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June 15, 2015 / 2:25 PM

Basketball shot from atop a dam for Guinness World Record

The How Ridiculous team nearly doubled their own Guinness World Record with the shot from atop Tasmania's Gordon Dam.

By
Ben Hooper

HOBART, Australia, June 15 (UPI) -- An Australian trick shot team broke its own Guinness World Record by throwing a basketball from the top of a dam to a hoop 415 feet below.

The How Ridiculous team, who set the world record for highest basketball shot in 2011 by dropping a ball from 220 feet up and added 80 feet to the record two days later, took their ball and hoop to the Gordon Dam in Tasmania for their latest attempt.

The result, which was featured on a Sunday night TV special, was certified as a new world record by Guinness.

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