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Mannequin Challenge at Gravity Trampoline Parks, Lockmeadow, Maidstone

The Mannequin Challenge has come to Maidstone but this version of the online video craze must have been harder than most as participants had to 'freeze' on trampolines.

The latest trend to sweep the internet involves participants standing perfectly still like players in a game of musical statues while another person walks among them, filming the scene.

The phenomenon, which started in American high schools before coming over to the UK, has been billed as this year's Ice Bucket Challenge, although the Mannequin Challenge doesn't appear to be for charity, just for fun.

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Some of the positions must have been difficult to hold
Some of the positions must have been difficult to hold

Staff at Gravity Trampoline Parks in Lockmeadow, Maidstone, have now posted an impressive four-minute video on the company's Facebook page.

VIDEO: Gravity Trampoline Parks' mannequin challenge

It features statues climbing stairs and buying food and drink at the onsite shop as they make their way to the main attraction.

Dozens of people can then be seen balancing precariously on the trampolines, some upside down, others appearing to play fight and some simply about to jump.

Mannequins freeze as they climb the stairs
Mannequins freeze as they climb the stairs
A staff member and customer are frozen in time
A staff member and customer are frozen in time

When the person behind the camera has finished making their way around the room the scene unfreezes and the statues come back to life.

Company director Harvey Jenkinson revealed 70 staff and customers took part in the challenge on Monday.

He said: "It was just something fun to involve our customers in the latest craze. All four of our venues across the country have done one - at our Norwich park 160 people took part.

Harvey Jenkinson and Michael Harrison, directors of Gravity Trampoline Parks, at the Maidstone venue
Harvey Jenkinson and Michael Harrison, directors of Gravity Trampoline Parks, at the Maidstone venue

"Everyone had a great deal of fun doing it."

People have taken to social media to express their approval.

Angela Firmin called the video "awesome" while Chelby Nolan said: "Classic. One of the best I've seen!"

Members of the public and celebrities all over the world have taken part in the Mannequin Challenge.

Friends are captured mid-fight
Friends are captured mid-fight
The mannequins come alive at the end of the challenge
The mannequins come alive at the end of the challenge

Yesterday a whole host of famous faces took part in a Mannequin Challenge at the White House after President Barack Obama handed out awards.

They included comedian Ellen DeGeneres, actors Robert DeNiro and Tom Hanks and singer Diana Ross.

The Ice Bucket Challenge, in which people made a donation to the ALS Association in exchange for being soaked in icy water, raised more than $100 million (£80 million).

Money from the challenge funded breakthrough research into neurological disorder Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, which causes paralysis and eventually death.

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