Jason Garfield Explained

Jason Garfield
Birthname:Jason Garfield
Birth Date:9 August 1974
Birth Place:Norfolk, Connecticut, USA
Occupation:juggler
Website:https://www.jasongarfield.com/

Jason Garfield (born August 9, 1974) is a juggler and entertainer from Norfolk, Connecticut, United States.[1] He is the founder and president of the World Juggling Federation (WJF).

Sport Juggling, TV & Event Production

Jason Garfield has been producing events since 2004, eleven of which in Las Vegas, and several across the country and one in the U.K. Jason learned to juggle at age 11 in 1986 and quickly established himself as one of the best and most controversial jugglers of his time.

Disappointed with the opportunities for competitive jugglers, Jason formed the World Juggling Federation in 2003 and produced his first sport juggling convention at the Riviera Hotel in December of 2004 where he also produced seven sport juggling competition programs for ESPN.

10 years later Jason founded SkillCon, hosting 20+ unique skill events. Jason, the World Juggling Federation, the Moxie Games, and SkillCon return to downtown Las Vegas in 2019 at the Plaza Hotel and Container Park.

Appearance on Cheap Seats

Garfield was featured on ESPN Classic's show Cheap Seats where he was humorously depicted as a psychotic egomaniac who talked to the props he used while performing and proceeded to blame them for mistakes made during the act, a character he deliberately portrayed to add entertainment value to the program.[2]

Awards

Jason has received the following juggling awards:

See also

References

  1. Web site: Biography . Jason Garfield . https://web.archive.org/web/20001018180009/http://www.jasongarfield.com/biography.html . October 18, 2000 . jasongarfield.com . December 25, 2010 .
  2. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Cheap Seats 2004 Juggling Championships, Ultimate Frisbee p1 . YouTube.
  3. Web site: Championships Results - 41st IJA Summer Festival . International Jugglers' Association . December 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717172907/http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs1988.php . July 17, 2011 . dead .
  4. Web site: Championships Results - 43rd IJA Summer Festival . International Jugglers' Association . December 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717173117/http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs1990.php . July 17, 2011 . dead .
  5. Web site: Championships Results - 51st IJA Summer Festival . International Jugglers' Association . December 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717171749/http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs1998.php . July 17, 2011 . dead .
  6. Web site: Championships Results - 53rd IJA Summer Festival . International Jugglers' Association . December 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717172012/http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2000.php . July 17, 2011 . dead .
  7. Web site: Championships Results - 54th IJA Summer Festival . International Jugglers' Association . December 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717172208/http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2001.php . July 17, 2011 . dead .
  8. Web site: Championships Results - 55th IJA Summer Festival . International Jugglers' Association . December 25, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110629172313/http://www.juggle.org/history/champs/champs2002.php . June 29, 2011 .

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