Joana Schenker is a professional bodyboarder. Dominating the Portuguese National and European Tour since 2014, she won both titles for 4 years in a row. In her second season competing on the APB world tour, Joana wins the World Title,and makes history by becoming Portugal´s first professional World Champion in wave riding sports. 2017 was the perfect year, National, European and World Bodyboard Champion. The media made Joana not only the new Queen of bodyboarding but also a star in the Portuguese sports scene.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay sharing the simple, profound message that peace starts inside the hearts of each of us. Join the team of 5 runners from Czech Republic, Japan, New Zealand, Singapore and the United States brought the Peace Torch to Palau for the first time since the Peace Run was founded in 1987. Meet the President and celebrate Palau’s independence day with this tiny island nation. The Peace Run team visited schools in the state of Koror, organised a public Fun Run and met with community groups.
Join our team celebrating the United Nations International Day of Peace in Kyoto, Japan. Enjoy a weeklong series of events visiting schools, temples, community and sporting events to share the torch and give expression to our universal aspiration for a more peaceful world.
Ashrita Furman holder of the most Guinness Records at the same time (currently over 200) and a team of friends created the world’s largest tennis ball logo within 7 days. The ball composition shows the logo of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run, the world’s longest and largest relay run for peace and has a width of 10.08 meter and a height of 5.30 meter. The sixty-three-year-old health food store manager of New York set this Guinness World Record to honour the 87th birth anniversary of Sri Chinmoy an Indian spiritual master, founder of the Peace Run and an avid tennis player. The 53.42 square meter ball logo consists of 12,393 tennis balls in the colours white, blue, green, orange and red.
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The tennis balls were fixed on boards and the other day carried from a backyard down the hill to the birthday anniversary function, where over 900 guests from all over the world celebrated.
Ashrita Furman states: “This tennis ball logo expresses our sincere wish for world peace and is our modest offering of joy to the world. With thousands of tennis balls, we want to honour the memory of Sri Chinmoy, who was the founder of the Peace Run and an avid tennis player. After the record, we will give the tennis balls to people in the neighborhood.”
Ashrita Furman has been breaking Guinness World Records since 1979. His first entry in the Guinness Book he achieved by completing 27,000 jumping jacks. Since then he has broken more than 700 records on all seven continents, including building the world’s largest tennis racket, balancing a pool cue on finger for the longest continuous distance (7 miles 220 feet) in front of the pyramids in Egypt, racing against a Yak in Mongolia to set the one-mile sack-racing record and underwater Aqua Pogo for 3 hours 40 minutes in the Amazon River in Peru.As a teenager, Furman became inspired by Sri Chinmoy’s philosophy of self-transcendence. Indian born Sri Chinmoy also set many records, such as writing 1,301 poems in 24 hours and composing 22,000 songs during his lifetime. Furman attributes his success at breaking records to meditation, which he has practiced daily for over 40 years. Meditation helps him to keep his childlike spirit and the mental and physical power which is needed to continuously set new world records. Ashrita Furman started setting Guinness World Records 39 years ago and hasn’t stopped yet. “Going beyond your everyday capacity is such a fulfilling feeling. The day I break a record I’m just happy the whole day,” he says. “I’m trying to show others that our human capacity is unlimited if we can truly believe in ourselves.” After every record Furman wants to express his gratitude to Sri Chinmoy.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay dedicated to the simple idea that world peace begins within the heart of each individual. Founded in 1987 by Sri Chinmoy, the Peace Run has covered over 395,000 miles (632,000 km) in over 150 nations and has touched the lives of millions.
This year North American Peace Run 2018 was launched on Sunday, April 15th and finished on Wednesday, August 15th in NY. Runners were carrying the torch 11.000-mile through USA, Mexico and Canada on a 4-month journey.
Please enjoy the 4 minutes Peace Run video of Eastern part of Canada.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay dedicated to the simple idea that world peace begins within the heart of each individual. Founded in 1987 by Sri Chinmoy, the Peace Run has covered over 395,000 miles (632,000 km) in over 150 nations and has touched the lives of millions.
This year North American Peace Run 2018 was launched on Sunday, April 15th and finished on Wednesday, August 15th in NY. Runners were carrying the torch 11.000-mile through USA, Mexico and Canada on a 4-month journey.
Watch the team, deal with the summer heat, as they make their way from Seattle to Chicago through what is known as “Big Sky Country” and the mid-west including Eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Illinois.
The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is a global torch relay dedicated to the simple idea that world peace begins within the heart of each individual. Founded in 1987 by Sri Chinmoy, the Peace Run has covered over 395,000 miles (632,000 km) in over 150 nations and has touched the lives of millions.
This year North American Peace Run 2018 was launched on Sunday, April 15th and finished on Wednesday, August 15th in NY. Runners were carrying the torch 11.000-mile through USA, Mexico and Canada on a 4-month journey.
Travel with the torch from New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Arizona, with a special run through the Grand Canyon. The Torch-Bearer Award was presented to US Congressman Tom O’Halleran of Arizona.