Photos: Guinness World Records day celebrates the super skilled and superlative

World Records Day is a global celebration of the superlative, says Guinness EIC

Last updated: November 16, 2023 | 16:02

Compiled by Nathaniel Lacsina, Senior Web Editor

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Britain's Paul Swift has spent most of his life on two wheels - starting with the garden lawn mower.

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Swift, who has graduated to driving a pick up truck on only two of its wheels managed a record-breaking squeeze through an 88-centimetre gap set up in a stunt area at Britain's Silverstone race course.

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"I've been driving on two wheels since the age of seven - I started on the garden lawn mower - so to get a world record that recognises that is fantastic," he said.

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Paul Swift, 7, performs the longest distance on two wheels in 1987. Aged 44, he now has four Guinness World Records titles including the latest.

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Guinness World Records Editor-in-Chief Craig Glenday, who was on hand to adjudicate Swift's record ride, said this year's theme is super skills. "Guinness World Records Day is a global celebration of the superlative," he said.

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Paul Swift reacts as he achieves the Guinness World Record for 'The tightest gap (44cm) driven through on two wheels in a pick up truck' in Silverstone, Britain.

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Other record-breakers being lauded include a team in Japan. It broke the record for consecutive, double-dutch-style handstand-skipping with two people, which involves skipping while performing handstands as ropes are turned in opposite directions.

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Masakazu Hashimoto and Nene Kaneko, from Japan, achieve the most consecutive Double Dutch-style handstand skips (team of two), 32 repetitions, in Saitama, Japan.

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In China, the extremely agile Zhou Quan set a record for the highest number of consecutive leg full twist back somersaults, managing 11 in a row.

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Zhou Quan, from China, holds a Guinness World Records' certificate after achieving the most consecutive, 11 repetitions, single leg full twist back somersaults in Chenzhou, Hunan, China.

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The United States, meanwhile, boasts Henry Cabelus who holds eight world records after achieving the highest backflip Pogo Stick jump, making it over a height of 3.07 metres (10.07 ft).

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"I feel pretty good about that, that just makes me want to go for ten now. So I've got to start thinking about the other ones," he said.

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