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Adam Crack

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About Me


I'm a full-time whipmaker and whip cracker.
I hold six Guinness World records:
-the longest whip ever cracked (216 ft long)
-the most stock whip cracks in a minute (272)
-the most bullwhip cracks in one minute (253)
-the most whip cracks in a minute with a whip in each hand (420)
-'fastest whip' i.e. fastest time to hit 10 targets (4.85 seconds)
-most candles put out in a minute with a whip, 50.
At the Arizona Renaissance Festival with two 22 ft whips:
The fire ball created by cracking two fire whips in unison:
The Indy-on-a-Budget bullwhip, a whip that I make and sell in my spare time:A version of the bullwhip used in the latest Indiana Jones movie, "Kingdom of the Crystal Skull". I made this whip about a year ago.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

I'd like to meet anyone interested in swing dancing or anyone from Sweden so I can practice my Swedish.

My Blog

Discovery Channel: Im gonna be on it! with the show Time Warp

I'm gonna be on the Discovery Channel! There's a new Discovery Channel show this fall called 'Time Warp' where they take really fast stuff, film it, and slow it way down.  They wanted to do a seg...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:59:00 GMT

My 5th Guinness World Record: Fastest Whip!

I now have a grand total of 5 Guinness World records!  The latest record is called 'fastest whip', which is the fastest time to hit 10 targets with a cracking whip.  The old record was 8.04 ...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:51:00 GMT

Envy

My friend, Jack Dagger: The King of Fling, has impregnated me with the idea to start a new folder of photos titled 'Envy'.  Check it out in my 'pics' section.-Adam Crack: the Chap of Snap (and by...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 10:09:00 GMT

I went to Australia! And I won a Whip Cracking competition!

I just got back from the land down under this past week.  I spent two weeks over there in Australia and attended a whip making and whip cracking competition held a few hours south of Brisbane.&nb...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Nov 2007 21:48:00 GMT

Slicing Beer Cans in half with a Whip

If you look carefully in the area above and to the left of the wooden stool, you can see some blurry object flying through the air.  That is the top and bottom half of a beer can that I cut...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:45:00 GMT

My 3rd Guinness Record: Most Bullwhip cracks in one minute!

I just checked on the Guinness World Records website and my attempt to set a record for the "Most Bullwhip Cracks in One Minute"  has been made official at 253.  Now I officially hold 3 Guin...
Posted by on Wed, 02 May 2007 07:01:00 GMT

Watch me Crack whips on You Tube!

Here's a few videos of me cracking whips: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M-6EVXKITg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4iRdjpKO_Y&mode=related& amp;search  
Posted by on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 08:37:00 GMT

Stock Whip Record made Official by Guinness!

I got the certificate from Guinness World Records last week letting me know that they confirmed my 272 cracks in a minute as an official record. So now I have for sure 2 of the 3 Guinness records...
Posted by on Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:24:00 GMT

Most Stock Whip Cracks in a Minute: World Record Attempt

Yesterday I made an attempt to set a new world record for the most stock whip cracks in a minute at a taping for "Wisconsin Journal", a show on the local station WEAU TV-13.  The current record i...
Posted by on Sat, 11 Nov 2006 17:28:00 GMT

Wisconsin Renaissance Faire

This season of the Wisconsin Renaissance Faire is over and I had the opportunity to perform there for 4 weekends.  Performing at a renaissance faire was a challenge for me as I had never performe...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Jul 2006 20:47:00 GMT