Ashrita Furman - the biggest record breaker in history

HE'S a guy that sees a record, then smashes it. Ashrita Furman slices potatoes while hopping on a shovel, cycles underwater and balances a lawnmower on his chin.

MEET Ashrita Furman.

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 while hopping on a shovel, cycles underwater, crushes eggs with his big toe and sometimes balances a lawnmower on his chin. For fun.

Winner.

With 230 world records destroyed, he's the biggest record breaker in history.

Today, he still holds 148 places in The Guinness Book Of Records.

His greatest achievement? "The record for the most number of records held by any individual."

It all started in 1979, when he set his first official record by doing 27,000 jumping jacks.

Check out all Ashrita's records here.

This is what he did after that.

He throws hard-boiled eggs in his mouth at super speed. AP

He slices apples midair with a Samurai sword just because.

He balances a baseball bat on one finger. And runs for ages.

He gets a really massive hula hoop and spins it three times.

When he gets bored of land cycling, he takes it underwater. With street signs.

He does squat thrusts while balancing on the back of an elephant.

He juggles. Underwater. With sharks.

When he skips, he does it without a rope and for 5km.

And when he celebrates, he skips with a orang-utan on his back.

He walks on stilts, runs on stilts, climbs mountains on stilts, skips with a rope on stilts.

When he isn't on stilts, he blows postage stamps 100 metres. While carrying "Pepe" the sloth.