Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor
Pushing a running electric lawnmower for 71 metres is not a difficult thing to do, but try doing that distance not pushing it, but balancing it on your chin.
New Yorker Ashrita Furman broke his existing Guinness World Record for “the farthest distance walked balancing a powered lawnmower on the chin.”
When he finally lowered the grass-cutter to the pavement, Furman had travelled 71.53 metres, easily besting his previous and still-existing record of 20 metres.
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10 Responses
wow Ashrita already owns more than seven guinness world recorda!
It is so cool
That’s very cool I wish I could do that.
He must have a very strong neck to hold that weight!
Wouldn’t that be painful?
That dude is just so amazing
wow that must be hard
it must be hard
He has one of the best chins in the world
this guy has done the most world records you know