The highest forward flip trampoline slam dunk is 3.50 m (11 ft 6 in) by by Milwaukee Bucks Rim Rockers member Kevin Vanderkolk (USA) during the LA Clippers v Milwaukee Bucks game at Bradley Centre, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, on 20 December 2008.
The highest aggregate score in Rock Band 2 playlist by an individual playing drums is 10,687,033 points and was achieved by Robert Paz (USA) aka Proprodigyx, at the Samsung Experience in New York City, USA, on 17 May 2009. Proprodigyx took 7 hours and 10 minutes to complete the 84 songs of the game. He is the runner up of WCG Ultimate Gamer, broadcast in Sci Fi Channel.
The highest hippy jump on a snowskate is 47 cm (18.5 in) by Kyle Williams (USA) at Winter X Games 14 in Aspen, Colorado, USA on 31 January 2010.
The highest insured hair is that of professional American footballer Troy Polamalu (USA) of the National Football League’s Pittsburgh Steelers (USA), whose trademark locks were insured for $1 million (£622,713) with Lloyd’s of London by Procter and Gamble shampoo brand Head & Shoulders on 30 August 2010. Polamalu has not cut his hair since 2000 as a tribute to his Samoan ancestors. He had served as a Head & Shoulders spokesman for two years at the time the insurance policy was taken out. Polamalu’s insured
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The world record for the highest jump cleared by a dog is 172.7 cm (68 in), achieved by Cinderella May a Holly Grey, owned by Kate Long and Kathleen Conroy (both USA) of Miami, Florida, USA, at the Purina Incredible Dog Challenge National Finals, Gray Summit, Missouri, USA on 7 October 2006.
The highest jump by a miniature pygmy horse is 24 in (61 cm) by ‘Lovebug’ owned by Krystal Cole (USA) on the set of Animal Planet’s Guinness World Records: Amazing Animals on 24 September 2005 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Lovebug measured 30 in (76 cm) tall to the withers and was aged six at the time.
Tommy Clowers of Ramona, California, USA, achieved a motorcycle jump height of 7.62 m (25 ft) from the top of a 3.04 m (10 ft) ramp after a run up of 12.19 m (40 ft) at Van Nuys Airport, California for Guinness World Records: Primetime on 21 January 2001.
The record for the highest jump performed on a Hydrofoil is 23 ft (7.01 m) and was set by Billy Rossini (USA) at Lake Norman, North Carolina, USA on 1 August 2004. The jump was measured by a surveyor using triangulation. This method is accurate to within 2 inches.
The highest mountain climbed on stilts was Mount Baden-Powell at an elevation of 2,864.8 m (9,398 ft 11 in) by Ashrita Furman (USA) in the San Gabriel Mountains in Wrightwood, California, USA, on 7 August 2011. Furman wore steel peg stilts which were 46 cm from ground to ankle and 104 cm high in total. The hike lastesd 1 hr 52 min 23 sec. All rest breaks were taken while remaining on the stilts.
The highest full size motorcross bike bunny hop is 30.48 cm (12 in) and was achieved by Travis Pastrana (USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. The GWR episode will air January 2009.