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Sask. company wants to make world's longest trampoline

A Regina-based manufacturer wants to make what it says will be the world's longest trampoline.

Team has already made a 30-metre proof of concept

Sarah Onyango · CBC News ·
In a field outside is a 100 foot stretch of a trampoline that has a vinyl purple lining on the outside.
Crazy Ape, a Regina-based manufacturer, wants to build the world's longest trampoline. It built this 30-metre trampoline as a proof-of-concept for one twice as long. (Nathan Grayston)

Crazy Ape Extreme Equipment is a team with big, crazy ideas.

The Regina-based trampoline manufacturer is striving to get a jump on the competition by making what it says will be the world's longest trampoline.

The team wants to surpass a Russian trampoline built in 2012, the Fast Track, which was 170-feet long (about 52 metres). Crazy Ape plans to do so with a 200-foot trampoline (about 61 metres).

The team designs and manufactures trampolines and other equipment like gymnastics gear in their Regina warehouse.

"Everything that comes out of this shop is handmade," said Andrew Sawatsky, special projects manager at Crazy Ape.

A distant angle of a warehouse that has a long table with sewing machines lined up the table and a woman is working at the far right of the table.
Crazy Ape uses Canadian and locally made materials in their trampolines. (Vashisth Trivedi/CBC)

The team has already built a 100-foot (30 metre) trampoline as proof of concept.

Armand Konecsni-Luzny, a co-owner at Crazy Ape, said the idea came when the team was filling an order for a 40-foot (12 metre) trampoline for a customer.

"So I thought maybe we can finally dust off this idea and finish it," said Konecsni-Luzny. 

"Lo and behold, that turned into the 100-footer, and now we want to go for the world record because it's the same system."

The team says it has contacted Guinness about getting its proposed trampoline recognized as the world's longest once they get it built.

"All we gotta do is build a few more components and someone's got to spend a little bit more time making a really big long bed," said Konecsni-Luzny. 

Crazy Ape is still determining where it might put the trampoline. It is searching for a partner with enough space. 

Sawatsky said the final product will be a showcase for Saskatchewan.

A birds eye view of a long trampoline in a field outside.
Finding a space for the final product is the next step for the trampoline company. (Nathan Grayston)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Sarah Onyango

Editorial Assistant

Sarah Onyango is a reporter at CBC Saskatchewan. She holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Regina. She can be reached at sarah.onyango@cbc.ca

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