Skateboarding World Records

Danny Wainwright from England holds the official record for the highest ollie at 44.5 inches. However, there is video footage of a skater named Jose Marabotto from Peru ollying a stack of skateboards. Many people think that the stack should be over 50 inches tall, but as the trick is only in a video, it's hard to tell and unofficial.

Danny Way holds several world records in skateboarding. He invented the Mega Ramp, a massive skateboarding ramp first seen in the DC Video. In that video, Danny Way breaks the records for longest jump and highest air off of a ramp. Then, in the 2004 X Games, at the Big Air competition that uses a similar Mega Ramp, Danny Way broke his own record for distance and set the current record of 79 feet. The height record is 23.5 feet. In 2005, Danny Way used a similar ramp again to jump the Great Wall of China and became the first person to jump the wall without the help of a motor (read more)!

What about the longest distance covered on a skateboard in a 24 hour period? Sound rough? It is! In 2008, Ted McDonald, also known as "Barefoot Ted", skated his way to fame by covering a record 242 miles in a 24 hour period during Ultraskate IV in Seattle, Washington.

I cannot even comprehend skating that far in a week, let alone in one day. The previous record was held by James Peters for 208 miles.

On August 11th 2000, Richie Carrasco, owner of Sk8kings broke the world record for consistent 360 spins on a skateboard. His record still stands today at 142 360's. I can't imagine staying conscious after that many spins ...

Gary Hardwick first set the official record for the fastest on a skateboard on September 26th, 1998 during a race in Arizona. His top speed was 63 miles per hour. Later, he reached 73 miles per hour, but that report is unofficial.

Kevin Reimer holds the top unofficial speed on a skateboard that I'm aware of, at almost 80 miles per hour! Kevin's speed was clocked using a GPS. He had no assistance from vehicles, he just pushed and got rolling to that speed (going downhill, no doubt!).

Biker Sherlock has the record for the fastest speed while being towed by a motorcycle - 90 miles per hour.

Tony Hawk still holds the record for the most rotations while in mid air. At the 1999 X Games, Tony Hawk pulled off a 900 - that's spinning 900 degrees, or 2 and a half times. Since then, many other skaters have pulled off the 900, but no one has done a 1080 yet in competition, though many skaters are trying hard to break this record.

On September 17th, 2007, Rob Dyrdek pulled off 46 consecutive frontside ollies in a half pipe, setting the record. The feat was on MTV's show Rob & Big, a show about pro skater Rob Dyrdek, his best friend and bodyguard, Christopher “Big Black” Boykin, their bulldog Meaty, and their mini-horse “Mini”.

On April 6, Danny Way destroyed the Bomb Drop (jumping off a structure on a skateboard and freefalling onto a landing) world record by freefalling 28 feet from the Fender Stratocaster guitar atop the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, landing cleanly on a ramp below. Before this, the record was 12’ 3.6” held by Adil Dyani.

This one might sound ridiculous, but it's true. A team from the Bay de Noc Community College in Escanaba, Michigan, built the largest skateboard to date, according to the Guiness Book of World Records. The board was 31 feet and half an inch long, 8 feet wide and 47 inches high. The board was finished on August 17th, 2007.

Also according the Guiness, the longest skateboard made was just over 30 feet long. However, I think it had several sets of trucks and wheels. To me, that's not exactly a skateboard any more, but that's just my opinion!