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World Champion Stacker
Emily sets the world record!

Need more information?
Call Bob Fox, toll free, at 1-877-GOT-CUPS (468-2877) or reach Bob by email.

If you are interested in finding out more about this sport and/or would like Speed Stacks to submit an article for consideration, we would be happy to do it.

Speed Stacks also has a Stacker Training DVD that we would be glad to send your way if you wanted to get a first-hand glimpse of what this is all about.

Bob Fox, the founder and president of Speed Stacks, Inc., is a former classroom and PE teacher.

Call Toll Free at 1-877-GOT-CUPS (468-2877).

"When I first became passionate about the sport in 1995, a lot of people would hear about it and scratch their heads. "Stacking" a sport? The only way to explain it was to show them firsthand—sport stacking is truly something you have to see to believe! I absolutely love the challenge of turning skeptics into believers, and the list of sport stacking enthusiasts grows every day.

Kids don’t need to be convinced about the benefits of sport stacking. They just plain love it! (even your “way too cool for it” kids).

Speed Stacks, Inc. is proud to be "The Leader in Sport Stacking" and to serve as a resource to students, parents and PE teachers across the country as they develop sport stacking programs."

- Bob Fox - Founder and President of Speed Stacks, Inc.

"The Biggest Event in Sport Stacking" - the WSSA World Sport Stacking Championships - will be held on April 14-15th, 2007 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. More info can be found below:

obtain a WSSA Home Page

The Lingo

The name of the sport: Sport Stacking

The name of our company: Speed Stacks®, Inc.

The name of our “sport stacking cups”: Speed Stacks®

What we “do” is sport stacking. What we “use” are Speed Stacks®

“…sport stacking with Speed Stacks®!”

The Foundation of Speed Stacks The competitive side of sport stacking Speed Stacks, Inc. was established in 1998
and is the leader in sport stacking around the world. It is a family-owned company known for developing strong relationships with teachers, parents and students.

Bob Fox, the president and founder of Speed Stacks, is a former classroom and physical
education teacher with 17 years of teaching experience. He is passionate about the positive impact sport stacking has on kids and has to look no further than his own three children to see how it's helped them in school and sports.

Bob and his wife, Jill, have surrounded themselves with a staff of committed and caring professionals, many with educational backgrounds. At Speed Stacks, we have built our reputation on knowledge, experience, quality products and sharing our passion for sport stacking every chance we get.

What is sport stacking with Speed Stacks? For the uninitiated, sport stacking (formerly called cup stacking) is an emerging individual and team sport where participants stack and unstack 12 specially designed cups (Speed Stacks®) in pre-determined sequences at lightning speed. (Some call it a “track meet for your hands!”) This unique sport promotes hand-eye coordination, ambidexterity, focus, concentration, team skills and sportsmanship. Competitors race against the clock for individual times, on doubles teams, and in relays in head-to-head competitions. A division for stackers with special needs is also included. Sport stacking is practiced in more than 11,000 schools around the world.

Speed Stacks embraces “Sport Stacking”

Dateline - January 7, 2005

Speed Stacks, Inc. fully supports the transition from the term “cup stacking” to “sport stacking” as announced by the World Sport Stacking Association (WSSA), formerly the World Cup Stacking Association (WCSA).

“It’s always been a challenge to defend the term ‘cup stacking’ as a sport,” said Bob Fox, Speed Stacks, Inc., founder and president. “This is understandable when someone hasn’t actually seen it. With ‘sport stacking,’ we’ll have a head start. Though an explanation will still be needed for those who’ve never experienced it, sport stacking immediately captures a higher level of energy, skill and competition. It’s well deserved when you see an accomplished stacker complete the Cycle stack in under 10 seconds or two teams go down to the wire in a head-to-head relay competition.”

Overview of WSSA
Visit the WSSA web site

Sport Stacking in the News

Speed Stacks 'above the fold' on front page of 'The Wall Street Journal'!"

Dateline - November 12, 2004

The Wall Street Journal's Staff Reporter, Robert Tomsho wrote a full-feature article that appeared on the Front Page of The Journal featuring sport stacking with Speed Stacks.

The article highlighted the popularity Speed Stacks has gained. Stacking programs appear in 12,000 schools from Maine to California. It particularly noted that in many school districts, "stacking's novelty has stirred new interest in physical education at a time when it is threatened by budget cuts, student lethargy and increased time demands for academic subjects."

The Tip Sheet--SPORTS
Newsweek, October 3, 2005

In an article titled "On the Way to the Top"
Newsweek refers to sport stacking as "the latest hot game." Tips are given on the basic stacks, a video link is provided showing Emily Fox set the world record, and info is given on the World Championships.

Cold Pizza
ESPN2, October 27, 2005

Sport stacking was featured on this morning
sports show and was a hit with co-host Jay
Crawford who said it was "among the most
amazing things I've seen in a long time."

WHO's HOT/WHO's NOT
Sports Illustrated, April 18, 2005

The 2005 World Sport Stacking Championships were in the company of the Denver Nuggets and national title winning Denver University hockey team in the WHO's HOT section of Sports Illustrated.

High School Sports
Athletic Business: April, 2005
The Business Magazine for Athletic, Fitness & Recreation Professionals

Using the 2005 World Sport Stacking
Championships as a springboard, this article
titled "United We Stack" explores the successful efforts by Speed Stacks to gain credibility in physical education programs.

Human Achievements:
Games & Pastimes
Guinness World Records 2006

On page 46 of the most recent Guinness edition of world records, you'll find an entry on Emily Fox. Her world record: a speedy 7.43 seconds for the Cycle Stack.

Speed Stacks and the Media

Speed Stacks has appeared on national TV on the following shows:

Jimmy Kimmel Live, (also video clip)
Sharon Osbourne Show (video clip)
Nickelodeon (video clip)
The Caroline Rhea Show
(also video clip)
The Early Show on CBS
Fox Sports' "Ya Gotta See
This" (video clip)
Ripley's Believe It or Not (video clip)
England's Richard and Judy Show
England's Blue Peter with U.K. Champ, Kate Parker (also video clip)
Holland's "Rolf's Answering
Machine" (video clip)

Speed Stacks has appeared in the product launch and media events surrounding:

Frito-Lay's launch of Lay's STAX in Times Square in August, 2003.
England's launch of Freekee Soda in London in April, 2003.

Speed Stacks has appeared in major newspapers across the nation, including:

The Wall Street Journal (synopsis online)
The Denver Post
The Rocky Mountain News
along with numerous regional newspapers

Speed Stacks appeared on radio in
Colorado Matters (this links to an audio clip on their web site)

Speed Stacks is being used in such diverse groups as the WANO (World Association of Nuclear Operators) with success.


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