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Boys bounce for 24 hours in world record attempt

(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-08-03 13:55

FLAT ROCK, Mich. - Bounce, bounce, bounce ... for 24 hours.

Mason Brott, 10, of Rockwood is joined by his brother Dillon Brott, 8, in an effort to break the world record for consecutive bounce, at the Bounce-A-Lot in Flat Rock, Mich., on Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. They are part of a team of boys who were bouncing in hopes of breaking a world record for bouncing, two at a time in shifts, in an inflatable castle. Guinness World Records must still authenticate the record, a process that could take months. [Agencies]

That was what eight boys in Michigan did this week in an effort to set a world record.

The boys began the attempt Friday morning at the Bounce-a-Lot entertainment center southwest of Detroit in Flat Rock. They bounced two at a time in shifts in an inflatable castle.

Ten-year-old Mason Brott says the bouncing wasn't as tough as he thought it would be.

Guinness World Records must still authenticate the record, a process that could take months. The boys, ages 8 to 11, decided to try to beat the bouncing record of 19 hours and 24 minutes, set nearly two years ago.