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Current Record - Paul Cooper and Josh Ku complete a 30-mile Molokai to Oahu Foil Drive prone-board crossing
World Record Snapshot
- Record Title
- Longest foil-assist prone-board crossing
- Discipline
Assist Foiling- Class
- Team / Distance
- Measured Result
- Distance: Roughly 30 miles - (Higher is better)
- Date
- 2024-01-01 (year precision)
- Has Stood For
- 2 years, 141 days as of 2026-05-22
- Location
- Molokai to Oahu crossing, Hawaii, USA, HI, United States
- Record Holder
- Group
- Reference
- Foil Drive Podcast EP 13
Record Holder Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Tale From the Foil Vault
Foil Drive's own recap says Paul Cooper and Josh Ku achieved an unprecedented journey from Molokai to Oahu on Foil Drive prone boards and calls it the longest voyage ever attempted on a Foil Drive unit. A separate public recap describes the route as roughly 30 miles. Foiling Freaks records this as a foil-assist distance benchmark because the achievement was defined by traveling a major open-water route on prone boards equipped with add-on assist propulsion rather than on full eFoils. The sources reviewed support the route, riders, assist format, and the approximate distance, but I did not find a public source giving a precise crossing day, so the date is entered with year-level precision.
Rules of the Beast
Track the greatest publicly documented point-to-point or voyage-style distance completed on a prone foil board using an add-on electric foil-assist system rather than a purpose-built full eFoil craft. The assist system must be central to the attempt, not incidental background gear. Public sources should identify the route, the assist system, and the rider or riders. If a source reports an approximate distance rather than a precise GPS value, preserve that wording in the event metric text and verification note rather than overstating precision.
How This Got the Nod
Foil Drive published the project as an unprecedented Molokai to Oahu prone-board journey and called it the longest voyage then attempted on a Foil Drive unit. A public recap provides the roughly 30-mile distance context.
Video Proof From the Vault
Foil Drive described Cooper and Ku's Molokai to Oahu prone-board crossing as unprecedented and as the longest voyage then attempted on a Foil Drive unit.