11-year-old spins his caster board into Guinness World Records

Vadodara: A class seven student has set a new world record with 22 rotations in one minute on a caster board.
With 360 degree rotations, eleven-year-old Hardik Raghuwanshi has made it to Guinness World Records (GWR).
By doing this, he has broken the previous record that was held by a 17-year-old boy – Javier Lopez – from California, United States, who had completed 18 rotations in a minute on the caster board in February 2019.
“I used to ride caster board for three years. One day, while I was performing a stunt, I rotated my caster board in circular motion. At that moment, I realized that I could perform 360 degree rotations continuously,” said Hardik, a student of Bright Day School’s CBSE unit at Vasna-Bhayli Road.
After realizing his potential, Hardik informed his father Ajay Raghuvanshi, a R&D manager at Sun Pharma’s analytical development department, about his wish to attempt the record.
Before he attempted the record, he continued practice for nearly a year without undergoing any classes or coaching for the caster board.
Initially, Hardik also fell while attempting rotations on the caster board.
“Since, I had to make the rotations in one minute, I had to practise small rotations which are really very difficult,” he said, adding that Covid-induced pandemic also resulted in hurdles during his practice sessions.
“At the same time, after we communicated with GWR, I came to know that the rotations made by me have to be facing the circle inside of what I had practised for nearly a year,” he said.
Hardik eventually reached his goal within 17 days. “He attempted the world record on January 22 and we received the official approval on August 9,” said his father, adding that Hardik eventually wants to become an astronaut.
“Hardik is first from Vadodara in individual sports category to register world record in GWR. He also wanted to make a record attempt for most 360 degree rotations by caster board. But GWR did not allow it on the grounds of endurance. Now, he has decided to make that attempt when he turns 16,” said Ajay.