There were incredible scenes at the Sno!Zone Indoor Slope in Milton Keynes, UK earlier this month when 16-year-old Calum Paton set a new world record for the longest rail grind on a snowboard.
A specially-constructed 90-metre long rail was installed for the attempt at the ski centre which was organised by Whitelines Snowboard Magazine and EA Sports' snowboard game SSX.
Riders had flocked from all over the country to try and beat the previous best of a 67.9 metre slide set by Alejandro Benito at an indoor slope in Madrid in 2009.
Despite some impressive attempts around the 50 metre mark, after over five hours of sterling efforts from the assembled boarders, it looked like Alejandro's record was set to remain intact.
However, with energy levels beginning to flag in the freezing conditions and just five minutes left before the event was due to finish, up stepped Calum to ride an incredible 78 metres smoothly down the rail, smashing the previous benchmark by more than 10 metres.
The dramatic slide triggered wild celebrations, with Calum mobbed by a crowd of supporters and fellow record attempting snowboarders at the foot of the slope, congratulating him on his amazing achievement.
Picking up a prize of £1,000 along with his Guinness World Record title, Calum was left almost speechless by his history-making display.
When asked what he would spend his prize money on, Calum replied simply: "Oh, probably just some computer games."
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