First rider to ride away from an invert on a sit-down hydrofoil - 1990
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First rider to ride away from an invert on a sit-down hydrofoil
- Discipline
Freestyle Foiling
Sitdown Foiling- Class
- Open / Rotation
- Measured Result
- First: Wake back roll ride-away - (First only)
- Date
- 1990-01-01 (year precision)
- Location
- United States
- First Achieved By
- Mike Murphy
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
Jinx, along with the foiling community at large, has given this glorious achievement the official Foiling Freaks nod for Freestyle Foiling.
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The Story Behind the Record
Tony Klarich states that Mike Murphy was the first person to ride away from an invert on a hydrofoil: the wake back roll in 1990.
Rules of the Beast
First documented successful invert on a sit-down hydrofoil with a clean ride-away.
How This Got the Nod
Year-level milestone stated directly in source.