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First prone surf foil ride lasting more than one hour - 2022
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First prone surf foil ride lasting more than one hour
- Discipline
Prone Foiling- Class
- Open / Duration
- Measured Result
- First known over-one-hour prone/surf-foil ride - (First only)
- Date
- 2022-01-01 (year precision)
- Location
- Little Wategos, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
- First Achieved By
- Adam Bennetts
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Story Behind the Record
Adam Bennetts' Fliteboard rider profile quotes him describing a session off Little Wategos in Byron Bay where he paddled into a wave and remained on foil for over one hour. He said the swell and wind direction created convex waves that ran back out to sea, letting him travel in circles for about an hour. Oskar Johansson later referenced Adam's one-hour-plus record as the benchmark that inspired his own duration attempt. The exact date of Bennetts' ride is not provided in the accessible sources, so this is recorded with year precision and a conservative value of 67 minutes based on Oskar's later discussion of Adam's one hour and seven minute mark.
Rules of the Beast
The attempt must be a continuous on-foil prone or surf-foil ride at a surf break, lake swell, or comparable wave feature. The rider may pump and reconnect waves, but may not use a paddle, handheld wing, kite, boat tow, motor assist, eFoil propulsion, or external power after the original wave-powered start. A fall, dismount, or touchdown that ends foil flight ends the attempt.
How This Got the Nod
Year known only as before Oskar Johansson's August 2022 claim.