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First back mobe on a wake foil - 2023
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First back mobe on a wake foil
- Discipline
Boat Wake Foiling 
Freestyle Foiling- Class
- Open / Trick
- Measured Result
- First - (First only)
- Date
- 2023-05-15
- Location
- Unknown
- First Achieved By
- Austin Tovey
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
Grindle, along with the foiling community at large, has given this glorious achievement the official Foiling Freaks nod for Boat Wake Foiling.
May it inspire better evidence, cleaner runs, bigger claims, and even louder hooting from the crowd.
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The Story Behind the Record
Austin Tovey’s May 15, 2023 Instagram post is a direct “worlds first” claim for a back mobe on foil and tags the clip as wakefoil, wake, foil, foiling, skate, skateboarding, wakeskating, and hydrofoil. The rider states the claim, the post is dated, the trick is named, and the wake-foil tags indicate the relevant context.
Rules of the Beast
Tracks the first publicly documented back mobe claim specifically in wake-foil context. The source should name the maneuver, assert firstness, and tie the clip to wake foiling through caption, tags, or visual context.
How This Got the Nod
Primary rider post explicitly states world-first claim and uses wakefoil tags.
Video Proof From the Vault
Austin Tovey posted an explicit world-first claim for a back mobe on foil in a wake-foil context.