| Wes Peden | |
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 Most Popular Juggler of 2012-2014 | |
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Websites |
www.wespeden.com |
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Highest numbers juggled |
9 balls qualified |
Wes Peden (born May 9, 1990) is a juggler from Rochester, New York. His father, Jeff Peden, taught him to juggle when he was five. Wes started performing with Jeff at age eleven,[1] and he has performed in 18 countries including Japan, Israel, Australia, and Iceland, and won awards from the International Jugglers' Association and the festival Cirque de Demain.[2] Wes has been voted the world's most popular juggler in Luke Burrage's Top 40 Jugglers poll seven times (in 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014).[3]
In 2007, Wes moved to Sweden to attend the Dance and Circus University of Stockholm, where he studied juggling with Jay Gilligan, Luke Wilson, Ben Richter, Samuel Gustavsson, Eric Longequel, Ivar Heckscher, Michael Moschen, Tom Johnson, The Flying Karamazov Brothers, Malin Stattin, and Maksim Komaro. While in school Wes met Patrik Elmnert and started working with him in the summer of 2008. Wes graduated the school in 2010, and he now lives in Stockholm and works around Europe and America making juggling shows and videos.[1]
World records
Wes peden holds the following world records for club juggling tricks with publicly available video evidence:
- 6 club singles: 15 catches in 2008 (video), tied with Jack Denger in 2013 (video)
- 6 club halfshower: 38 catches in 2012 (Synthetic video at 17:10)
- 6 club backcrosses: 14 catches in 2008 (video)
- 6 club b97531: 1 round (not qualified) in 2009 (video), tied with Daniel Eaker in 2009 (video), Manuel Mitasch in 2009 (video), Vova Galchenko in 2011 (video), Haavard Hvidsten in 2012 (video), Jack Denger in 2013 (video), and Luke Davies in 2015 (video)
- 7 club backcrosses: 7 catches in 2015 (video), tied with Anthony Gatto in 2007 (video at 5:15), Vova Galchenko in 2007 (video), David Ferman in 2012 (video), and Jack Denger in 2013 (video)
- 7 club (8x,6)*: 14 catches in 2008 (video)
Former world records:
- 13 club passing: 26 passes caught with Patrik Elmnert in 2009 (video) (current record: 30 passes caught by Dominik Harant and Manuel Mitasch)
Unverified claims:
- 5 club backcrosses: 320 catches in 2007 (claim)
- 6 club flats: 12 catches in 2006 (claim)
- 7 club (8x,6)*: 16 catches in 2008 (claim)
2008
HEPTAD by Wes Peden (full video)
Competitions
Wes won the following IJA and WJF competitions.[4][5]
IJA 2004:
- Stage: Juniors
WJF 2:
WJF 3:
- 4 Club Freestyle
IJA 2007:
- eXtreme Juggling: 7 Balls
- eXtreme Juggling: 6 Rings
- eXtreme Juggling: 4 Clubs
- Games: 4 Ball Mills Mess Endurance
- Games: 3 Club Slapback Endurance
- Games: 4 Ball Shower Endurance
- Games: 5 Club 744 Endurance
IJA 2013:
- eXtreme Juggling: 5+ Clubs