| Zak Mcallister | |
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 2019 IJA Individuals Stage Champion | |
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Websites |
www.zakmcallister.com |
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Highest numbers juggled |
9 balls qualified |
Zak McAllister (born in 1997) is an American juggler from Temple, Texas,[1] now living in Philadelphia.[2] He first learned to juggle from his dad when he was 10 years old, and he became more interested in juggling a few years later after seeing Anthony Gatto perform in Cirque Du Soleil's La Nouba in Orlando, Florida. Zak has been featured on the Top 40 Jugglers list nine years in a row (2016-2024), and he placed 2nd on the list in 2019 and 2022.
World records[]
Zak holds the following world records for ball juggling tricks with publicly available video evidence:
- 5 ball penguins: 76 catches in 2017 (video)
- 7 ball penguins: 9 catches in 2017 (video), tied with Alex McGillivray in 2016 (video)
Citrus Punch - Zak McAllister (Pro Juggler)
Competitions[]
Zak won the following IJA competitions:
- Stage: Individuals
- Stage: Teams with Delaney Bayles
- Numbers: Ring Passing with Delaney Bayles
- X-Juggling: 4-5 Balls
- X-Juggling: 4-5 Rings
- Games: Huggling with Jonah Botvinick-Greenhouse
IJA 2022:[5]
- X-Juggling: 3 Rings
IJA 2023:[6]
- X-Juggling: 6+ Rings
IJA 2024:[7]
- Individual Props: Balls
- Individual Props: Open
- X-Juggling: 6+ Balls
- X-Juggling: 6+ Rings
Flabellum - Zak McAllister (Pro Juggler)
References[]
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/zakmcallisterjuggling/about/
- ↑ https://www.zakmcallister.com/
- ↑ http://dev.juggle.org/ija/championships/2019-fort-wayne-in/
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/2019-ija-fest-review/
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/2022-ija-festival-championships-and-competitions-results/
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2023-08
- ↑ https://www.juggle.org/enewsletter/2024-08