Steven Purugganan – 2008 WSSA World Sport Stacking Champion

I have never known this kind of thing exists – cup stacking!  it is actually a sport.  Wait till you watch the video below and you will understand what I am talking about.  Watch it – its worth it and you will be amazed. You will think that the video was being played fastforward, you won’t believe it!

Cup Stacker Steven Purugganan, the 10-year-old World Champion and record holder, as seen on ESPN visits The Kellogg Krew on 94.7 WMAS FM Springfield, MA

Video of Steven in 2008 WSSA World Sport Stacking Champion with amazing world record of 6.21seconds

 What is then a cup stacking?  See below info about this sport from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page :

Sport stacking (formerly known as cup stacking and commonly known as speed stacking) is an individual and team activity played using plastic cups. It originated in the early 1980s at a southern California boys and girls’ club and received national attention in 1990 on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. The sport was invented by Wayne Godinet. He was the man who invented the first formations and gave the name to the Cup stack (Karango Cup Stack). Shortly thereafter Godinet formed a group called Cupstack. Later he worked together with the physical education teacher Bob Fox. Early competitions were held in 1998 in Oceanside, California and Denver, Colorado. Later Bob fox developed the sport and invented new formations and competitons, he also invented the annual World Sport Stacking Championships and founded Speed Stacks.

Participants of sport stacking upstack and downstack cups in pre-determined sequences, competing against the clock or another player. Sequences are usually pyramids of three, six, or ten cups. Proponents of the sport say participants learn teamwork, cooperation, ambidexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Tournaments are governed by the World Sport Stacking Association. In 2004, the WSSA changed the activity’s name from cup stacking to sport stacking in an attempt to give it “immediate identification as a competitive sport.”

2008 WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships

• Cycle Champion: Steven Purugganan, 10, time 6.21 sec, New World Record
• 3-6-3 Champion: Steven Purugganan, 10, time 2.34 sec
• 3-3-3 Champion: Steven Purugganan, 10, time 1.86 sec, New World Record
• Doubles Cycle: Timo Reuhl & David Wolf, time 7.65 sec, New World Record
• Timed 3-6-3 Relay: TeaM2 Germany, time 13.19 sec, New World Record
• Team 6-12-6 Champions: Chris Patterson & Reece Gregory, Australia, time 10.34sec. Australian record.

 

For a complete information about Sport Stacking, kindly click this link – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cupstacking

Who is Steven Purugganan?   Is his family name familiar or it’s like a Pinoy sounding surname?  Yes…he is PINOY indeed.  Another illustration to be proud of as a Filipino.  After the success of Charice Pempengco, Madonna Decena, Ramielle Malubay, Charlie Green etc, yet another Pinoy made it to the top and had stunned the world.   Steven Purugganan is a pure blooded 10 year old Pinoy from Longmeadow, Massachussetts who is 2008 WSSA World Sport Stacking champion.

Amazing, awesome – astig! that fast – I can imagine how he cleans their dishes with that pace   Well now if you heard of cup stacking, chances are you heard of Purugganan!

 

 

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