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Paul Cooper wins the first Foil Assist surf event - 2024
World First Snapshot
- First Title
- First winner of a Foil Assist surf competition
- Discipline
Assist Foiling- Class
- Open / Surf
- Measured Result
- First - (First only)
- Date
- 2024-11-30
- Location
- Foil Fever contest, Kauai, Hawaii, USA, HI, United States
- First Achieved By
- Paul Cooper
World First Spotlight
Monster Council Approval
Riptide, along with the foiling community at large, has given this glorious achievement the official Foiling Freaks nod for Assist Foiling.
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The Ride, The Proof, The Glory
Paul Cooper posted publicly that he was stoked to win the first ever Foil Assist surf event. Foil Drive's follow-up coverage described the contest as Foil Assist's first official surf competition, held in Kauai at the Foil Fever contest. Foiling Freaks records the milestone as a World First candidate because the defining part of the event was a dedicated assist-foil surf competition, not a standard surf foil or eFoil contest. The date is taken from Cooper's public post, which preserved the timing closely enough to enter a day-level event date.
Rules of the Beast
Counts the first publicly documented winner of a surf-format competition where the event or reporting clearly identifies a dedicated Foil Assist or foil-assist surf category. The ride format must be assist foiling, meaning an add-on propulsion system used with a foil board rather than a full eFoil product category. The source should identify the contest, the athlete, and the firstness claim clearly enough to preserve the milestone.
How This Got the Nod
Rider statement and Foil Drive follow-up both identify the event as the first Foil Assist surf competition milestone.
Video Proof From the Vault
Paul Cooper publicly stated that he won the first ever Foil Assist surf event at the Foil Fever contest in Kauai.