First men's SFT Pump Foil World Champion - 2025
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First men's SFT Pump Foil World Champion
- Discipline
Dockstarting- Class
- Men / Race Course
- Measured Result
- First men's Pump Foil world title - (First only)
- Date
- 2025-09-01 (month precision)
- Location
- Lake Traunsee, Austria, Austria
- First Achieved By
- Edan Fiander
- Verified By
- Surf Foil World Tour
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Ride, The Proof, The Glory
Surf Foil World Tour reports that the first SFT Pump Foil World Champions were crowned after seven global tour stops and a finale at Lake Traunsee. The men's podium named Edan Fiander of Switzerland and stated that consistency, stamina, and speed brought him the first-ever Pump Foil world title. The accessible source does not provide the exact event day, so the row uses month precision for September 2025 based on the public coverage timing.
Rules of the Beast
The athlete must be publicly identified by the Surf Foil World Tour or the event organizer as the first men's Pump Foil World Champion. The result should come from a season or championship structure rather than a casual session.
How This Got the Nod
Organizer news article