The longest marathon skipping rope is 33 hours 20 minutes and was achieved by Joey Motsay (USA) at Positive Stress Workout in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, on 4-5 December 2009. The attempt raised $38,000 for Smile Train, a charity providing free cleft surgeries to children around the world.

The longest Moto X dirt-to-dirt back flip measures 30.48 m (100 ft) and was completed by Jeremy Stenberg and Nate Adams during the Moto X Freestyle Finals at X Games 11 in Los Angeles, California, USA on 6 August 2005.

The longest professional wrestling match lasted 12 hours and was promoted by Shockwave Impact Wrestling (USA) as the Ultimate Iron Man Match at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio, USA, on 6 November 2010. The match was contested by American Kickboxer II aka Brandon Overholser, Dark Angel aka Mike White, DJ Tom Sharp aka Tom Crone, Logan Cross aka Logan Jones, Sid Fabulous aka Mark Easterday, and “Lightning” Tim Lutz. The match was won by Lutz to earn the SWI’s Ironman Championship. This Iron Continue reading →

The longest motorcycle backflip by a woman measured 12.36 m (40 ft 7 in) and was completed by Jolene Van Vugt (USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. Van Vugt was riding a RM125 Two Stroke Yamaha motorcross bike This is the first time a woman has been recorded successfully completing a backflip on a motorcycle. The GWR episode will air January 2009.

The longest motorcycle backflip with the engine off measured 5.18 m (17 ft) and was completed 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.

The longest motorcycle frontflip measured 14.52 m (47 ft 8 in) and was completed by Jim DeChamp (USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. This is the first time anyone has successfully front flipped a motorcycle. The GWR episode will air January 2009.

The longest mountainboarding race is the 5th Annual Nate Harrison Grade Race which measures 6.95 miles (11.18 km) and took place at Palomar Mountain, San Diego County, California, United States, on 3 September 2008. The race was measured using Topcon GPS equipment. There were 15 entrants with the the winner being 2008 World Freestyle Mountainboard Champion Kody Stewart who finished in 18 min 56 sec (a course record). The highest amateur finish was 20 min 11 sec by Kris Kidwell who finished 2nd. Damien Hertenstein Continue reading →

During the Raft Transpacific Expedition the raft Nord, captained by Andrew Urbanczyk (USA), sailed from Half Moon Bay, California, USA, to the US-owned Pacific island of Guam, a straight-line distance of 5,110 nautical miles (9,463 km or 5,880 miles), in 136 days from 26 August 2002 to 28 January 2003. The raft was built of seven sequoia redwood logs and measured 12 x 15 m (39 x 49 ft). The total distance covered was 6,750 nautical miles (12,501 km or 7,767 miles).

The longest run of winning matches home and away in NHL history is 17 by the Pittsburgh Penguins between 9 March and 10 April 1993.

The longest kick return by an offensive lineman in an NFL game was 71 yards by Dan Connolly (USA) of the New England Patriots against the Green Bay Packers in Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA, on 19 December 2010. The burly Connolly weighed 313 lb (142 kg) at the time of his record-long return.