This beefy bulldog with his adorable face and drooping tongue is more athletic than you think. Otto recently broke the Guinness World Record for successfully skateboarding through the longest human tunnel.
The feat is pretty amazing, especially when taking into account skateboarding is tricky enough with two legs, imagine four?
On Nov 12, which is also Guinness World Records Day, Otto is seen with who appears to be his owner at the top of a hill, looking across the horizon, sizing up the obstacle before him. He quite confidently mounts his board and he is off. Otto leans, zooms, and ducks while passing through the legs of the human participants. When he begins to lose momentum, he does not appear phased whatsoever. He uses his one of his front legs to gather more speed and continues through to the end where he is met with cheers and hollers.
The 3-year old pooch proceeds to take a load off while jubilations transpire, including chants of "Otto Otto" before he was honored with his Guinness World Record award.
The Peruvian pup beat the last record set by a thrill-seeking dog named Tillman, by passing through a tunnel of 30 humans with their legs opened in the shape of a downward V. Tillman unfortunately passed away this past October, but apparently his legacy lives on.
Otto's owners, Luciana Viale and Robert Rickards, were reportedly inspired were inspired to get a Bulldog after they saw the renowned videos of Tillman, the former fastest dog on a skateboard, points out Guinness World Records. Before his passing, Tillman achieved the Fastest skateboarding dog title at 100 m in a time of 19.678 seconds.
Tillman was quite the athlete. He could not only skateboard, but was also a seasoned body-boarder, surfer, and all-round action dog and TV star, explains Guinness World Records. The beloved dog's videos racked up millions of views on YouTube. Tillman then became "spokesdog," as Guinness World Records writes, for Natural Balance dog food and even appeared in the Hallmark channel's animal series "Who Let the Dogs Out".
Viale and Rickards may be hoping the same for Otto, who also possesses many talents, two of which are surfing and skimboarding.
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