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A 415-pointer: Trick-shot YouTube channel breaks world record for highest basketball shot
Trick-shot YouTube channel How Ridiculous scored a basket from 415 feet to break the world record for the highest basketball shot

Un-be-lie-vable. Trick-shot YouTube channel How Ridiculous scored a basket from 415 feet to break the world record for the highest basketball shot and the video of the incredible achievement is so good you could play it on loop throughout the day.[caption id="attachment_2296364" align="alignleft" width="380"]
A screegrab from the YouTube video.[/caption]The previous Guinness World Record was also held by the same group when they netted from a height of about 299 feet off the Euromast in the Netherlands two years ago.This shot was taken from the top of Australia's Gordon Dam which itself is 460-feet high.Check out the video below — this is one heck of a 415-pointer.
A screegrab from the YouTube video.[/caption]The previous Guinness World Record was also held by the same group when they netted from a height of about 299 feet off the Euromast in the Netherlands two years ago.This shot was taken from the top of Australia's Gordon Dam which itself is 460-feet high.Check out the video below — this is one heck of a 415-pointer.First Published:Jun 15, 2015, 14:19:08 IST
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