A rola bola is a two-piece balance board consisting of a board on top of a cylinder. The board can move relative to the cylinder as the cylinder rolls from side to side. A person standing on the board keeps it balanced on the cylinder so that the board doesn't touch the ground.
World records
World records for juggling while balancing on a rola bola:
Balls
- 5 balls: 5 minutes and 34 seconds by Louis Duncan in 2017 (video)
- 6 balls: 101 catches by Kyle Johnson in 2017 (video)
- 7 balls: 101 catches by Adolfo Almonacid in 2019 (video)
- 8 balls: 17 catches by Matthew Quenon in 2019 (video)
- 9 balls: 13 catches by Chris Fowler in 2004 (video)
- 10 balls: 10 catches by Chris Fowler in 2004 (video)
Rings
- 5 rings: 1 minute and 17 seconds by Willy Colombaioni in 2019 (video)
- 6 rings: 233 catches by Willy Colombaioni in 2019 (video)
- 7 rings: 239 catches by Pavel Evsukevich in 2017 (video)
- 8 rings: 25 catches by Willy Colombaioni in 2018 (video)
- 9 rings: 15 catches by Pavel Evsukevich in 2017 (video at 2:32)
- 10 rings: 10 catches by Willy Colombaioni in 2018 (video)
Clubs
- 5 clubs: 1 minute 26 seconds by Willy Colombaioni in 2019 (video)
- 6 clubs: 18 catches by Willy Colombaioni in 2019 (video)
- 7 clubs: 10 catches by Willy Colombaioni in 2018 (video)
- 8 clubs: 8 catches by Willy Colombaioni in 2018 (video)
Ball bouncing
- 5 ball force bounce: 31 minutes and 40 seconds by David Nayer in 2017 (video)
- 6 ball force bounce: 2 minutes and 28 seconds by David Nayer in 2016 (video)
- 7 ball force bounce: 208 catches by David Nayer in 2017 (video)
- 8 ball force bounce: 20 catches by David Nayer in 2017 (video)
- 7 ball lift bounce: 189 catches by Mike Byington in 2007 (video)
- 9 ball lift bounce: 13 catches by Maria Choodu in 2016 (video) and Weam Rashed in 2016 (video)
Unverified claims:
- 6 ball force bounce: 2 minutes and 51 seconds+ by David Nayer in 2017 (claim)
- 8 ball force bounce: 22 catches by David Nayer in 2016 (claim)
- 6 ball lift bounce: 52 seconds by Fritz Grobe in 1991 (claim)
- 7 ball lift bounce: 51 seconds by Fritz Grobe in 1991 (claim)
- 8 ball lift bounce: 22 catches by Fritz Grobe in 1991 (claim)
Double rola bola
Records for juggling on a double rola bola (with one cylinder that rolls side to side and one that rolls forwards and backwards):
- 3 balls: 2 minutes and 55 seconds by Dror Lotan in 2017 (video)
- 4 balls: 23 catches by Dror Lotan in 2017 (video)
- 5 balls: 27 catches by Cate Flaherty in 2017 (video)
- 6 balls: 6 catches by Dror Lotan in 2017 (video)
- 5 rings: 6 catches by Tatevik Seyranyan in 2013 (video)
- 3 clubs: 120 catches by Tatevik Seyranyan in 2013 (video)
- 3 ball force bounce: 131 catches by David Nayer in 2018 (video)
- 4 ball force bounce: 234 catches by David Nayer in 2019 (video)
- 5 ball force bounce: 1 minute and 10 seconds by David Nayer in 2019 (video)
- 6 ball force bounce: 34 catches by David Nayer in 2016 (video)
- 7 ball force bounce: 20 catches by David Nayer in 2019 (video)