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The Chainsaw Balancer: Why I MAY Never Do This Again

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s-0GF3XTloc Some records are simple. Some are hard. Some are flat-out terrifying. Balancing a running chainsaw on my chin falls squarely into the “terrifying” category, a challenge that took me years to even work up the nerve to attempt.  The Setup: No Margin for Error It’s not just balance; there’s mechanical precision and significant risk. […]

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I Broke a World Record in the Middle of the Pacific Ocean (On a 15-Day Disney Cruise)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9MB_1vpe_NQ This was supposed to be a regular family vacation. (*regular* is a highly subjective and personal term because…) My family and I had been on a mission to visit all 63 U.S. National Parks. The most remote one to get to is the National Park of American Samoa, which is on a tiny island

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Balancing a Skateboard on My Chin for Over an Hour (Yes, It Hurt)

https://youtube.com/shorts/WlGXucuOx40?si=7pAaW9aiRG9FpqWY Balancing a Skateboard on My Chin for Over an Hour (Yes, It Hurt) Among my 350+ Guinness World Records, many involve balancing objects on my chin for extended durations. What most people don’t realize is how physically demanding these records are — particularly on the neck and jaw. The Training Behind the Record Building

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Five Balloons. Two People. 16 Minutes 25 Seconds

https://youtube.com/shorts/OwpSSjo8Fhs?si=ORw-8CRZ7W6cN34k GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS • TEAM ATTEMPT Five Balloons.Two People.16 Minutes 25 Seconds. DAVID RUSH • WITH ALEX GOSCH • BOISE, IDAHO 16:25 FINAL TIME 5 BALLOONS 9:58 THE SCARE 350+ TOTAL GWR TITLES Every record attempt has a moment where it can all fall apart (and sometimes many). This one had its moment at exactly nine minutes and

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Furthest Behind the Back Catch of a Tennis Ball: 199 Feet and a New Guinness World Records Title

https://youtu.be/rjDsJDrHgIA Some records are about speed. Some are about strength. Some are about endurance. And then there are records like this one, where you stand nearly two hundred feet away from your buddy, turn your back to him, and try to snag a tennis ball you can’t even see.That’s the Guinness World Records title for

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FASTEST TIME TO STACK 20 DICE INTO TWO TOWERS TEAM OF 4

https://youtube.com/shorts/9YznuLjVj3s?si=D56A-qBXEzZ5B4br Fastest Time to Stack 20 Dice Into Two Towers Team of Four 10.16 Seconds What do you do on your birthday when you already hold the most concurrent Guinness World Records titles on the planet? You grab some dice. You call your family. And you go after another one. The official title is Fastest

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Pain in the Neck

https://youtube.com/shorts/eDtF2pxE2c8?si=7tbaH8fo1KaC3q3O Taking Back Another One. Longest Time Balancing a Chair on the Chin Shortly after reclaiming the Guinness World Record for Longest Time Bouncing a Ladder on the Chin, I decided to go after another record I had previously held. This one is just as unforgiving, if not more so. Longest Time Balancing a Chair

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The Record That Never Lets Go: Longest Time Balancing a Ladder on the Chin

https://youtube.com/shorts/V5Rjf2XtABc?si=GBqHU8BWASaljaPg Some records are fun. Some records are impressive. And then there are records that hurt every single time you go anywhere near them. This is one of those records. I’m officially the Guinness World Records title holder for Longest Time Balancing a Ladder on the Chin, a title I’ve now held three different times across

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Group World Records: Some of the Easiest Records to Break and the Hardest

https://youtu.be/AW1FIPPYk30 When people hear I have 350+ Guinness World Records titles, they usually assume every record attempt must involve extreme athleticism, endless training, or some kind of wild circus trick. Sometimes it does. But some of my favorite records are the ones that sound easy. The ones where everyone listening says, “Wait, that’s a Guinness

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