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Titouan Galea, Tom Constant, and Matthieu Etxebarne foil Belharra during the October 29, 2020 swell - 2020
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First Belharra big-wave foil session
- Discipline
Big Wave Foiling- Class
- Team / Wave
- Measured Result
- First - (First only)
- Date
- 2020-10-29
- Location
- Belharra, Basque Country, France, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
- First Achieved By
- Group
- Reference
- AWAKENING BELHARRA
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Monster-Sized Story
Foiling Magazine's Belharra feature documents Titouan Galea, Tom Constant, and Matthieu Etxebarne taking on the Basque Country's offshore giant on a major autumn swell. The article describes Belharra as one of the biggest waves in the world, explains the offshore logistics, and preserves the riders' accounts of speed, power, safety planning, and how different the wave felt from ordinary surf. The image captions in the feature anchor the session to October 29, 2020. Bay Area Kitesurf separately recapped that last October Belharra woke up and Titouan Galea and Tom Constant got to foil it, reinforcing the timing and the foil-specific nature of the session.
Rules of the Beast
Counts a major public documentation milestone for expert-level big-wave surf foiling at Belharra when sources clearly identify the riders, the swell date or session window, and the Belharra big-wave setting. This is a publicly documented milestone series, not an absolute proof that no earlier private attempt occurred.
How This Got the Nod
Foiling Magazine provides the detailed session account, including rider names, Belharra's big-wave character, and October 29, 2020 image-caption dating. Bay Area Kitesurf corroborates that the same autumn session involved Titouan Galea and Tom Constant foiling Belharra.
Video Proof From the Vault
A specialist foil feature documented Titouan Galea, Tom Constant, and Matthieu Etxebarne taking on Belharra, one of Europe's most serious big-wave venues, on October 29, 2020.