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Current Record - Nicolas Iten 4:02 hour freefoil duration record - 4 hours 2 minutes
World Record Snapshot
- Record Title
- Longest freefoil continuous duration
- Discipline
Dockstarting 
Freefoiling- Class
- Open / Endurance
- Measured Result
- Duration: 4 hours 2 minutes - (Higher is better)
- Date
- 2024-05-25
- Has Stood For
- 1 year, 362 days as of 2026-05-22
- Location
- Lake Sempach, Switzerland, Switzerland
- Record Holder
- Nicolas Iten
- Verified By
- Indiana Paddle & Surf
Record Holder Spotlight
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The Ride, The Proof, The Glory
Indiana reported that on May 25, 2024 Nicolas Iten broke the four-hour mark and pumped 54.8 km, setting a new world record in long-distance dockstart pumping. His own account described waking at 6 a.m., starting an hour later in sunny light-wind conditions, hitting a wooden branch after 2 km, swimming to restart from another platform, resetting his watch after failed dockstarts, then circling Lake Sempach and continuing until four hours and two minutes of continuous flying were recorded on his Garmin.
Rules of the Beast
This series is for long-distance or exploratory pump foiling. The rider must travel under human power only after a dockstart, beachstart, rock start, drop start, or comparable human-powered launch. The attempt must be a continuous or clearly documented exploration-style flight over flat or sheltered water rather than a wind, wave, downwind, boat-wake, cable, or motor-assisted ride. Touchdown, fall, outside propulsion, boat tow, winch pull, sail, kite, handheld wing, or parawing ends the measured attempt. GPS track, video, public article, or comparable evidence should support distance, duration, location, and route continuity. Duration is measured from sustained foil flight after launch until touchdown, fall, or outside assistance.
How This Got the Nod
Brand news article with rider account
Previous Freaks Holding This Record
Before this mark took the throne, these earlier accepted records were set.
- Beta Freefoil 2.5-hour endurance milestone - 2.5 hours
2023-01-01 (year precision) | Duration: 2.5 hours | Stood for 1 year until broken on 2024-01-01 - Jérôme Baudoux credited as first over 3 hours - Over 3 hours
2024-01-01 (year precision) | Jérôme Baudoux | Duration: Over 3 hours | Stood for 4 months, 24 days until broken on 2024-05-25