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Who loves skateboarding?

The world's Largest skateboard is big – wheelie big!

This super long board is 12.5 times bigger than a regular version,

It was made for a TV programme called Rob Dyrdek’s Fantasy Factory and measures exactly 11.15 m (35 ft 7 in) long, 2.64 m (8 ft 8 in) wide and 1.10 m (3 ft 7.5 in) tall.

Many are wondering how the inventor Joe Ciaglia made such a gigantic skateboard. Given its size some features had to be slightly different - so the wheels feature racing car tyres and the board also has a supporting steel frame.

The size of the board attracts a lot of attention, in fact, visitors have come from as far away as Brazil, China and Japan. It’s also been ridden around the US!

"One time in New York we were driving out of Time Square and a police officer pulled me over. I thought I had done something wrong and then he said 'can I get on your board?'. So he literally pulled me over to take a picture on the skateboard!"

Plenty of people have ridden the board and Joe one time had a go by himself down a hill at a camp in Pennsylvania.

"It started going a little left, I tried to jump right but the board didn’t move. Started hitting speeds of 30-35 mph and there was a big dirt hill coming.

"I had no choice but to bail. Fortunately, I didn’t get hurt too bad."

"The skateboard got launched into the air and we had a little damage. The kingpin broke but we were able to repair it. I was more concerned about what was happening to the board than myself."

As for Joe's advice for others wanting to attempt similar challenges:

"It was overwhelming [when the board was complete]. I had the biggest smile on my face. Me and Rob were doing handstands on top of it, we were so excited.

"Being a maker is amazing. Growing up in life I always looked forward to being a Guinness World Records title holder but not having the physical talent to pull something off has given me this great opportunity to be a maker.

"It’s been fun. I would recommend anyone out there who has ideas to just try. Who knows you might by the next record holder."

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