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Current Record - Erwan Jauffroy flies 156.5 km without stopping or restarting
World Record Snapshot
- Record Title
- Longest continuous downwind foil flight without restart
- Discipline
Downwind Foiling- Class
- Open / Downwind Run
- Measured Result
- Distance: 156.5 km in 6h35m without stopping - (Higher is better)
- Date
- 2025-07-01 (month precision)
- Has Stood For
- 10 months, 21 days as of 2026-05-22
- Location
- Martigues to La Croix-Valmer, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
- Record Holder
- Erwan Jauffroy
Record Holder Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Story Behind the Record
Erwan Jauffroy's 2025 run is a different style of downwind record from the France to Corsica crossing. The Toulon Provence Regatta report says he covered 156.5 km between Martigues and La Croix-Valmer in 6 hours and 35 minutes, without engine or sail and without a break. The report also gives an average speed of 12.9 knots, or about 24 km/h, and quotes Erwan explaining that cramps began in the last third while he kept going without stopping or losing concentration. For Foiling Freaks, the row is treated as the longest continuous downwind foil flight without restart because the central claim is not just distance, but the uninterrupted nature of the flight. This is a monster-run category where one mistake ends the whole attempt.
Rules of the Beast
Eligible attempts must be completed on a hydrofoil board on a downwind route without a fall, restart, break, tow, sail, motor, or other propulsion. The rider may paddle and pump as part of normal downwind foiling before and during flight. The measured value is the continuous distance traveled on foil before the rider stops, falls, restarts, or otherwise ends the uninterrupted flight. Documentation should clearly state the no-restart or no-break claim and give distance, route, and elapsed time when available.
How This Got the Nod
Date precision set to month because exact day was not confirmed in the accessible source.
Video Proof From the Vault
Erwan Jauffroy completed a 156.5 km downwind foil run without engine, sail, break, or restart.