The longest surfing marathon lasted 29 hr 1 min and was achieved by Kurtis Loftus (USA) at Jacksonville Beach, Florida, USA, on 26-27 October 2011. The 50-year-old Loftus surfed 313 waves during his time in the ocean, using the same board throughout.
Natasha Veruschka (USA) swallowed a sword 58 cm (22.83 in) long sword on Sword Swallowers Awareness Day, 28 February 2009.
Robert Baker (USA, b. 12 July 1949) received an artificial aortic valve replacement on 27 October 1960 at St Vincent’s Charity Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. His fourth replacement aortic valve was still working as of 8 November 2005. His heart had been damaged several years before when he had suffered an undetected attack of rheumatic fever. Mr Baker’s valve-replacement surgeries took place in the following order: October 1960: by Doctors Kay and Zimmerman, at St Vincent Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio, USA. February 1964: by Doctors Kay
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The longest survivor of a porcine aortic valve replacement is Lewis Jackson (L.J) Dean, (US), who received a porcine aortic (pig’s) valve replacement which functioned without any repairs for 30 years 197 days. The operation took place at Scott & White Hospital, Texas, US, under surgeon F.L Korompai (US) on 4 June 1979. When the original claim was logged in October 2009, Mr Dean was still alive. However, when we received the evidence in January 2010, Mr Dean had since died, on 18th December 2009,
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The longest table tennis rally lasted 8 hr 30 min 6 sec and was played by Max Fergus and Luke Logan (both USA) at the Sports Enhancement Academy in Stoughton, Wisconsin, USA, on 26 August 2013. The two high school friends raised funds for the Special Olympics through their record breaking feat. The boys broke a record that had stood for over nine years.
The symphony Victory at Sea, written by Richard Rodgers for the documentary film of the same name and arranged by Robert Russell Bennett for NBC TV in 1952, lasted 13 hours. Changed to research status, see attachment
The longest tandem motorcycle backflip measured 4.99 m (16 ft 5 in) and was completed by Travis Pastrana and Jolene Van Vugt (both USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. Pastrana was the driver. The GWR episode will air January 2009.
The longest tandem ATV jump measured 15.99 m (52 ft 6 in) and was completed by Travis Pastrana and Erik Roner (both USA) at Godfrey Trucking/Rocky Mountain Raceway in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, on 17 November 2008 for the MTV show ‘Nitro Circus’. Pastrana was the driver of the Suzuki Quadsport Z400. The GWR episode will air January 2009.
The longest tamale was 15.78 m (51 ft 9 in) long and was made at the El Chico in Jackson, Tennessee, USA, on 5 May 2006.
The longest tail on a pony measures 4.08 metres (13 ft 5 in) and belongs to Golden Shante aka “Topper”, a Shetland Pony who is owned by Janine Sparks (USA). It was measured at Brookwood Farm in New Palestine, Indiana, USA, on 24 July 2010. Golden Shante was born on 21 April 1993.