Bloomer will be jumping again this weekend at the 65th Annual World Speed Rope Jump Contest. Over the years, the contest has drawn thousands of people to watch and participate and garnered national attention as records were broken and champions were named, and Bloomer became known as the jump rope capital of the world.

Bloomer’s rope jumping boom began in 1960 when a former coach named Wally Mohrman became the physical education teacher in the schools. Knowing rope jumping to be good exercise, he decided to stir some interest in his students with a contest.