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First Bass Strait crossing by wing foil - 2022

World First Snapshot

First Title
First Bass Strait crossing by wing foil
Discipline
Wing Foiling monsterWing Foiling
Class
Open / Crossing
Measured Result
First - (First only)
Date
2022-03-01 (month precision)
Location
Bass Strait, Australia, Tasmania / Victoria, Australia
First Achieved By
Andrew Englisch

World First Spotlight

Andrew Englisch


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Monster Council Approval

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How This Epic Thing Went Down

ABC News reported that Andrew Englisch completed a Bass Strait wing-foil crossing over four days, covering about 220 km through an island-hopping route.

Rules of the Beast

First publicly documented Bass Strait crossing completed by wing foil; point-to-point adventure crossings count when the source clearly identifies wing foiling.

How This Got the Nod

Month-level date used; source coverage is from March 2022 and describes the recently completed crossing.