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99 Year Old Woman Sets World Record As Oldest Crowd Surfer

By Dalton Mac Namee
20/05/2026
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A 99 year old woman has broken the world record for being the oldest person to crowd surf during a concert.

Pauline Kana, the woman in question, has been recognised by the Guinness World Records, having been born in August 1926. She is better known by fans on TikTok as 'Gangster Granny, through videos posted online by her grandson, Ross Smith, amassing nearly 25 million followers on the platform.

They first went viral in 2013, after Ross filmed himself blocking a basketball shot from his grandmother, a video which went on to go viral on the short lived platform, Vines.

This latest stunt from the pair took place during a show at the Austin County Fairgrounds in Bellville, Texas, where country singer, Bradley Gilbert was performing. This show saw Kana pass through through the crowd on a sort of gurney, as fans began to chant, "Granny! Granny!'.

"I did it!" said Kana, after receiving her Guinness Award. "I’m the greatest of all time!"

"Thank you to all the 20,000 people for making this happen," says Smith. "I still have chills listening to that Granny chant. What an iconic and funny moment".

Check it out below.

 

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Last November, a new world record was set when 374 bagpipers performed a classic AC/DC track at Melbourne's Federation Square, breaking a record which was previously held by bagpipers who joined forces to play a song in Bulgaria in 2012.

More on this from Nova here.

Written by Dalton Mac Namee

Dalton Mac Namee is a content writer for Nova.ie and a freelance GAA reporter from Louth, Ireland.

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