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Snowboarding's Top World Records
Higher, better, faster, longer — here are six snowboarders pushing the limits of the sport.
Snowboarding World Records
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Longest Rail This is a recent one – on June 10, 2015 in Dachstein, Austria, the Nitro Snowboards crew built an 84m (177ft) rail, and team rider Basti Rittig locked into the longest 50-50 slide in history ( watch the full thing here).
Longest Jump In 2005, Norwegian Mads Jonsson set the record for the longest jump on a snowboard when he boosted a 57m (187’) Frontside 360 in Hemsedal, Norway. The jump was so huge, Mads was the only rider to take it on: after stomping a backside 180 followed by the record-breaking (perfect) front three, he broke his wrist trying a backside 7. His season was over, but the record stood.
Most Vertical (In 24 Hours) In 1998, Canadian Tammy McMinn set the record for the most vertical feet snowboarded in 24 hours while heliboarding in Atlin, Canada, riding down a slope 101 times and totaling to an amount of 93,124m (305,535ft). Which sounds like 10 laps of fun…followed by 91 laps of pure thigh-burning hell.
Highest Speed This year, Frenchman Edmond Plawczyk broke the world record for fastest speed ever recorded on a snowboard, with a speed of 203kph (126mph). Watch it here.
Highest Air In 2007, Norwegian Terje Håkonsen set the record for the highest air, jumping 9.8m above The Arctic Challenge quarterpipe with a backside 360. After slightly over-rotating a straight backside air (these things happen when you’re half a meter higher than anyone’s ever gone before), Terje landed the air like a cat.
Most Snowboarding Records It all comes down to Shaun White:
- Highest air in the Superpipe – 7m (23 ft) – Winter X Games 2010
- Highest Olympic Halfpipe score – 48.4 points – Vancouver 2010
- Highest ever (perfect 100) X Games score: 2012
- X Games record for gold medals and medal count – 16 inc. 11 golds
- Only athlete to win X Games Gold in Winter and Summer in 2011
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