Juggling is a pretty neat party trick, ever more so when you can do it with empty classes or your best mate’s triplets. Not all juggling involves throwing things in the air though – contact juggling is a completely different beast, and this video from the 2012 Japan Juggling Festival Championship will leave you mesmerised.
Meet Jacob Sharpe. He’s an MIT Engineering graduate, and professional circus performer. Also, he likes rap music, squash courts, and minimal couture. We’re not entirely sure where the pink shorts come in. They are quite small, but then, we do have a proud tradition in South Africa of athletes wearing kortbroek (here’s to you, Naas), so maybe we can get behind that.