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A 17-year-old public schoolboy is set to enter the Guinness Book of World Records after becoming the first person to “wakeboard” across the English Channel.

Radley College student Edward Bosson, completed the feat from Dover to Cap Gris-Nez in just over two hours.

Despite falling off his craft 14 times, he is set to now enter the Guinness Book of World Records for his achievement.

While others have successfully water skied across the Channel, Edward said the world record organisation told him no one had achieved it in this form.

If proven, he will officially enter the books under the title “the fastest crossing of the English Channel on a wakeboard”.

A spokesman for the records was unavailable for comment..