50-foot Tennis Racket Swings at Guinness World Record
- 12 years ago
Students in Queens, New York have created a giant replica of Billie Jean King's tennis racket in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record.
It was displayed on Monday, August 27th, the same day as the opening of the US Open in Flushing. It was hoisted above the intersection at 85th Avenue and 164th Street in Jamaica Hills, Queens.
The racket is 50-feet long, and is an exact replica of the old-school wooden rackets with plastic tube strings.
It took ten days to build, and 30 to 35 people to build it.
It is only to be displayed for one day, but its creators hope that it will eventually be moved to a children's museum.
Ashrita Furman is the organizer of the event, and worked with his spiritual group on the project.
[Ashrita Furman, Organizer]:
"Well this is an old fashioned racket. We got permission from Guinness to model the racket after an old fashioned wood racket. People basically don't use wood rackets anymore but they said as long as it's actually exactly to scale and is used with the same exact materials, then we could use an old fashioned wood racket. And so this is the world's largest tennis racket."
The meditation class funded the project in order to honor their spiritual teacher, Sri Chimnoy. The late leader shares a birthday with the opening date of the US Open, and once played tennis with Billie Jean King.
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
For some families it is a chance to play in the swelling ocean and be buffeted by the fierce waves.
For others, it is the perfect opportunity to get some impressive videos on their smart phone.
Many though, are quietly praying it won't be another Hurricane Katrina.
Authorities have urged thousands of residents in low-lying areas to leave, warning that the storm surge could reach up to 12 feet, flooding towns and cities in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
Rainfall accumulations, possibly as much as 20 inches in some areas, could also trigger widespread flooding.
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It was displayed on Monday, August 27th, the same day as the opening of the US Open in Flushing. It was hoisted above the intersection at 85th Avenue and 164th Street in Jamaica Hills, Queens.
The racket is 50-feet long, and is an exact replica of the old-school wooden rackets with plastic tube strings.
It took ten days to build, and 30 to 35 people to build it.
It is only to be displayed for one day, but its creators hope that it will eventually be moved to a children's museum.
Ashrita Furman is the organizer of the event, and worked with his spiritual group on the project.
[Ashrita Furman, Organizer]:
"Well this is an old fashioned racket. We got permission from Guinness to model the racket after an old fashioned wood racket. People basically don't use wood rackets anymore but they said as long as it's actually exactly to scale and is used with the same exact materials, then we could use an old fashioned wood racket. And so this is the world's largest tennis racket."
The meditation class funded the project in order to honor their spiritual teacher, Sri Chimnoy. The late leader shares a birthday with the opening date of the US Open, and once played tennis with Billie Jean King.
Hurricane Isaac makes landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast.
For some families it is a chance to play in the swelling ocean and be buffeted by the fierce waves.
For others, it is the perfect opportunity to get some impressive videos on their smart phone.
Many though, are quietly praying it won't be another Hurricane Katrina.
Authorities have urged thousands of residents in low-lying areas to leave, warning that the storm surge could reach up to 12 feet, flooding towns and cities in Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
Rainfall accumulations, possibly as much as 20 inches in some areas, could also trigger widespread flooding.
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