West Indian cricketer
Held the World Record (1973-85) for hitching across 48 Mainland States/U.S.A in 33 days in 1957. [Guinness Book of Records].
Held the World Record (1973-85) for Longest Total Distance Hitched: 468,300 km (290,988 miles) hitched from 1947-1971. [Guinness Book of Records].
Starting in the 1980s, he used the junk he was collecting to begin constructing a family of life-sized robots. A visionary when it comes to seemingly useless scraps, Smith transformed parts of hair dryers, oscillating fans, TV antennas and reflectors from cars and bicycles into the zany beings.
A world champion hitchhiker, he racked up 200,000 miles, traveling 41 times across the U.S., across Europe to Siberia, and all through South America.
