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Hughie Vaughan becomes first surfer to score perfect 50 at Stab High after one-handed backflip
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Hughie Vaughan becomes first surfer to score perfect 50 at Stab High after one-handed backflip
Australian teenage surfer Hughie Vaughan has achieved the first perfect 50 at the Stab High aerial competition, a year after his one-handed backflip gained 2 million views.
- Vaughan landed a never-before-attempted one-handed backflip at a Texas wave pool in July 2025, later named the "stalefish flipper" by skateboarder Tony Hawk.
- One month before that air, Vaughan won the Stab High event in Japan.
- At the Stab High event in the United States in May 2026, Vaughan landed a lien flip and received the competition's first perfect 50 score.
- Vaughan stated he has always wanted to join the World Surf League but is currently enjoying the freedom to travel and chase swells.
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