Surfers in South Africa claim world record for most boarders riding single waveOctober 6th, 2009 LONDON - Surfers in South Africa have laid claims to setting a new world record for the most boarders riding a single wave. The current Guinness World Record of 100 surfers is said to have been broken by at least 103 surfers surfing a wave at the Earthwave beach festival in Muizenberg, Cape Town, South Africa.
Brit plumber enters Guinness Book for building world's longest motorbike!September 24th, 2009 LONDON - A plumber has built the world's longest motorbike measuring 46ft to enter the Guinness Book of Records. Colin Furze's 14.03 metres long vehicle beat the previous record of 9.06 metres.
Great British Duck Race makes it to Guinness Book of RecordsSeptember 8th, 2009 LONDON - A record breaking 205,000 plastic ducks floated down the Thames on Sunday as part of the third annual Great British Duck Race in London. The event shattered the previous record of 175,000 ducks in a similar race held in China earlier this year.
Jewish youth group sets new world record for custard pie fightAugust 14th, 2009 LONDON - A new world record has been set for the largest custard pie fight, with 253 people gathering to throw 648 pies in a matter of minutes. The event, in Essex in the UK, saw a Jewish youth group achieve the new record.he pies were filled with 200 litres of custard.
Indian man to get tattoos of every national flag on his body to enter Guinness BookAugust 4th, 2009 LONDON - An Indian-origin man named Guinness Rishi has planned to get tattoos of every national flag on the planet over his entire body, in a bid to enter the Guinness Book of World Records. The 67-year-old man is considering covering himself in 220 different banners in his quest to become a walking global flag-pole.
Guinea pigs set two new Guinness world records!August 1st, 2009 LONDON - An elite team of guinea pigs has entered the Guinness Book of World Records by setting two new records. Two-year-old Flash has won the world record for the fastest run by a guinea pig by conquering the 10metre red carpet track in 8.81 seconds.
Man to enter Guinness book for making train-long wedding dress for brideJuly 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese man is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records after making a wedding dress as long as a 1,579-m train for his lady love. Zhao Peng, from Jilin, a city in Jilin province, met his soon-to-be bride on the Internet.
Chinese man seeks Guinness recognition for hen's 201 gram egg!June 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man is looking to catch the attention of Guinness World Records officials, believing his chicken may have broken a previous record with its large egg. Zhang Yinde, in Suiling, Heilongjiang province, has been storing the egg in his refrigerator.
World-record buffs create online database to rival Guinness Book of RecordsJune 18th, 2009 NEW YORK - A group of world-record buffs have created a new online database that allows users to dream up their own outlandish categories, and post videos of their feats. The Universal Record Database created by Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson gives everyone the chance to discover the "world record holder in them".
Grandma sings for 48 hours to break Guinness recordJune 11th, 2009 WELLINGTON - New Zealand grandmother Karen Davy sang for 48 hours to set a new Guinness World Record and raise money for children's kidney transplants, a newspaper reported Thursday. Davy, who prepared for her attempt by humming and making "tonnes of soup," set the mark entertaining travellers at Auckland Airport's international departure lounge, finishing Wednesday afternoon with a sore throat, the New Zealand Herald reported.
2,510 Brit students set new world record for most people dressed as SmurfsJune 10th, 2009 SWANSEA - Britain's leading dress costume seller Jokers' Masquerade and Swansea University have smashed the current Smurf World Record, with an enormous 2,510 Smurfs gathering in the South Wales city. Guinness itself confirmed the end of the Smurf Wars after almost two years of Universities, towns and villages donning white pointy hats and blue face paint to break the world record.
London contortionist sets new world record by holding bodyweight with mouthMay 30th, 2009 LONDON - A London-based contortionist has created a new endurance world record by holding her entire bodyweight on her mouth in an arduous backbend. Twenty-eight-year-old Iona Luvsandorj, a resident of West Hampstead, held a pose called the "Marinelli bend"-in which the whole body is supported by the mouth by gripping onto a short post that is held between the gums-for 33 seconds, beating the existing world record by 11 seconds.
US man sues Guinness Book for naming him world's most litigious man!May 28th, 2009 NEW YORK - A Kentucky man who keeps suing people is suing the Guinness Book of World Records for naming him the world's most litigious man. It is believed that Riches has filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world, reports Britain's Metro newspaper, against people and entities as varied as George W.
Guinness Book of World Records names Kashmir as the largest dispute in the worldMay 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has been registered in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest militarized territorial dispute in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records used the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) world fact book to name the Kashmir issue, the longest dispute between two countries, The Daily Times reports.
Brit schoolboy breaks world record with seven-metre slam-dunkApril 19th, 2009 LONDON - A 13-year-old Brit boy has entered record books after slam-dunking a basketball from seven metres away. Gymnast Jordan Ramos, from Sheffield, made it to the Guinness Book of World Record with a seven-metre jump - shattering the previous record of 6.3 metres, reports News of the World.