On 2 March 2010 Seth managed a leap between ramps of 183.7 feet (55.99 metres) - easily beating Bubba Blackwell's previous world record of 157 feet (47.85 metres) set in Las Vegas in 1999. The stunt took place at Barangaroo, on Sydney harbour and is measured in feet because the previous records have been set in the US. The death-defying stunt was seen as recreating an unforgettable Harley-Davidson benchmark set by Evel Knievel in 1975.

Freestyle motocrosser Seth Enslow will attempt to make history and break the existing record of 157 feet for a successful long distance jump aboard a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. The world record was first benchmarked by Evel Knievel in 1975 and recently set by Bubba Blackwell in 1999.

“To many, Evel Knievel was the original extreme athlete – long before there were extreme sports,” said Mark-Hans Richer, Harley-Davidson Senior VP and Chief Marketing Officer. “This latest generation of riders still revere Knievel – even as they attempt to smash his records.”

Drawing inspiration from the Harley-Davidson XR-750 racing motorcycle that Knievel helped make legendary, the new Harley-Davidson XR1200 is helping ignite a spirit of rebellion in a new generation and giving them the opportunity to push Harley riding to its limits once again. 

“A new generation of counterculture riders are embracing Harley-Davidson motorcycles, just like the generation before them,” said Richer. “The XR1200 and our new Dark Custom motorcycles, like the nearly sold out Iron 883 launched a year ago and the new Forty-Eight introduced last month, have given them an authentic way to express themselves. In fact, we now sell more bikes to this generation of young riders than to the young adult generation before them.”

Richer added, “It's cool to see it happening out in the streets. Even cooler to see one flying more than 150 feet through the air.”

The Canadian Gold Maple Leaf is the official bullion gold coin of Canada and is produced by the Royal Canadian Mint. The brainchild of Walter Ott, it is one of the purest gold coins of regular issue in the world, with a gold content of .9999 millesimal fineness (24 carats), with some special issues .99999 fine. That is, it contains virtually no base metals at all – only gold exclusively from gold mines in Canada.

The coin was first introduced in 1979. At that time, the only available bullion coin was the Krugerrand, which was not widely available because of an economic boycott of apartheid-era South Africa. Coins minted between 1979 and 1981 have gold content of .999.

The coin is offered in 1/20 oz, 1/10 oz, 1/4 oz, 1/2 oz, and 1 oz denominations and is guaranteed to contain the stated amount of .9999 fine gold (24 carat). The coins have legal tender status in Canada, but as is often the case with bullion coins, the face values of these coins (C$1, C$5, C$10, C$20 and C$50) are purely symbolic and are much lower than their market value.

The 1/20, 1/10, 1/4, and 1/2 troy oz coins are identical in design to the 1 troy oz coin except for the markings on the obverse and reverse sides that indicate the weight and face value of the coin. In 1994, 1/15 oz ($2.00 face value) gold and platinum coins were issued, possibly for use in jewelry. They were not very successful, and so 1994 remains the only year in which 1/15 oz gold and platinum bullion coins were produced.

Starting in 1988, Maple Leaf coins have also been struck in .9995-fine platinum, having the same weights and face values as the gold coins. Since 1988, a one ounce .9999-fine silver Maple Leaf has also been struck, with a face value of 5 dollars. In 2005, a .9995-fine palladium Maple Leaf 1 oz coin was introduced, with a face value of 50 dollars. The palladium Maple Leaf is subject to the federal GST in Canada.

Bahrain school student put their money where their mouth is yesterday to smash the world record for the biggest coin toss ever. British School of Bahrain students and staff entered the Guinness World Records when 1,117 of them successfully tossed a 100 fils coin at the same time.

They obliterated the previous record of 252, which was set in London last December, in front of Guinness World Records adjudicator Jack Brockbank.

He confirmed the new record, which was set during a special event to mark World Maths Day.

The announcement sparked a rousing cheer from those participating, after which Mr Brockbank presented British School principal Bill Frost with a framed certificate to mark the achievement.

The Guinness World Record attempt was just one of a number of events taking place at the British School to mark World Maths Day.

Yesterday morning kindergarten students also released 700 balloons into the sky attached with messages and phone numbers - with anyone who finds one of the balloons asked to contact the relevant number.

A giant bingo game also took place yesterday afternoon as the school attempted to 'make maths more fun'.

We are holding these events today to mark World Maths Day and basically to prove that maths can be fun," said Key Stage Two head of maths Saphira Isa, who spearheaded the events

I feel absolutely fantastic to have broken the world record.

World Maths Day is an international mathematics competition and is held on the first Wednesday of March.

Giant George enters record books as world's top and tallest dog. 

A Great Dane from the US state of Arizona has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the tallest dog ever on record.

Giant George, owned by David Nasser, stands 43in (1.09m) tall paw to shoulder, and weighs 245lb (111kg).

Guinness officials say there were conflicting reports about Giant George's height, so they sent a judge to his home in Tucson to verify it. Giant George consumes 110lb of food each month.

Four-year-old Giant George made it into the record books by beating his nearest rival, Titan, a Great Dane from California, by three-quarters of an inch.

He was named by Guinness World Records as both the world's Tallest Living Dog and Tallest Dog Ever.

On a recent plane trip for a media appearance in Chicago, George was given a row of three seats to himself.

"There were so many people coming to the front of the plane, the pilot ended up illuminating the 'fasten seat-belt' sign to get everyone to sit down," he added.

Deepashree V J, a design engineer from Kumaraswamy Layout, has entered the Guinness Book of World Records for `longest thread of beads made by an individual in one hour'. 

She gifted this by beating the previous record of 5.8 metres by making a chain of 19.58 metres at Karnataka Government Secretariat Club. 

But it was only in college that she decided to take a shot at the record. "I took eight months to complete the chain of 100 metres, and received my certificate in 2006," adds Deepashree. 

When she completed graduation in BE (mechanical) in July 2009, Deepashree applied for the Guinness Records and got certification of her achievement from London on February 19 this year.

Deepashree, who works for General Motors, previously entered into the Limca Book of Records in 2006 for making the `longest bangle chain'.