Blowing World Records

Todd DeFazio blew out 107 birthday candles in 4.03 seconds.He performed the feat live on-air in the Star 100.7 studio.

Darryl Learie blew up a two-foot (60-cm diameter) inflatable exercise ball[] in 55.06 seconds using a straw.

Darryl Learie fit seven inflated balloons inside an eighth inflated balloon in a Russian Doll format.

Sadham H. inflated 486 balloons in one hour, using only his breath. He set the record at Dr. NGP Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu, India.

Darryl Learie blew out a candle using a 3.5-inch straw while laying on the ground 11.42 feet (137 inches) away.

As part of the Canada Day Festival in the Edmonton Collingwood Community, Darryl Learie put each of his hands into two latex party balloons and inflated them to 20 centimeters in diameter in two minutes and 31.4 seconds.

This record was set as part of Toyota Prius Records, a two-day event streamed live on the Internet. In a 48-hour period, URDB officials adjudicated 200 Prius-related world records. This was the most records ever documented in a 48-hour window, a world record in and of itself. The event took place in Los Angeles, California on March 30th and 31st, 2011. See all the records set at the event here.

Darryl Learie managed to get nine steak knives in an inflated balloon. NOTE: This record can be dangerous. Please use proper safety precautions.

Barfly completed 252 whistle blows using a bottle in 30 seconds.

Four members of Fusion Canada inflated and popped four balloons one at a time in three minutes, 50.40 seconds.

Devin Ehrich blew a pen over from 648 inches away. 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.

Joel MacNeil blew a whistle at a car 123 times in 15 seconds.

Andy Pelphrey blew a whistle at a building 96 times in 25 seconds.

Andy Pelphrey blew a whistle at a four-wheeler 83 times in 20 seconds.

Andy Pelphrey blew a whistle at a house 125 times in 30 seconds.