Guinness World Records reveals “Best Records” of 2012 (VIDEO)

Guinness World Records; Hot Wheels
Greg Tracy and Tanner Foust complete the longest loop in a car on the Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare (Photo/GWR screenshot)

Guinness World Records has released an electrifying new video, showcasing their “Best Records of 2012″. The video, which was released on Friday December 21, 2012, contains some of the most action packed moments from Guinness World Records ever recroded.

The video features the music Kill The Noise & Feed Me – Thumbs Up (For Rock N’ Roll), which sets the mood for some pretty intense clips. Such as high-speed racing in the snow, to bungee jumping while on fire or how about Felix Baumgartner’s epic jump from the edge of space.

Filmed in 1080p HD, every detail of the year has been recorded to the last pixel.

Take a moment and watch this video of epic proportions, as Guinness World Records reminds us just how fascinating they can really be.

Here is a list of all the world records featured in the video:

Fastest vehicle drift – Lars Verbraeken, 179.59 km/h

Farthest distance to pull a vehicle with meat hooks in the back – Burnaby Q. Orbax, 111.7 m

Furthest trampoline slam dunk – Thilo Schwarck, 7.75 m

Fastest speed skiing backwards – Anders Backe, 128.7 km/h

Longest 720 ramp jump on skis – Joey Spencer, 26.95 m

Fastest motorcycle wheelie on ice – Ryan Sucjanek, 152.89 km/h

Highest bungee jump into water whilst on fire – Yoni Roch, 65.09 m

Highest blob jump – Christian ‘Elvis’ Guth, 22.0 m

Tightest parallel parking in reverse – Ronny Wechselberger, 35 cm

Most watched video online – PSY’s “Gangnam Style”

Chayne Hultgren, multiple circus tricks record holder

Heaviest bike – Wouter van den Bosch, 750 kg

Highest freefall parachute jump – Felix Baumgartner

Most continuous paraglider loops – Horacio Llorens, 568 loops

Fastest 100m on all fours – Kenichi Ito, 17.47 s

Fastest $1 billion box office film gross – The Avengers, 10 days

Largest loop the loop in a car – Greg Tracy and Tanner Foust, Hot Wheels Double Loop Dare, 18.29 m

Longest wave surfed by a dog – Abbie, 107.2 m

Largest drum set – Dr. Mark Temperato, 340 pieces

Lowest roadworthy car – Okayama Sanyo High School, 45.2 cm

Fastest time to climb The Torch Doha unassisted – Alain Robert, 1 hr 33 min 47 s

Shortest living man – Chandra Bahdur Dangi – 54.6 cm

First 1080 on a skateboard – Tom Schaar, aged 12

Most stunts performed by a living actor – Jackie Chan

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