66 Surfers Set World Record by Riding on a Board at Once

They did it on a surfboard weighing 1,300 pounds.

ByABC News
June 21, 2015, 2:46 PM

— -- A group of surfers in Huntington Beach, California, has now entered Guinness World Records.

Nearly 70 surfers attempted to set two marks Saturday -- one for the world’s "largest surfboard" and the other for the "most people to ride a surfboard at once."

To accomplish those feats, the surfers used a huge board that weighed 1,300 pounds and measured 42-feet long and 11-feet wide. A crane was required to get the surfboard on the water.

PHOTO: Local legend Sumo Sato, bottom right, performs a blessing of the waves around a custom surfboard just before 66 surfers rode the surfboard to break a record for "Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once" on June 20, 2015 in Huntington Beach, CA.
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR VISITING HUNTINGTON BEACH - Local legend Sumo Sato, bottom right, performs a traditional blessing of the waves around a custom built 42-foot, 1300 pound surfboard just before sixty-six surfers from around the world rode the surfboard for 12 seconds to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® for "Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once" on Saturday, June 20, 2015 in Huntington Beach, CA.

Then the group of 66 dudes and dudettes hopped on the gigantic board and rode a wave for 12 seconds.

They eclipsed the previous record set by 47 surfers who rode a wave for 10 seconds, in Queensland, Australia, from about 10 years ago.

“We survived the attempt,” Huntington Beach surf coach Andy Verdone told the Orange County Register. “We set a world record. It was more exhilarating than I imagined.”

PHOTO:  Sixty-six surfers from around the world ride a custom built 42-foot, 1300 pound surfboard for 12 seconds to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® for "Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once" on Saturday, June 20, 2015 in Huntington Beach, CA.
IMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR VISITING HUNTINGTON BEACH - Sixty-six surfers from around the world ride a custom built 42-foot, 1300 pound surfboard for 12 seconds to break the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® for ?Most People Riding a Surfboard at Once? on Saturday, June 20, 2015 in Huntington Beach, CA. The surfboard, which thousands of spectators filled the Surf City USA shoreline to see, is also expected to break an additional record, "Largest Surfboard," after official confirmation from GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS®.

The event drew thousands of spectators to the sands.

Meanwhile, the Huntington Beach surfers will have to wait to see whether they own the title of “world’s largest surfboard,” because that designation won’t be official until next week.