The record for the longest minibike jump with a mid air nak-nak is 10.4 m and was set by Romain Izzo (France) on the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, Port Medoc, France, on 20 July 2005.
The record for the longest method double back flip on a halfpipe ramp is 3 m (9 ft 1 in?) and was set by Taig Khris (France) on the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, St Cyprien, France, on 30 June 2005. Dropping in from one side of the halfpipe ramp, he crossed down through the bowl, up the other side where he left the ramp at the coping and back-flipped sideways (parallel to the coping) over a 3 metre gap in the coping before landing
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A la recherche du temps perdu by Marcel Proust contains an estimated 9,609,000 characters (each letter counts as one character. Spaces are also counted, as one character each). The title translates to "Remembrance of Things Past". Proust produced the first volume of his 13-volume masterpiece in 1912 (it was first published in 1913). The second part of his work won international awards as soon as it was published and with them, an international reputation.
The longest paddleboard journey is 4,830 km (3,2001 mi) (2,607 nautical miles), from the Island of Cap Breton (Canada) to Capebreton (France) and was achieved by Stephanie Geyer-Barneix, Alexandra Lux and Flora Manciet (France) in Capbreton, France, on 28 August 2009. The journey took 54 days in total. The 3 girls paddled with the hands.
The longest ramp jump on rollerblades is 30 m (98 ft 5.1 in) and was achieved by Chris Haffey (USA), at the Palais Omnisport Marseille Grand Est, in Marseille, France, on 9 December 2011. Haffey used a wakeboarding zip tow to achieve the required speed for the jump, a novel approach as most attempts rely on a long downhill slope to build up the speed.
The longest ramp jump on an aquabike is 17 m (55.7 ft)and was set by Henry Charlet (France) the set of L’Été De Tous Les Records in Argeles Gazost, France on 14 July 2004.
The longest scoubidou measures 510 meters (1,673 ft 2 in) and was achieved by Manuela Dos Santos (France) in Brancourt, France, on 11 November 2008.
The record for the longest skateboard grind along a ramp coping is 6.83 m and was set by Micky Iglesias (Switzerland) on the set of L’Ete De Tous Les Records, Port Medoc, France, on 20 July 2005.
Jean-Yves Renard (France) and a group of butchers produced a steak measuring 27.68m (90.81 ft) long at Evron, France on 14 May 2002. It was shown on L’émission des records on 5 July 2002.
The longest time for keeping a football in the air by using just the chest is 30.29 seconds by Amadou Gueye (France) on the set of L’Emission Des Records in Paris, France on 7 September 2001.