The most consecutive backflips on a Russian Bar is 39 and was achieved by the Russian Bar Trio (Canada) on the set of Lo Show Dei Record, in Milan, Italy, on 10 March 2011.

The Russian bar (or Russian barre) is a circus act which combines the gymnastic skills of the balance beam, the rebound tempo skills of trampoline and the swing handstands skills of the uneven bars and the parallel bars. The bar (or barre) itself is a flexible vaulting pole around 4 metres long, typically made of fibreglass. Two porters (“bottom people”), one at each end of the Russian bar, control the bar and the movements of the “flyer” (“top mounter”), guiding him or her into tempo swings and transitional aerial moves. The flyer will prepare for the bar’s catapult when the porters give a “ready” signal.