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Arthur Mathieu breaks the 40-knot foil barrier on a 501 m kitefoil run - 2021
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First kitefoiler documented over 40 knots on a roughly 500 m speed run
- Discipline
Kite Foiling- Class
- Open / Speed
- Measured Result
- First documented kitefoiler over 40 knots on a roughly 500 m run: 40.62 knots on 501 m - (First only)
- Date
- 2021-01-01 (year precision)
- Location
- Plage du Rouet, La Palme, Occitanie, France
- First Achieved By
- Arthur Mathieu
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Monster-Sized Story
The Prince of Speed post presents Arthur Mathieu’s 40.62-knot run as a milestone in foil speed sailing. The wording is direct: Arthur entered speed sailing history by breaking the 40-knot barrier in foil with a sailcraft under 10 square meters, recording 40.62 knots on 501 meters with his kitefoil. The accompanying event video reinforces that the claim is tied to Prince of Speed 2021 rather than to an unrelated general kiteboarding run.
Rules of the Beast
This first requires a source that explicitly identifies kitefoil equipment and a roughly 500 m official speed run exceeding 40 knots. The focus is the first documented crossing of the 40-knot barrier in this format, not a general ranking of every later speed result.
How This Got the Nod
Official event social source explicitly names Arthur Mathieu, the kitefoil classification, 40.62 knots, and 501 m distance.