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\"Monsters<\/a><\/p>\n

By day, Jason Thomas, B.Sc. \u201900, M.Sc. \u201902, is a full-time U of G physics professor. Off campus, his alter ego, Burnaby Q. Orbax, is one half of the Monsters of Schlock, a vaudevillian stunt show that also includes his twin brother, Sweet Pepper Klopek (a registered name).<\/p>\n

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In the fall, the duo broke their latest world record<\/a> when Thomas lay on a bed of nails while 50 motorcyclists took turns jumping over his body. Seventy jumps were recorded in two minutes, shattering the previous record of 31 jumps.<\/p>\n

The 2014 edition of Guinness World Records<\/em> featured the duo six times, including the most baking trays buckled over the head (55) by a team of two. Other record-breakers include towing a 4,082-kilogram truck with two shark hooks in his back, and hammering the most four-inch-long nails in and out of his nasal cavity (13) in 30 seconds.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve all worked out well, no major problems,\u201d says Thomas. \u201cIt all seems really dangerous to people, but it\u2019s a level of danger we\u2019re trained to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

For a physics instructor, there\u2019s even something instructive about all the mayhem.<\/p>\n

In a recent episode of the Discovery Channel\u2019s Daily Planet<\/em>, Thomas discusses how the linear drive shaft works in a giant tattoo machine<\/a>, which he uses to inscribe a design on his brother\u2019s thigh in 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

You find physics principles everywhere, he says, whether it\u2019s Orbax inserting hooks into his forearms to lift a 45-kilogram weight or Thomas explaining to a first-year class how a figure skater uses conservation of angular momentum to speed up or slow down during a spin.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a subject people consider boring, it explains so much about the world around them,\u201d says Thomas.
\n\u2013 ANDREW VOWLES<\/p>\n

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