First Bass Strait crossing by wing foil - 2022
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First Bass Strait crossing by wing foil
- Discipline
Wing 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
Monster Council Approval
Griffin, along with the foiling community at large, has given this glorious achievement the official Foiling Freaks nod for Wing Foiling.
May it inspire better evidence, cleaner runs, bigger claims, and even louder hooting from the crowd.
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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.