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• Winter X Games 14 produces 15 Winter X Games 14 produces 15 Guinness World Records!

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    WOW

    

    Just when you think they can’t get any better, they just do.  What a magnificent Winter X Games it was!  Over the course of four days, over 300 athletes competed in what is regarded as the most prestigious winter action sports event in existence.   From Snowboarder X to Skiing Superpipe High Air, from Snowmobile Freestyle to Mono X, Guinness World Records was there throughout to bring to you all the latest superlative updates from the competition in what has to be one of the most memorable years ever in the event’s history.  The Snowskate Park also produced memories of its own as over 30 young competitors all took part in the Guinness World Records Challenge and in the process setting three new world records.

    

    Congratulations and thanks to all who participated in Winter X Games 14 and everyone behind the scenes who helped to make it such a fantastic event.  All that’s left to say is, bring on X Games 16 in Los Angeles!

    Here is the complete list of all the records that were set or broken over the four days.  

    1. Highest Air on Skis off a Superpipe (24 ft 11 in, Peter Olenick)
    2. Highest Air on a Snowboard off a Superpipe (23 ft, Shaun White)
    3. Highest Ollie on a Snowskate (28.5 in, Phil Smage)
    4. Most Kickflips in 30 seconds (14, Max Hilty)
    5. Highest Hippie Jump on a Snowskate (18 in, Kyle Williams)
    6. Longest Jump on a Snowmobile (301 ft 5 in, Paul Thacker)
    7. Most Revolutions on Skis (4.5 or 1620°)
    8. Largest Single Day WXG Attendance (Jan 30 2010, 34,500 people)
    9. Largest WXG Attendance (WXG 14, 85,000 people)
    10. Most Snowboarder X Women’s Three-Peat (2)
    11. Most WXG Medals Won (15, Shaun White)
    12. Most WXC Gold Medals Won (10, Shaun White)
    13. Most WXG Gold in Women’s Superpipe Finals (4, Gretchen Bleiler)
    14. Most Consecutive Gold Medals in Men’s Snowboarder X (5, Nate Holland)
    15. Most Skiing Superpipe Gold Medals (4, Ophelie David)

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• Helen Skelton’s Amazing Amazon Helen Skelton’s Amazing Amazon Adventure

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    Helen Skelton triples current World Record as she reaches 1,000 mile mark!

    Courageous kayaker, Helen Skelton, has tripled the current Guinness World Record for the longest solo journey by kayak as she reaches the half way point in her epic 2,010 mile kayak in aid of Sport Relief.

    
    The existing Guinness World Record, set in 2006, stands at 326.98 miles and Blue Peter presenter Helen has more than tripled that distance, clocking up over 1,000 miles in just three weeks as she battles through her Amazing Amazon Adventure.

    
    Super Skelton will have also set a new Guinness World Record for the longest distance in a kayak in 24 hours by a woman - paddling her way through 75 miles of Amazonian waters in just one day. Evidence of both records is being sent to Guinness World Records for final verification.

    
    Helen said: “One thousand miles down, one thousand miles to go. I know I’ve got a lot of hard work still to do but at least I am closer to the end than the beginning now. Every single day here is tough so all I can do is take each one at a time and get through it. I have been suffering with the heat, my shoulders are sore and my legs are covered in mosquito bites but I’m battling on.”

    
    Helen set off on the 20th January from the start of the geographic Amazon, near Nauta in Peru, and is aiming to finish a whopping 2,010 miles downstream at Almerim in Brazil, where the river becomes tidal.

    
    In order to reach the 2,010 mile target in just six weeks, Helen is having to maintain a gruelling pace, paddling around 60 miles a day with only one rest day a week - making this one of the toughest physical challenges ever undertaken in aid of Sport Relief.

    
    A Guinness World Records spokesperson said “We are extremely pleased to hear that Helen has tripled the current record mark and we hope to ratify both these records as quickly as possible to recognize this fantastic achievement”.

    Blue Peter hope Helen’s incredible efforts will inspire families across the UK to rise to their own challenge for Sport Relief, enter the Sport Relief Mile and help raise money that will change lives forever. Go to sportrelief.com now to find out how you can get involved.

    
    Viewers are able to follow Helen’s progress with weekly TV updates from the Amazon on CBBC’s Blue Peter and a full round up of Helen’s challenge will be shown in two Blue Peter special episodes on 16th and 17th March, in the lead up to the Sport Relief Weekend.

    
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    For information, interview requests and photography please contact:

    Jess Ord j.ord@comicrelief.com  or call 0207 840 2517

    NOTES TO EDITOR

    1. Current GWR : the longest journey by canoe or kayak was made by Daniel Bloor (UK) who travelled 326.98 miles (526.22km) from Tewitfield, Cumbria to Little Venice, London, UK, from 9 June 2006 to 19 June 2006. Evidence of her tremendous feat is already being sent to Guinness World Records headquarters for verification.
    2. New GWR category for the longest kayak in 24 hours by a woman on flowing water.
    3. This is the start of the geographic Amazon where the Rio Maranon and the Rio Ucayli, the two rivers that feed the Amazon, meet.

    About Helen Skelton
    Twenty six year old Helen has undertaken a number of testing physical endeavours in the past. In April 2009 she completed a 78 mile, 24-hour ultra-marathon in the Namibian desert and has run both the London and New York marathons. She has also taken on many Blue Peter challenges, from speed boat racing to having a swarm of bees form a ‘beard’ on her face!

    CBBC
    CBBC won the Children's Channel of the Year Award at the Children's Baftas in November 2008 and was named Children's Channel of the Year at the Broadcast Digital Awards in June 2009. Figures show that CBBC is one of the most-loved channels for children, and it reaches more six to 12-year-olds than any other children's channel in the UK. Almost a third of all six to 12-year-olds in digital homes in the UK tune into CBBC on a weekly basis.

    
    About Sport Relief
    As one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. The Sport Relief Weekend takes place from Friday 19th March to Sunday 21st March 2010 including a night of Sport Relief telly on BBC One and the Sport Relief Mile events across the UK on Sunday 21st March. All the cash raised by the public will help transform the lives of those living tough lives across the UK and the world’s poorest countries.
     
    Since its launch in 2002, millions of people have taken part in Sport Relief, helping to raise over £80 million. Sport Relief has a unique history of dedicated people doing extraordinary things to rise to the challenge, from David Walliams’ astonishing swim across the English Channel to Eddie Izzard’s truly amazing marathon a day around the UK.   Further information is available on www.sportrelief.com
     
    Sport Relief is an initiative of Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).

     

     

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• The Longest and Highest Celebr The Longest and Highest Celebrated at Winter X Games 14

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    It’s always a bit sad when an event comes to an end and none more so than the Winter X Games.  From the kids doing all they could in the Snowskate Park to get in to the book, to the superstar athletes amazing us on the slopes, it’s always an awesome spectacle.  We were keen to finish the event off as best we could and Winter X Games 14 did not let us down!

    

    As we were told that there was snow coming in the afternoon it was important to chronicle as many records as we could before the weather got worse.  And so…to the Snowskate Park!

    Indeed, as the Park filled with youngsters we asked ourselves what challenge could these lads try and break?  Of course the only answer was…the highest hippie jump!

    Now although I did see quite a few hippies in Aspen, this does not actually mean jumping over a dropout from the 60s.  No, a hippie jump involves riding your skate up to a bar, jumping over the bar as the skate goes under it and then landing back on it successfully.  We checked and all the boys said they could do it so off we went.

    

    

    

    The bar started pretty low but gradually jumped up.  10 inches…13 inches…15 inches…18 inches!  There could be only one man standing of course and this happened to be Kyle Williams who virtually flew over the bar and landed smoothly back on his snowskate sealing his name in the Guinness World Records book.  What a star!  Congrats to him for really giving it his best shot and getting his name in the Guinness World Records book!

    

    We had heard that amongst the snowmobile riders there was a legend who stood out from the rest.  A man so unburdened by the 500 lb of machine he rides that he can literally fly.  There can be only one man with this power and his name is Paul Thacker.  After we had asked around and discovered he was in Aspen there was nothing for it but to go and introduce ourselves.  The reason being that Thacker holds the Guinness World Record for the longest jump on a snowmobile, an astonishing 301 feet 5 inches.

    Three hundred and one feet, five inches!

    

    Are you kidding me?  Nope.  Thacker set this record in March 2009 and it has stood unchallenged since then.  Fantastic.  Thacker was a real gent and let us visit him in his trailer where we were able to interview him and take pictures as well as present him with a certificate for his achievement.  Many thanks to you and your crew Paul and all the very best for 2010!

    The last competition of the day was the Superpipe High Air Ski Finals, where skiers have 20 minutes to go as high as they can off the edge of the pipe.  No record had been recorded yet for this so we knew whatever happened we had one in the bag.  There were six skiers participating including Aspen local Peter Olenick who had suffered a couple of nasty falls in the Superpipe finals earlier in the day.  The mark was set pretty high as the first skier went up and recorded an air of 20 ft and from then on there was no looking back.  As the clock wound down the height went up by feet then inches until finally Olenick came down the pipe and flew in to the air to record a jump of 24 ft 11 in – HUUUUUGE!

    

    The crowd went wild and as time ran out it was confirmed that the gold was his.  We were fortunate enough to then get an interview with Olenick but the icing on the cake was when we were asked to present him with a certificate on the podium for the Highest Air off a Superpipe on Skis  -  a new Guinness World Record!  Congratulations Peter!  

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• 虎年快乐！ 虎年快乐！

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    虎年即将来临，中国人民都在喜气洋洋地庆祝。吉尼斯世界纪录也为我们的纪录保持者、申请者和其他所有的中国人送上我们的美好祝愿，春节快乐！

      现在来自中国的纪录越来越多，越来越多的中国人走进了我们的《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》一书中。而中文版的《吉尼斯世界纪录大全》（2010年版）在春节后就将出版！我们跨入新的十年，这也是最好的时候，由我们的书来呈现过去十年中我们认为最激动人心、最令人惊叹、最重大和改变世界的纪录和纪录保持者。它称得上是十年一版。在书中，除了普通的创纪录的成就之外，你还可以看到一些一直没有被打破的纪录，如迄今为止最高的人和最大的量产车，你还可以看到收录在“十年一百大纪录”中的纪录，如最高的建筑等。当然你也会看到来自中国的精彩纪录，如运行时速最快的火车、最高的瀑布跳水、旋转最多的呼啦圈、收藏最多的雪景玻璃球和最大的折纸拼图，等等。

    我们现在也非常高兴地献上几张中国的纪录照片，来加入到欢乐的庆祝之中：

     

    
    

     最长的舞龙

     

    
    

     分钟内背后抛接空竹最多

     

    
    

    最大规模的马头琴齐奏

     

     

    
    

    嫁接品种最多的植物

     

     

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    最大的水果拼图

     

     

    祝愿每个人在新的一年硕果累累！事事顺意！

    吉尼斯世界纪录

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    
    

     

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• Un Alrecchino da Record Un Alrecchino da Record

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    A vederlo in scena, dietro quella maschera che è ormai diventata quasi una sua seconda faccia, con quell’energia di salti e capriole, tutto si potrebbe dire ma non che Ferruccio Soleri ha 80 anni. L’Arlecchino più famoso del mondo da oggi detiene anche un record mondiale, ovvero quello dell’attore che ha recitato più a lungo nello stesso ruolo e nello stesso spettacolo con la stessa regia.

    

    Soleri ha recitato nel ruolo di Arlecchino per 2.064 volte a partire dal 28 febbraio 1960.

    Lo spettacolo “Arlecchino, servitore di due padroni”, capolavoro di Carlo Goldoni diretto da Giorgio Strehler e prodotto dal Piccolo Teatro di Milano – Teatro d’Europa, è stato rappresentato finora nei teatri di 331 citta’ (183 italiane e 149 città di 32 paesi del mondo).

    

    Soleri recitò la prima volta nel ruolo di protaginista Arlecchino il 28 febbraio 1960, quando per la prima volta sostituì al New York City Center, il titolare del ruolo, Marcello Moretti.

    Si legge nell’articolo pubblicato sul quotidiano “La Notte” del 5 marzo 1960: “Una novità nel soggiorno newyorchese di Arlecchino è stata che nello spettacolo diurno di domenica ha avuto luogo il debutto del giovane Ferruccio Soleri: dopo tre mesi di prove e reprove, Soleri ha esordito benissimo […]”.

    

    Da quell 29 febbraio 1960 Soleri ha recitato 2.064 volte nel ruolo di Arlecchino, per i primi tre anni come sostituto di Marcello Moretti, e, dal 1963, dopo la sua morte, come titolare.

    In tale ruolo l’ultima rappresentazione in ordine di tempo è stata il 31 ottobre 2009 a Minsk in Bielorussia, alla vigilia del suo ottantesimo compleanno, avvenuto il 6 novembre 2009.

    

    A 50 anni dal debutto, Soleri rappresenterà Arlecchino di Nuovo al Piccolo Teatro di Milano a partire dal 10 febbraio fino al 21 marzo 2010.

    Soleri tiene in tutto il mondo stage sulla Commedia dell’Arte e sul Teatro. Fra i numerosi premi ricevuti, la medaglia civica di benemerenza del Comune di Milano, l’Arlecchino d’Oro 2001 a Mantova, la Maschera d’Oro 2001 a Mosca, la Medaglia d’Oro del Presidente della Repubblica nel 2005 come benemerito della Scuola, della Cultura e dell’Arte, il Leone d’Oro alla carriera alla Biennale Internazionale di Venezia 2006.

    Congratulazioni dal Team di Guinness World Records Ferruccio Soleri!

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• Forum İstanbul'daki onikinci g Forum İstanbul'daki onikinci günümüz

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    07 Şubat 2010 Pazar , Forum İstanbul'da  GWR Live! Roadshow'un 12. gününde yarışmalarımız aynı hızla devam ediyor.

    Bugün sadece bir rekor paylaşıldı:

    1) Bir dakikada en fazla ayakkabı yerleştirme rekoru 9 ayakkabıydı. Bu rekoru Ahmet Karaalp tekrarlayabildiEn kısa sürede çocuk mankeni soyma rekor denemesine katılan bir beyefendiyi ne yazık ki diskalifiye etmek zorunda kaldık, çünkü mankenin şapkasını kartona koymadı. Oysa bu da kurallardan bir tanesiydi.Bugün özel hafta sonu yarışmamızı düzenledik. Yarışmanın adı "12 ürünü en kısa sürede barkod makinasından geçirmek"ti. Toplam 11 katılımcımız oldu, bunlardan 7 tanesini, yarışma kurallarına uymadıkları için elemek zorunda kaldım. En hızlı yarışmacımız 2 dakika 13 saniye ile Okan Bayındır oldu. Okan Bey'i kutluyoruz ! REAL Supermarketi, barkod makinasından geçirdiği tüm ürünleri ona hediye etti. Teşekkürler.
     Işte benim asistanım, Mine hanim, ona yardımları için çok teşekkűr ediyorum

    AVM'miz yine çok hareketli bir gün geçirdi.

    Bu arada birçok rekor kırldığı için, yeni rekorlar elde etmek oldukça zorlaştı.GWR Live! Roadshow'daki 12. günümüzden de bu kadar. Haftaya 12 Şubat Cuma günü görüşmek üzere.

    Seyda Subasi-Gemici

    08 Şubat 2010
      
    
    

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• Day Twelve at Forum Istanbul Day Twelve at Forum Istanbul

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    Sunday,07 February 2010 is the twelfth day of the GWR Live!Roadshow at the Forum Istanbul in Turkey. Our challenges were the same as before. 

    Today only one record was equalled:
     
    1) Most shoes sorted in one minute is 9 and was equalled by Ahmet Karaalp (Turkey)There was one gentlemen who tried to break the record " Fatest time to undress a child". I had to disqualify him because he did not place the hat of the mannequin into the cardboard since this is part of the guidelines.The mall was almost completely full. Today we had our special weekened challenge for "The fastest time to pack and scan 12 items" We had 11 contestants in total, I had to disqualify 7 of them because they did not follow the guidelines as required. The fastest contestant was Mr. Okan Bayindir with 2 minutes and 13 seconds. Congratulations to him! As a gift from REAL Supermarket he could keep all the items which he scanned.

    I would like to take this oppurtunity to say thank you to Mrs. Mine who is our Archivist and my Assistant. She is doing a great job!  Since many records are broken so far it is getting harder and harder to break records.This was my twelfth day on this GWR Live! Roadshow, see you up-coming Friday 12 February
     
    My best wishes,

    Seyda Subasi-Gemici

    08 February 2010

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• Forum İstanbul'da onbirinci gü Forum İstanbul'da onbirinci günümüz

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    06 Şubat 2010 Cumartesi,  Forum İstanbul'da GWR Live! Roadshow'un 11. günü. Denemelerimiz aynen devam ediyor.

    Bugün 3 rekorun kırıldığını duyurmaktan çok mutluyum :

    1) Bir çocuk mankenin en kısa süredi elbiselerini soyma rekoru 7.07 saniye ile Feyza Atlıoğlu'nun oldu

    

     2) "Bay Patates Kafa"nın parçalarını 7.59 saniyede Samet Durmaz birleştirdi. Samet Bey bu yarışmada daha önce rekor sahibi olmuştu fakat rekoru başkası tarafından kırıldı. O ise azmetti ve yeni bir derece ile rekoru tekrar ele geçirdi. Başka rekorlara imza atmak üzere onu yine görmeyi umuyoruz

    

    3) Bir çocuk mankeni en kısa sürede soyma rekoru bir daha kırıldı, yeni derecemiz 6.68 saniye ve

    Samet Cőrt'e ait

    "En çok kalemi masada durdurma" yarışmasına katılan iki tane çok heyecanlı erkek cocuğumuz oldu.

    Çocuklardan biri tam 14 kalemle büyük başarı elde ederken, diğeri heyecaından dolayı sadece bir kalemde kaldı.

    

    Yarınki "12 ürünü barkod makinasından en kısa sürede geçirme" yarışmamıza bugün çok başvuru aldık. Yarın bu denemede 10 katılımcımız olacak.

    AVM oldukça kalabalıktı ve istasyonlarımıza ilgi her zamanki gibi çok büyüktü.Koçlarımız ise en iyi performanslarını sergilediler.Çok fazla rekor kırılmasa da Türkiye'de çok büyük yeteneklerin olduğu şüphesiz. İnsanlar yeni rekorların sahibi olmak için çok çaba sarfediyolar.GWR Live! Roadshow'daki 11. günümüz de böyle geçti.

    Takım arkadaşlarımız birbirine iyice alıştılar ve hepimiz bu efsanevi Guinness World Records Live! Roadshow'da büyük coşku ile çalışıyoruz.! 
     
    Seyda Subasi-Gemici

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• Day Eleven at Forum Istanbul Day Eleven at Forum Istanbul

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    Saturday,06 February 2010 is the eleventh day of the GWR Live!Roadshow at the Forum Istanbul in Turkey. Our challenges were the same as before. 
     
    Today three records were broken:
     
     
    1) The fastest time to undress a child mannequin is 7.07 seconds and was achieved by Feyza Atlioglu (Turkey)2) The fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head is 7.59 seconds and was achieved by Samet Durmaz (Turkey). Samet Durmaz was the record holder with this challenge before the current record holder.
    Now he broke the record again! Congratulations to him. Let's see if he will come back in order to brake more records.3) The fastest time to undress a child mannequin was broken one more time and is 6.68 seconds and was achieved by Samet Cört (Turkey) 
    We had two little excited boys who attempted together the challenge "placing the most pencils on the table in one minute". One boy was sucessfull with 14 pencils and the other placed only 1 pencil due to excitement.So far, We received many applications for our contest tomorrow which will be "the fastest time to pack and scan 12 items". There will be ten contestants taking part in this challenge.

    The mall was full and our our stations were very popular as usual. Our coaches were in great form as well!There weren't as many records broken but Turkey's got talent and people are working very hard to be the holders of new records.
    This was my eleventh day on this GWR Live! Roadshow, our whole team has got used to each other and we are sharing the enthusiasm of this fabulous Guinness World Records Live! Roadshow in Turkey.
     
    Seyda Subasi-Gemici

    07 February 2010
     
     

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• Forum İstanbul'daki onuncu gün Forum İstanbul'daki onuncu günümüz

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    05 Şubat 2010, Cuma günü Forum İstanbul çatısı altında GWR Live! Roadshow'un 10. günü. Önceki günlerde yaptığımız denemelere devam ediyoruz.
    
    

     

    Bugün sadece bir rekorumuz paylaşıldı :

    Şimdiye kadar bir dakikada en fazla 9 ayakkabı yerleştirilebilmişti. Ercan Metin bu rekoru bugün tekrarlama başarısını gösterdi ve şu an rekoru Tahsin Çelik ile paylaşıyor.

    Bunu dışında ne yazık ki yeni rekor da kırılamadı. Bir karı koca arasında çok ilginç bir çekişmeye şahit olduk. Bir dakikada en fazla yastık yüzü geçirme denemesine katıldılar. Bayan yarışmacımız 4 yastık yüzü geçirirken, eşi 3 yastıkta kaldı. Bugün rekor kırılamadı, fakat bu gösteri gerçekten çok eğlenceliydi ! Bayan yarışmacımız bu deneme için evde hazırlandıklarını da anlattı bize. Yeni bir haftasonu özel yarışmamızı da bugün duyurduk. Adı "12 tane ürünü en kısa sürede barkod makinasından geçirme" denemesi. Sponsorumuz REAL süpermarkete çok teşekkür ederiz. Bu deneme için henüz bir rekor bulunmuyor. Yarışma Pazar gűnű 07 Şubat saat 17.00 de başlayacak.

    
    Bu GWR Live! Roadshow'daki 10. günümdü. Türkiye'den en iyi dileklerimle şimdilik hoşçakalın.Seyda Subasi-Gemici
     
    06 Subat 2010

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• Day Ten at Forum Istanbul Day Ten at Forum Istanbul

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    Friday, 05 February 2010 is the tenth day of the GWR Live!Roadshow at the Forum Istanbul in Turkey. Our challenges were the same as before. 
     

    Today only one record was equalled:
    1) Most shoes sorted in one minute is 9, this record was equalled by Ercan Metin (Turkey)
     
    Other than that no records were broken. One interesting competition was between a husband and his wife.They competed in "most cushions covered in one minute". The lady got four and the gentlemen covered 3 cushions. There was no record broken but this attempt was really entertaining! The said that they tried this challenge at home before they came here.Today we announced our special week-end challenge for "the fastest time to pack and scan twelve items" sponsered from REAL Supermarket. There is no current record holder for this challenge. The contest will take place on Sunday 07 February at 17.00 hrs. 
     

    This was my tenth day on this GWR Live! Roadshow. Best wishes from Turkey!
    Seyda Subasi-Gemici
     
    07 February 2010

     

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• Le Plus Grand Gratin Dauphinoi Le Plus Grand Gratin Dauphinois au Monde

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    Vendredi 29 janvier au petit matin, le juge officiel français de Guinness World Records, Frank Chambers se prépare à affronter une journée plus froide que les autres. Il se rend en effet au milieu des Alpes Françaises dans la station de ski du même nom : l’Alpe d’Huez. La raison de ce déplacement n’est pas des moindres puisque l’Office du Tourisme de l’Alpe d’Huez se prépare à établir le record du plus grand gratin dauphinois au monde...

    

    Ce plat été officiellement mentionné pour la première fois, le 12 juillet 1788, après un dîner organisé par Charles-Henri duc de Clermont-Tonnerre, alors lieutenant général du Dauphiné. Il est depuis devenu une spécialité locale incontournable.

    L’Office du Tourisme a travaillé des mois sur la préparation de ce record avec notamment la fabrication d’un poêlon fait sur mesure (10 mètres de long sur 2 mètres de large) pour cuire le gratin dauphinois. La quantité des ingrédients est elle aussi extraordinaire avec plus de 2.700 pommes de terres épluchées par les enfants de la station, 300kg de crème fraiche et 10kg d’ail ! Les parts du gratin dauphinois seront ensuite vendues et les bénéfices reçus reversés à l’association ELA.

    Pour établir un nouveau record il faudra que le poids du gratin atteigne un minimum de 200kg. Pari tenu ! Avec un poids de plus de 3 tonnes le plus grand gratin dauphinois au monde est homologué par Frank Chambers qui remet alors un certificat officiel aux organisateurs.

    La France est encore une fois à l’honneur avec un impressionant record de gastronomie !

     

     

     

     

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• Village People & 40,148 Dancin Village People & 40,148 Dancing "YMCA" Fans Set Guinness World Record

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    Village People sang and 40,148 adoring fans in the stadium danced their way into a world record. Just certified this week by Guinness World Records, the largest YMCA dance ever was scored during the halftime show at the Brut Sun Bowl, in El Paso, Texas, presented by Helen of Troy, on December 31, 2008.

    Danny Girton, Jr., Guinness World Records Adjudication Manager, announced today, “On behalf of Guinness World Records, we are delighted to certify such a visual, fun and monumental record achievement. A very worthy effort by all 40,148 participants and we welcome them to the Guinness World Records family!”

    Village People has sold more than 100 million albums and singles internationally and remains as popular today as the group was in the beginning. They continue to perform to sell-out crowds around the world. The group’s biggest hit records include YMCA, Macho Man, In The Navy, Can’t Stop the Music, Go West and San Francisco/Hollywood. YMCA is, to date, their best selling single, amassing sales of over 15 million units worldwide (four million in the U.S. alone).

    Today, 32 years after the creation of the group, the Village People legacy endures and continues to be reinvented through the six performers who don the iconic costumes that first captured and captivated the world’s attention in 1977.

    They are: Ray Simpson, who replaced Victor Willis as the group’s lead singer/Cop character in 1979, beginning with the group’s cult hit film Can’t Stop the Music. Felipe Rose, who is the one and only Indian, and was the basis for the creation of the group. He is half-Native American and half-Puerto Rican. Alexander Briley, the one and only G.I./Military Man. David Hodo, the original Construction Man. Jeff Olson, who, in 1980, replaced Randy Jones as the Cowboy just after Can’t Stop the Music. Eric Anzalone, who joined the group in 1995 as the Biker/Leatherman, as original member Glenn Hughes began battling lung cancer.

    With a global fan base and a worldwide tour schedule that attests to the group’s enduring and increasing popularity, Village People is thrilled to also be recognized by Guinness World Records.

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    02 February 2010
    Village People press contact: Brad Lemack
    Lemack & Company Talent Management/Public Relations
    (626) 285-4040 • blemack@LemackCo.com

    Photo caption: Village People lead 40,148 dancing “YMCA” fans at the Sun Bowl,in El Paso, Texas, into a Guinness World Record (L to R: Village People Jeff Olson,the Cowboy; David Hodo, the Construction Worker; Felipe Rose, the Indian; Eric Anzalone, the Biker/Leatherman; Ray Simpson, the lead singer/Cop; and Alexander Briley, the G.I./Military Man.) Photo credit: Brian Kanof.

    For more information on Village People, including detailed bios and a decade-by-decade history, visit their Web site: OfficialVillagePeople.com.

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• The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hot The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel House of Cards Guinness World Records™ Attempt

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    The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel House of Cards Guinness World Records™ Attempt

    190,000 Cards in 44 Days Guinness World Records-Breaking Attempt

    Macao, Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China (January 26, 2010) –

    The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel is proud to announce that Bryan Berg who holds the Guinness World Records record for the world’s largest house of

    freestanding playing cards and the Guinness World Records record for the world's tallest house of freestanding playing cards, will launch an attempt to break his own Guinness World Records record for the largest house of freestanding playing cards at The Venetian Macao®.

    Berg’s attempt to build a replica of The Venetian® Macao, The Plaza™ Macao and Sands Macao buildings will use more than 190,000 cards and take 44 days to complete. Berg will begin building Tuesday, January 26, 2010 and complete his construction Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at The Venetian Macao®.

    Berg’s card structures will recreate intricate details of these icons of the Cotai Strip®, such as the Rialto Bridge, the Campanile Tower, and challenging curved shapes of The Plaza™ Macao and Sands Macao. Overall, the composition will be 10 1/2 meters (35

    feet) long, 3 1/2 meters (11 feet) tall, and weigh more than 227 kilograms (500 pounds). The cards Berg will use in this record attempt, if laid end to end, would stretch more than 17 kilometers (10 1/2 miles).

    Card stacking requires that the builder use no tape, glue or other foreign substances that would aid the construction of the structure. To prove that Berg complies with these rules, after 10 days of displaying the completed record-setting replica, on Saturday, March 20, 2010, Berg will have to publicly knock it all down.

    To celebrate the world record attempt and knocking down of the cards, one lucky Cardstacker Sweepstakes participant who draws the Gold Million Card used in the construction of the structure will instantly win HKD$1,000,000.

    Throughout the construction period, The Venetian® Macao and Bryan Berg will offer workshops for children, teaching them how to stack cards, as well as cardstacking contests on Saturdays at 3pm for the public, and 5pm for invited community children's centers.

    “I was inspired to stack cards by my card-playing grandfather; maybe I can inspire some visitors at The Venetian Macao to try their hand at building their own structures,” said Berg. “This will be the most ambitious project I have undertaken to date, and there couldn't be a more fitting place to build the world's largest house of cards than at the world's largest resort hotel. Given the location of my attempt, I will work to capture the immense grandeur and beauty of The Venetian, The Plaza and Sands Macao.”

    Visitors wishing to catch a glimpse of Berg constructing his record-breaking attempt should visit the open space in front of the ZAİA™ Theater between January 26 and March 20, 2010 at The Venetian® Macao.

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    About The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel

    The Venetian® Macao-Resort-Hotel is Macao's first integrated resort featuring stunning replicas of the famous canals and architectural icons of Venice, Italy. The Venetian Macao features 3,000 suites, 1.2 million square feet of convention and meeting facilities as well as a 15,000-seat cotaiarena™ designed for world-class sports events and electrifying entertainment. Also at The Venetian Macao is an impressive, 1,800-seat ZAİA™ Theater for the spectacular Cirque duSoleil® production; more than 30 renowned restaurants; the MALO CLINIC Spa, the incredibly fun Qube indoor playground and more than 300 retailers at The Grand Canal Shoppes. Outdoor recreation areas include swimming pools and cabanas, a mini golf course and gondola rides at the outdoor lagoon.

    About Bryan Berg

    Bryan Berg broke the Guinness World Record for the World's Tallest House of Freestanding Playing Cards in 1992 at the age of seventeen, with a tower fourteen feet, six inches tall. His latest record-holding structure in the category is over twenty-five feet tall. In 2004, Guinness created a new record category for the World's Largest House of Freestanding Playing Cards to recognize a project Berg built for Walt Disney World―a replica of Cinderella's Castle. He continues to hold both records. Berg has stacked cards in virtually every major US and Canadian city, and across Europe and Asia. He is trained as an architect, and holds a Masters degree from Harvard University.

    Dates:

    • Commencement, Tuesday, January 26, 2010
    • Completion, Wednesday, March 10, 2010
    • Knockdown, Saturday, March 20, 2010
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• Largest seashell mosaic Largest seashell mosaic

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    On 17 January 2010, Guinness World Records® was present in Dubai, UAE to adjudicate the record attempt for the largest seashell mosaic.

    The mosaic which was made entirely from seashells resembled Dubai’s police logo which is a dhow sailing on sea waves, the mosaic was created to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the accession day of His Highness, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to be the ruler of Dubai.

    

    The mosaic’s length is 13.6 metres and it is 12 metres wide. Made entirely of seashells, the mosaic weighs 1700 kilogram and is 3 metres high. The 60,000 shells which were used in the mosaic were collected by personnel from Dubai Police who scoured Jumeirah Beach in Dubai to look for the best specimens to be used for the mosaic. The seashell mosaic was built in 32 days and 59 persons took part in gathering and classifying the seashells.

    

    A ceremony to unveil the mosaic was held at Dubai Police’s headquarters. The ceremony was attended by Major General, Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police and senior officers.

    

    At the end of the record, Talal Omar, the Guinness World Records adjudicator, announced the success of the attempt and presented The Guinness World Records certificate for the largest seashell mosaic to Dubai Police Chief Lt. General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, who declared after receiving the certificate that The police’s logo, which consists of dhow sailing on the sea, is reflecting our heritage. The sea was the only source of sustenance for the Emiratis in the past. So we decided to create a mosaic made of seashells to reflect that our history is part of our present of which we are proud of.

    

    Congratulations to the new records holders.

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• Grammy Awards 2010: Continuing Grammy Awards 2010: Continuing a Record-Breaking Tradition

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    This past Sunday, January 31, marked the 52nd time the Recording Academy gathered music’s best and brightest in one room and recognized the past year’s achievements at the Grammy Awards. At these, the most prestigious awards in music, it can feel like an artist’s greatest accomplishment to win just one (an “impossible dream,” in the words of Taylor Swift, winner of 4 Grammys this year), but there are some who have added so many of those coveted golden gramophones to their collection that they have joined the ranks of Guinness World Record holders as well as Grammy winners.

    

    The big story this weekend was the 3-D tribute to Michael Jackson, current holder of 10 Guinness World Records. Sunday’s show included a star-studded performance of “Earth Song” featuring, along with a recording of Jackson’s voice, Celine Dion, Usher, Carrie Underwood, Jennifer Hudson and Smokey Robinson. In 1984, Jackson set a record for MOST GRAMMY AWARDS WON IN A SINGLE YEAR BY AN INDIVIDUAL when he won a total of 8 awards with his album Thriller, itself a record holder as the BEST SELLING ALBUM ever. Beyoncé Knowles took home the most awards in 2010, with 6, but did not win enough of her 10 categories to set a new single-year record. Her near-ubiquitous song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” was crowned Song of the Year, Best Female R&B Vocal Performance, and Best R&B Song.

    The original moonwalker also has some very distinguished company among Grammy record holders. Here are just a few of the most notable Guinness World Records set at the Grammy Awards:

    MOST GRAMMY AWARDS WON BY AN INDIVIDUAL – LIFETIME:
    Georg Solti (UK), a Hungarian-born British conductor, won a total of 31 Grammys in his lifetime, including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996. He won his first Grammy in 1958, the inaugural year of the ceremony. With her win this year, Allison Kraus tied producer Quincy Jones in 2nd place, with 27 wins.

    

    MOST GRAMMY AWARD WINS BY A GROUP:
    U2 (Ireland) won 22 Grammys over an 18-year span from 1988 (Joshua Tree) through 2006 (How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb). Both albums took home “Album of the Year,” and three other years the band won one or more of the “Big Four” awards (Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Best New Artist). In 1987, the band joined The Beatles and The Monkees as co-record holders for MOST ALBUMS ON THE U.S. CHART SIMULTANEOUSLY (7).

    EARLIEST WINNER OF THE “BIG FOUR” GRAMMY AWARDS IN ONE YEAR:
    Speaking of those much-coveted “Big Four,” Christopher Cross (USA) swept them all in 1981 when in addition to winning in the Best New Artist category, his self-titled debut album took home Album of the Year, while the song “Sailing” garnered both Song and Record of the Year. Although the Recording Academy no longer allows nominees for Song, Record or Album of the year to be eligible for Best New Artist, both Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga were each nominated in all of the remaining “Big Four” categories.

    

    MOST GRAMMY AWARDS WON IN A SINGLE YEAR BY A GROUP:
    In 2000, Santana’s (USA) Supernatural picked up 8 awards. The album itself, a series of collaborations by Santana with other contemporary artists, earned Album of the Year and Best Rock Album, while that year’s most ear-catching single, “Smooth” featuring Rob Thomas, nabbed both Record of the Year and Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals. Supernatural also holds the Guinness World Record for BEST SELLING ALBUM BY A LATIN ARTIST, as well as granting Santana the LONGEST GAP BETWEEN FIRST CHART ENTRY AND FIRST NO. 1 SINGLE (30 years) and the LONGEST GAP BETWEEN U.S. CHART ALBUM HITS (28 years). This year, Carlos Santana presented the Album of the Year award to Taylor Swift for 2009’s best-selling album, Fearless.

    MOST GRAMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS IN DIFFERENT CATEGORIES:
    Banjoist Béla Fleck (USA) has proved Grammy’s most versatile musician, earning 20 nominations and 9 wins in 8 different categories: country, pop, jazz, bluegrass, classical, folk, spoken word and composition and arranging. Her 9th win came in 2010 when “Throw Down Your Heart” nabbed Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

    YOUNGEST GRAMMY NOMINEE – SOLO ARTIST:
    At just 9 years 313 days old, “Miguelito”, born Miguel A. Valenzuela Morales (Puerto Rico), won the Latin Grammy Award for Best Latin Album for Children for El Heredero on 13 November 2008. Now 11, Miguelito continues to record music. He released his latest album, Los Pitchers, in August of 2009.

    Since their inaugural year, the Grammys have evolved from a modest 28-category affair at the Beverly Hills Hotel to the massive event now held at the Staples Center. With 109 categories, 18 performers, and even the very first 3-D awards show broadcast, this year’s ceremony was certainly one to remember!

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• Most Couples Hugging in 10 Sec Most Couples Hugging in 10 Seconds and Longest Massage Chain

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    What happens when up to 1,000 enthusiastic individuals dressed in sparkly bras, pink workout clothing and feather boas take part in a six hour exercise class? A whole host of achievements including two Guinness World Records and quite a few special moments as it happens.

    The “Bust A Move” exercise event hosted by the IWK and QEII Foundations in support of breast health in Nova Scotia encouraged participants to raise money in order to earn a place in the days proceedings which included yoga, Pilates and zuma dance classes. The event ultimately raised more than $1 million towards the purchase of a new digital mammography machine for the local hospital.

    

    Earlier in the day 313 couples took part in the first record attempt of the day – Most couples hugging for ten seconds, comfortably beating the previous record. With a little rearranging and orderly line forming, 617 individuals then earned a Guinness World Records record for the Longest Massage Chain completing the necessary three minutes of massage techniques without a pause.

    For many the highlight of the day took place at 5pm. Ater a long tiring workout and with energy fading, Richard Simmons burst onto stage wearing his trademark shorts and bedazzled red workout uniform, and reinvigorated the room with his unique brand of humor and dance energy. Richard is so popular amongst the exercise community that one participant had recently received a tattoo of Mr. Simmons to celebrate losing weight.

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• The Most people to polish a ca The Most people to polish a car simultaneously

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    On Thursday 28 January I was in Milton Keynes judging the attempt to achieve the most people to polish a car simultaneously. The attempt was part of a conference for the company ‘Tork’ who, amongst other things, specialise in cloths used by the F1 team for polishing cars. For the purpose of this event they had rented an F1 car. As it was a new category, Guinness World Records had set the minimum at 50 people. In order to qualify, at least 50 people would have to polish the car for 1 minute.
    
    
    
    Shortly after the car was in place, the participants filed into the room and were ushered to their places around the car. I gave a short explanation of the guidelines provided by Guinness World Records and the attempt began.
    
    
    I watched with the help of a few ushers and we all agreed that everyone had taken part for the entire minute. To the sound of cheers from all involved I announced that a total of 63 people had polished the car for 1 minute, a new Guinness World Records achievement.
    
    
    By Jack B Brockbank
    
    01 February 2010

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• Forum İstanbul'daki dokuzuncu Forum İstanbul'daki dokuzuncu günümüz

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    31 Ocak 2010 Pazar günü Forum İstanbul'da  GWR Live! Roadshow'un 9. günü.Bugün de aynı yarışmaları düzenledik.İşte kırılan rekorları tanıtıyoruz: 

     

    1) "Bay Patates Kafa"yı birleştirme rekoru bugün 9.93 saniye ile Oguzhan Taşer'in oldu.

    

    2) Çocuk mankeni en kısa sürede soyma rekorunu 7.25 saniye ile Okan Bayındır kazandı. Şu ana kadar geçerli olan rekor 7.26 saniye iken, Okan Bey bu rekoru 1 saniye farkla yenilemiş oldu

    

    3) Bir dakikada 25 t-shirt giyerek, Özlem Akın günün rekortmeni oldu

    

    Yeni rekortmenlerimizi içten kutluyoruz !

    Köfte yarışmamız bugün planladığımız gibi saat 17.00 de başladı. 9 erkek ve 2 bayan olmak üzere toplam 11 yarışmacı katıldı. Bir dakikada ortalama 7 - 8 köfte yendi.

    

    Tunahan Toptaş adlı yarışmacımız tam 11 tane yiyebildi. Şu andaki dünya rekoru 27 köfte ile İngiltere'den Nick Marshall'a ait. Tunahan Bey'in bu rekoru kırması için daha çok çalışması gerekecek.

    Yine de IKEA, Tunahan Bey'i başarısından dolayı 250.00 TL'lik bir çekle ödüllendirdi. 

    

    AVM yine çok kalabalıktı ve istasyonlarımıza büyük ilgi vardı. Her zamanki gibi çok başarılı olan koçlarımıza teşekkür ederiz.

     

    9. günümüz de böyle geçerken, Cuma günü GWR Live! Roadshow'da tekrar görüşmek üzere hoşçakalın.

    Seyda Subasi-Gemici

    1 Subat 2010

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• Day Nine at Forum Istanbul Day Nine at Forum Istanbul

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    Sunday, 31 January 2010 is the ninth of the GWR Live! Roadshow at the Forum Istanbul in Turkey. The following records were broken:

    1) The fastest time to assemble Mr. Potato Head is 9.93 seconds and was achieved by Oguzhan Taser (Turkey)

    

    2) The fastest time to undress a child mannequin is 7.25 and was achieved by Okan Bayindir (Turkey). The current record was 7.26 seconds. Mr. Bayindir broke it with just 1 second less!

    

    3) The most t-shirts put on in a minute is 25 and was achieved by Ozlem Akin (Turkey) Congratulations to our new record holders!

    

    Today, our meatball contest started at 17.00 hrs as planned. We had 11 contestants, in total: 2 ladies and 9 gentlemen. In average about 7-8 meatballs were consumed in one minute.

    

    The number of most meatballs consumed was 11, by Tunahan Toptas. He could not break the record, which is currently 27 meatballs and was achieved by Nick Marshall from the UK. Although Mr. Toptas couldn’t break the record, IKEA made him a favour and handed him a cheque of 250 Turkish Liras (which is equal 125 Euros).

    

    The mall was full again and our stations were very popular.

    Thanks to all our coaches who did a great job as usual! This was my ninth day on this GWR Live! Roadshow.

    My best regards,

    Seyda Subasi-Gemici

    01 February 2010

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