling another marathon for charity again down the line – bigger and better – with a finish time of under 4 hours.

This is the “call to action” video I put together while I was training that explained what I was trying to do, and why.

In October 2008, I had the pleasure of serving as MC of the “Mr. Georgetown Pageant” at my alma mater, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.  The annual event is a spoof male beauty pageant where nominated contestants representing a variety of campus organizations go through a number of competitions – swim wear, formal wear, talent, and interviews. The event raises money for a charity of the winner’s choosing, and as you can see… is a ton of fun.  Good times.

In March of 2004, I made bungee history.  I became the first person to ride a unicycle off “The Ledge” in Queenstown, New Zealand.  I had disembarked a Princess Cruise Line ship in Dunedin I’d been performing on, and had 3 days before flying to Hobart, Tasmania to pick up my next ship.  So I rented a car and headed to Queenstown which was described to me as “The Vegas of the Southern Hemisphere but with adventure sports instead of gambling and casinos.”  What??

As I checked into my hostile, I heard some backpackers talking about “The Thrillogy” – a bungee package consisting of “The Bridge,” “The Highwire,” and “The Ledge.”  The Kawarau Bridge was famous for being the world’s first commercial bungee site.  The Nevis Highwire was known for it’s height– the 3rd highest jump in the world at 440 ft.  And The Ledge had a reputation for it’s runway which thrust out 1200 ft over Queenstown below.  The special harness at The Ledge allowed for leaving the runway however you wanted to– running, skateboarding, rollerblading, etc.  When I showed up, I learned that people don’t ride unicycles off The Ledge.. like, ever.

The Kiwis were all about it.. “Cool man!”  They put an extra harness around the cycle, duct taped my feet to the pedals, and off I went.  The first clip shows the unicycle jump in some detail.  The second clip shows all 3 jumps in The Thrillogy.