These two New Yorkers do not take competition lightly. One is a champion dieter who has lost and gained more than 3,000 pounds in his battle of the bulge. The other is a world-class pogo stick jumper ...

• Ashrita Furman has broken hundreds of world records. • He's motivated by his former meditation teacher. • He also has a lifelong love for the Guinness Book of World Records. • Here's a look at some ...

Talk about having a big serve: wacky New Yorker Ashrita Furman has just built a tennis racket the size of a bus. Furman, who holds the record for the most Guinness World Records at one time — ...

He is the coolest guy in the world. He is a guy that sees a record, then smashes it. When most people get bored, they go to the pub. Not Ashrita. The 59-year-old American bobs apples, slices potatoes ...

NEW YORK -- Ashrita Furman, who is no stranger to Guinness World Records, set a new one Tuesday for slicing the most watermelons in half on his stomach in 60 seconds. Furman, of New York, showed yet ...

Ashrita Furman holds the record for holding the most Guinness World Records, having earned 750 in total — 225 of which are still standing. He broke his latest on Tuesday, by setting the world record ...

Ashrita Furman will talk to Alec Wilkinson about his life as a Guinness World Record-breaker, and attempt to break a few records on the spot. Ashrita Furman currently holds more than a hundred and ...