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Dean
Gould, 38, from Felixstowe can toss a pancake an amazing 424 times
in two minutes!
So
what makes a good tosser?
"Dexterity,
basically, skilful-handedness," says Dean.
"With
pancake tossing you have got to have certain conditions.
"The
Guinness guidelines state that it’s got to be a certain size
frying pan, a certain consistency with the pancake. It’s over
a two minute period and it’s the most flips in that time that
count."
 Dean
also holds three Guinness World records ranging from beer mat flipping
to coin snatching and Winkle picking.
In
fact it is those records that got him started with pancake tossing.
"I
got started because I already had two records. I had the beer mat
flipping and coin snatching for many years and I was looking for
other records.
"I
had considered pancake tossing. So I started practising one day
with a plate and a whoopee cushion believe it or not! Sounds funny
but it actually did go quite well in training so I actually started
tossing the real thing then."
Dean
was ten when he first became interested in record breaking.
"I
used to watch Record Breakers when I was a boy, and then I had a
Guinness Book of Records given to me, and I really wanted to be
like those people.
"I
was 20 when I got my first record, which was beer mat flipping.
The most Guinness Records that I have held at once is ten."
For
Dean, practice makes perfect. But it is not easy holding on to his
title. Four years ago he lost his title to a German competitor.
 "Well
I hold three records at the moment, so I’m not too worried
about trying to get this record back.
"It’s
a very difficult record to beat as it’s 416 in 2 minutes and
my best is 424, but the record wasn’t witnessed under the right
conditions so my best is 399 officially."
Dean
has now launched his own website, Record Holders Republic, which
lists his individual records as well as those of others. The site
now has 40 members whose records range from the fastest window cleaner
of all time to one of the World's best animal impersonators.
Dean
says that anyone can join the site: "We
will except almost anything as long as it's not offensive or dangerous."
Pancake
tossing may be serious business for Dean, but it does not mean he
enjoys eating them afterwards.
"I’m
more of an omelette fan really, I don’t like pancakes, they
just end up in the bin. I throw them away, best place for them!
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