Cigar box
Cigar box is a kind of popular juggling prop which can be used for various of tricks, including high-speed box exchanging in the midair, balancing tricks, and much more. Cigar Boxes are the standard element of a gentleman-juggler style routine. Most of the tricks are done with three boxes; very few jugglers perform tricks with more than three boxes in their routines.
In 1977, Kris Kremo build a Guinness World Record of releasing one box and recatch it after a quadruple pirouette, while in 1994, Kristian Kristof break the record by releasing all three boxes and recatch them after a quadruple pirouette.
The world record for the most Cigar Boxes balanced is 211 boxes, for 9 seconds.
Many professional jugglers prefer Dubé Cigar Box, while Beard Cigar Box is also a nice choice for beginners.
Some Basic Tricks
- quarter turn
- half turn
- middle spin
- grip change
- take out
- lift out
- hand across
- end round