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Schaut said Guinness did not yet have a category for oldest skier to grind a rail, but the organization agreed to create a new record for him.
"No one had the record before me. I was the first in the category, so Guinness World Records created the category for me," Schaut told the Vail Daily.
He said Guinness officials came up with some guidelines for his attempt.
"The minimum rail length required was five meters, or 16.4 feet long -- longer than I was used to. Also, the rail couldn't be wider than 12 inches. At first, it was hard to find a suitable rail, until Beaver Creek put up a 25-footer, or a rail 7.5 meters in their park. I decided to use that rail to satisfy the record, even though it was 8 feet longer than necessary," Schaut said.
Schaut said he practiced for about two months and succeeded in his first official attempt.