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First measured Big Air world champion in sit-down hydrofoiling - 1998
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First measured Big Air world champion in sit-down hydrofoiling
- Discipline
Freestyle Foiling 
Sitdown Foiling- Class
- Open / Height
- Measured Result
- First: 17 ft 6 in - (First only)
- Date
- 1998-01-01 (year precision)
- Location
- Flight Worlds, USA, United States
- First Achieved By
- Mike Murphy
- Reference
- Tony Klarich: Air Wars
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
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The Story Behind the Record
Tony Klarich wrote that Flight Worlds held the first Big Air contest in 1998 and crowned Mike Murphy the first Big Air World Champion with a measured leap of 17 ft 6 in.
Rules of the Beast
First Big Air world title awarded with an explicit measured height at Flight Worlds.
How This Got the Nod
Year-level event with explicit measurement in source.