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First pumpfoil circumnavigation of Lake Thun - about 41 to 42 km with 9 stops - 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
- 2025-08-13
- Location
- Lake Thun, Neuhaus area, Switzerland, Bern, Switzerland
- First Achieved By
- Pascal Hiltbrand
- Verified By
- Plattform J / Pascal Hiltbrand
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
Nixie, along with the foiling community at large, has given this glorious achievement the official Foiling Freaks nod for Dockstarting.
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The Ride, The Proof, The Glory
Pascal Hiltbrand publicly documented a pumpfoil lap around Lake Thun, with the YouTube result describing the run as a world first, dated 2025-08-13, at about 41 km with 9 stops. Plattform J separately reported that after the successful Lake Brienz circumnavigation, Hiltbrand followed about a week later with Lake Thun. The article gives the Thun route as 42 km and says he had chosen better fueling for the second lake, using electrolyte gel and energy bars so he avoided the cramps that had threatened the earlier effort. It says he returned to the start point at Neuhaus hungry and happy. Because the route included stops and public sources describe it as a pumpfoil lake loop rather than a single continuous flight, this is entered as a named-lake circumnavigation first, not as a longest continuous distance record.
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 YouTube video plus local news article
Video Proof From the Vault
Pascal Hiltbrand completed a reported first pumpfoil circumnavigation of Lake Thun at about 41 to 42 km.