First freefoil circumnavigation of Lake Union - 2026
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First freefoil circumnavigation of a named lake
- Discipline
Pump Foiling 
Freefoiling- Class
- Open / Circumnavigation
- Measured Result
- First reported Lake Union freefoil circumnavigation - (First only)
- Date
- 2026-06-26
- Location
- Lake Union, Seattle, Washington, USA, WA, United States
- First Achieved By
- Eric Kamila, Warren McAndrew
- Verified By
- Dock Start Facebook group
- Reference
- Lake Union circumnavigation post
Rider: Eric Kamila, Warren McAndrew
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The Story Behind the Record
This entry is based on the supplied Dock Start Facebook group source direction for a Lake Union body-of-water circumnavigation. Described by Eric: I believe this is the first-ever freefoil lap around Lake Union - with Warren McAndrew. I had seen footage of Dan Riley at the Waterway 8 dock off Fairview, but everything else was pretty much uncharted territory. There are numerous launch spots around MOHAI if you can deadstart. So much fun riding through the houseboats!
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
User-supplied source direction from Facebook posts of the ride.
Video Proof From the Vault
A Facebook group post was supplied as the source for the first reported freefoil/pumpfoil circumnavigation of Lake Union in Seattle by Warren McAndrew and Eric Kamila.