It’s Official!

Otis Miller is now a Guinness World Record Holder. The longest usable yo-yo was adapted and thrown off the Oneida St bridge in Appleton above Jones Park on August 22nd 2010 by Otis Miller. The Duncan made yo-yo traveled down 35 feet and 2 inches (10.72 meters) before it came all the way back up and was caught making it the world’s longest yo-yo ever thrown.

Check out the official record on the Guinness World Records website.

Below are a couple videos of the successful attempt and photos, enjoy!

Here are some photos.

Yo-yo history, Aug. 22, 2010

Miller with a yo-yo

Photos taken by Julia Worzala, Amber Creamer, and Rob Resnick.