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First pumpfoil circumnavigation of Lake Brienz - about 36 km with 8 or 9 shore pauses - 2025
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First freefoil circumnavigation of a named lake
- Discipline
Dockstarting 
Freefoiling- Class
- Open / Circumnavigation
- Measured Result
- 1 first - (First only)
- Date
- 2025-08-01 (month precision)
- Location
- Lake Brienz, from Bönigen to Brienz and around the lake, Bern, Switzerland
- First Achieved By
- Pascal Hiltbrand
- Verified By
- Plattform J / Pascal Hiltbrand
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Tale From the Foil Vault
Plattform J reported that Pascal Hiltbrand, a Bern-based pumpfoiler, completed a circumnavigation of Lake Brienz in early August 2025 before later circling Lake Thun. The article says the Brienz route began in Bönigen and that by the time he reached Brienz he was already running low on energy. His friend and experienced pumpfoiler Matthias Matt Kaufmann helped with planning and brought him salty snacks during the outing. The report gives the route as roughly 36 km and says he used about eight or nine shore pauses. It also notes that driftwood, reeds, shallow water, and fallen trees caused several falls, which makes this a multi-stage exploration first rather than a continuous duration record. First reported Lake Brienz pumpfoil circumnavigation, about 36 km with 8 or 9 shore pauses.
Rules of the Beast
The route must be a completed loop around one named lake or similar enclosed body of water using a pumpfoil, freefoil, or dockstart pump foil setup. The rider may use human-powered dock, shore, ladder, beach, rock, platform, or similar self-powered launches. No motor, sail, kite, handheld wing, parawing, tow rope, boat pull, cable, winch, or wave propulsion may power the route. Because this is a route-completion first rather than a continuous-flight duration record, shore pauses, falls, swims, and relaunches may be allowed when they are disclosed, but the route must still be completed by the rider using only human-powered pumping for the foiling portions. The source should identify the body of water, the rider or team, the approximate distance, and enough public evidence to support the route.
How This Got the Nod
Public local news article