Mike Murphy is one of the true originals of modern foiling. A water-ski racer, show skier, freestyler, inventor, teacher, and lifelong tinkerer, Mike helped create the sit-down hydrofoil as a co-inventor of the Air Chair, then pushed the sport forward again as founder of Sky Ski and Next Foils. His history reaches back to stand-up hydrofoils in the 1960s, the original Knee Ski in the 1970s, the Air Chair boom of the late 1980s and early 1990s, and decades of hydrofoil design, promotion, clinics, records, and big-air riding. Mike was also the first hydrofoiler credited with riding away from a flip, making him one of the foundational riders and inventors in the foiling world.
