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Current Record - Nick Levi covers 254.5 miles on a kite foil in 12 hours
World Record Snapshot
- Record Title
- Longest documented kite foil distance in 12 hours
- Discipline
Kite Foiling- Class
- Open / Endurance
- Measured Result
- Distance: 254.5 miles in 12 hours - (Higher is better)
- Date
- 2016-08-13
- Has Stood For
- 9 years, 282 days as of 2026-05-22
- Location
- Spinner Island Kite Club, Sacramento River, California, United States
- Record Holder
- Nick Levi
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How This Epic Thing Went Down
The IKSURFMAG feature presents Nick Levi as a foilboard-focused endurance kiter who had already completed major long-distance foil efforts before mounting a more formally documented 12-hour attempt in August 2016.
The support plan was unusually deliberate for a kitefoiling endurance effort. The crew assembled GPS logging, video capture, photography, and on-water support so the ride could meet the evidence expectations then associated with a Guinness-style claim. The article states that Levi launched at 6:36 a.m. from Spinner Island Kite Club on the Sacramento River, worked long repeated reaches in steady wind, passed 200 miles by mid-afternoon, and continued pushing toward a larger benchmark as the day wore on.
At 6:36 p.m., after a full 12-hour riding window, he returned to the boat with an official distance figure of 254.5 miles. The report notes that Levi briefly considered continuing toward a 24-hour effort, but the team ended the attempt for safety.
Rules of the Beast
Rider must use a kite-powered hydrofoil board, not a twin-tip, surfboard, wingfoil, parawing, windsurf foil, tow craft, or kiteboat. Distance is the total documented riding distance accumulated within a continuous 12-hour window. Source evidence should identify the rider, the foil discipline, the elapsed time window, and the measured distance. GPS, camera, and support-team documentation strengthen verification when available.
How This Got the Nod
Source clearly identifies foilboard kiteboarding, date, location, evidence approach, and 254.5-mile 12-hour distance.