Balloon World Records  

Doug McManaman fired seven shots, hitting five balloons from 50 yards away. He used a 22-caliber rifle on his right arm and performed the attempt while seated. NOTE: Shooting is dangerous and should only be attempted by trained professionals

Doug McManaman threw a tomahawk nine times, hitting five balloons.

Greg Arrigoni used 1434 Qualtex balloons to build a balloon arch. The balloons were three feet in diameter. The arch measured 600 feet wide and 340 feet tall. It took 65 tanks of helium to fill the balloons. The arch was built at the Grand Excursion festival to commemorate the the 150-year anniversary of the founding of St. Paul, Minnesota. tag:RecordSetterBook01

Mikhel B. made a ball out of latex balloons with a circumference of 25.5 inches.

525 students at Indu International School inflated balloons until they popped.

55 members of Texas 4000 each beat up a “cancer balloon.” They set the record as part of LIVESTRONG Young Adult Alliance’s Break Cancer campaign.

During a World Record Night event in members of Union MBC Youth popped 72 balloons using nails at once.

18 members of Wieden Kennedy’s Team Dark inhaled helium and sang the chorus to I Think We’re Alone Now while hogtied. The record was set in Portland, Oregon on April 1, 2010 at Wieden Kennedy’s 28th annual Founders’ Day party. RecordSetter co-founders Dan Rollman and Corey Henderson were on hand to preside over the event. tag:FD28

12 people atat Do512’s World Record Party, held at The Highball[] in Austin, Texas, inhaled helium and sang "Total Eclipse Of The Heart[]". NOTE: Inhaling helium can be dangerous. NOTE: This video has adult language. #WRP01

Darryl Learie fit a men’s size 10 1/2 shoe inside an inflated balloon.

27 summer campers at BGC Springville in Springville, New York had a water balloon fight.

Pavol Durdik created a balloon squeak that lasted for 10 minutes, 37.65 seconds.

Jordan Yaun and Jason Sletten volleyed a ballon using only their heads for two hours, 38 minutes, 7.12 seconds. See normal speed version here. Stride’s setting 100 records in 100 days. At the end of 100 days, we’ll verify if you are the standing Record Holder. If you are, you’ll get $500 for each record you managed to hold with your guile, talent, and sheer will. General caution and common sense required. We show the Stride Team at work, but recommend that these challenges be done at home.

Adam K. hit a balloon that landed 103 inches away using a banana.

Darryl Learie walked on six balloons which were taped in between two plywoods in a distance of 457 feet.

Darryl Learie successfully sprouted a 3.5-centimeter dandelion inside a balloon.