RACE RESULTS: https://www.pseresults.com/2025-events/paddle-imua-2025Join Hugh as he reviews the Paddle Imua race with some of the top competitors pushing the level of Downwind Foiling in what has to be THE BIGGEST TFP podcast yet. We have some massive names of Armie Armstrong, James Casey, Edo Tanas, Annie Rickeit, Hobey Moss, Kai Thompson and even Kai Lenny, all in 1 show! Come along for the adventure!Unfortunately, I didn’t manage to grab Kane (Mens 1st) and Gabby (Womens 2nd) for a chat afte...
Jul 18, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Rent Desert Winds at thefoilproject.comBen is an anaesthetist from the UK now living in Tasmania, and like the rest of us, he is addicted to foiling. Coming from other disciplines his most recent endeavour has been going full downwind mode, and he is seeing success. Ben talks us through his past of water sports and the state of foiling in both the UK and Tasmania. We also chat about Shipsterns bluff (before foiling it) and a heap of other interesting topics. This also has to be my favourite podc...
Jul 15, 2025•52 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Join Hugh as he chats to a group of the top foilers at the end of the 2025 Voyager x Wetfeet Downwind Race on Oahu, Hawaii.Content:00:00 - Edo Tanas09:09 - Nick Kapule15:40 - Gabriella Bella, Kane De Wilde and Oskar Johannson23:06 - Anne Starr27:26 - Kai Thompson30:08 - Simeon Ke-Paloma34:40 - Sinjin Bradley and Ryan Kim
Jul 13, 2025•43 min
Join Luc and Hugh as they drive back from an (eventful) tow foiling session on the Northern Beaches with fellow foiler Zac Chappelow. Luc recounts the story then dives into how he got into the sport and where he is going. On top of being an insane foiler, Luc is an engineering student and clearly has an epic path ahead! Can't wait to see what is in store for him and I hope you enjoy this episode.
Jul 08, 2025•59 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Rent Desert Winds Here: thefoilproject.com Perth has done his fair share of podcasts, including a Casey Catch Up... but probably none quite like this. Filmed in Perth's house, at 10pm with a few Asahi's it's about as raw as it gets. Great to chat Perth and stoked to continue to Aus Tour Podcasts! Timeline: 00:00 - Podcast Intro 4:30 - Hawaii Race Training and Planning 18:01 - 85km Solo Downwind (How bad can it be?) 28:50 - Pro surfing Background 34:06 - Surfing 2016 Cape Fear Event 42:09 - Worki...
Jul 01, 2025•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Watch Desert Winds Here: https://thefoilproject.vhx.tv/Hugh journeys to the Sunshine Coast and scores two epic 45km downwind training runs with Trent Gordon and Andrew Tibby. We dive into Trent's story of foiling and his preparation for the M2O this year, with his sights set on winning the over-40s category. Both of these guys are laser fast. Best of luck in the Hawaiian races lads!
Jun 24, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Adrien and Luke are two of the leading foil chargers in the Byron Bay Area. Adrein is an all time frother and foil ripper, a super contagious person to hang around. After this interview, Luke went on to win the Surf Foil division, putting down some crazy snaps similar to the one in this intro video. It was great to get some sessions in with these guys and find the time to sit down for a chat. Rent Desert Winds Here: https://thefoilproject.vhx.tv/
Jun 17, 2025•53 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Watch Desert Winds Here: https://thefoilproject.vhx.tv/The Australian Tour of Desert Winds has just wrapped up, and the film is now available online (link above). Hugh travelled around Australia, recording podcasts along the way. This is episode 1 of the series, back in Perth after the trip of a lifetime. Each week on Wednesday, the next episode will come out, so keep an eye out for it!In this episode, Hugh catches up with Max and Steve, two co-founders of The Foil Project. They chat through all...
Jun 10, 2025•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Desert Winds Premiere Tickets: https://www.ticketleap.events/tickets/thefoilproject/desert-winds-premiere-perth Guy and Emma a two absolute rippers from UK and two of the most bubbly and lively people to be around. Scoring insane downwinders and giant wing foil waves in over 2000km of the West Aus Coast, I am pretty sure they have travelled more here than most locals. I first got in contact with Guy in early November through the Generic Foiling Pod guys after we were both CC'd in the same spam e...
Feb 20, 2025•1 hr 37 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Link to Gameface film: https://youtu.be/jUlWq3WxUK8 Josh and James don't need much introduction. As the two biggest "dick swingers" of Code Foils as the Generic Foiling Podcast would call it, this podcast was hardly an interview but a chat on all our favourite topics of foilers. This was recorded before the start of WA race week, so as a bit of an update, the weed turned out to be not nearly as bad as we had expected, and made for some great racing. James was consistent as always, coming 1st or ...
Jan 25, 2025•1 hr 22 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Let's set the scene. It is Sunday 19th of Jan, and the Northern Beaches Downwind Foil Race has just finished. Foilers are running up the beach, panting and bending over to get their breath back, and then they straighten up, and start to chat. And oh boy do foilers chat after a downwind race. Hugh quickly races to the car and grabs out his 360 cameras and two "pussycat microphones", and dives into the pack of these chatterboxes with full force. This isn't your ordinary podcast, no, this is a live...
Jan 22, 2025•1 hr 42 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Kai and Alex are two madmen from the Sunshine Coast Bump Hunters crew. At the time of this interview they were both competing in race week here in WA, where Kai was having a crazy battle with James Casey and Alex was consistently placing top 3. In the final race (the one happening the afternoon of this podcast) Hugh just managed to snag Alex, claiming the bronze instead of the choccy medal for the first time. Kai came second to James by just 0.9 of a second, meaning he claimed the overall champi...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 27
This is the start of The Foil Project 2025 big things to come! If you are interested in downwind foil coaching around Perth please check out our website https://thefoilproject.com/ If you enjoyed this episode please like and subscribe, and share it with all your fellow foil frothers! It will help us a lot. Until next time, stay pumped!
Jan 04, 2025•16 min•Season 1Ep. 26
The boys kick back and relax for a laid back conversation discussing the foil adventure that they had just been on. Foilers Hugh, Julian, Doni and Reedie tell us a bit about the experience of exploring and foiling the coast, while James and Jarv chat about the drive and the surf along the way. Full Video is in the Editing Booth and will be released sometime early next year! If you want to see some more clips, head to The Foil Project instagram! Contents 00:00 - Intro 04:19 - Day 1 - Red Bluff to...
Dec 14, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Caught up with Andrew Readhead for a casual car chat as we head up for another downwind adventure. "Reedie" is right into his adventure racing, and this run has definitely pushed the limits of sport. We dive into all that happened in the 12 hour long run, and ask about the mindset that it takes to do these crazy adventures. Just like us, I hope you can sit back, relax and enjoy!
Dec 02, 2024•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Our first Olympic Medalist, Grae Morris, joins us on the podcast! We start by chatting about his Olympic campaign, then launch into all the Crazy Downwind Adventures Grae has had while traveling the world. Intro Grae Morris grew up in Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, Australia. His father Brett Morris, was a former national windsurfing champion, now Grae has followed in his footsteps. Grae transitioned to the foiling discipline at age 14 and combined with his power and endurance from both Rugby and Ro...
Nov 30, 2024•56 min•Season 1Ep. 22
Will, you are an absolute legend! Such a fun episode to film, positive vides all round. From mental prone runs to whacky funny videos, this episode "Will" keep you entertained. Contents 00:00 - Intro 01:28 - Get to know Will 05:18 - East Coast Trip to see Cold Play 11:06 - Crazy Prone Downwind Sends 19:07 - Prone around Hilarys 21:40 - Dock Thieving 28:23 - Foiling Stories 32:37 - The foiling community Until next time. Stay pumped!...
Nov 17, 2024•41 min•Season 1Ep. 21
This episode we are joined by Mon and Sil, twins and full frothers of all things foiling here in WA. We listen to some more foiling stories, and Hugh chat's to Mitch Hammond, winner of the Vaikobi giveaway. Enjoy the episode! Mon and Sil were born and raised in Brazil, where they were taught how to windsurf by their mother on the island Ilha Bela. This is where they got their love for water sports. After moving to Australia, both the twins started picking up SUP surfing, both over the age of 30....
Oct 18, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Perth Race Week - Thursday 21st to Thursday 28th of November Races SSS Sunset Series 1 -Thursday 21st SSS Sunset Series 2 - Tuesday 26th SSS Sunset Series 3 - Thursday 28th FENN WEST COAST DOWNWINDER - Saturday 23rd of November FUN RUN - Sunday 24th of November (more information of course to be released) More Race Info and Tickets here: https://raceroster.com/events/2024/91052/shaw-and-partners-wa-race-week-2024 Can’t wait to see everyone here! If you have any questions feel free to drop them in...
Oct 15, 2024•13 min
Thanks everyone for the foiling stories! Entries are now closed, your winner: HAMMERTIME! This episode follows on from the previous episode chatting to Zane Westwood. If you want to hear the full conversation start there! Check out TFP coaching here: thefoilproject.com #foiliing #hydrofoiling #downwind Timeline: 00:00 -Foiling Stories!! - vote now! 16:00 - Start of the episode with Zane 00:00 - Riding shorter fuses, and longer fuses? 20:01 - Gear to learn Downwind 23:30 - First time seeing a foi...
Sep 30, 2024•59 min•Season 1Ep. 20
🚨🚨🚨 VAIKOBI LIFE V3 VEST GIVEAWAY 🚨🚨🚨 🚀🚀 Send in your best foiling stories to the The Foil Project instagram or send us an email! Links below ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/thefoilproject/ Email: hugh@thefoilproject.com Description Zane is someone in the foiling community who probably doesn’t need any introduction. He has been pushing the limits of the sport over the last couple years, culminating in his new foiling film Unbounded, which compares the similarities foiling to different craft...
Sep 20, 2024•53 min•Season 1Ep. 19
Doni and Julian are two of the most talented downwind foilers here in Perth. Julian was one of the first people in WA to start downwind foiling, and has tried his way through a wide range of equipment. Since then, he has helped pull Doni into this crazy adventure of foiling with him. They are both pushing the limits whether it be trying out crazy small foils, using footstraps, planning and completing some epic foil missions or just seeing how much time they can wrangle out of their busy schedule...
Sep 13, 2024•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Sven has got to be one of the most stoked foilers in WA, he won't miss an opportunity to go out for a foil session and there is never a session where he is not smiling. He has always gone out of his way to find the right kit, pushing brands such as Axis to create products for the bigger riders. It was awesome to talk to Sven about everything that he has done foiling as well as discussing new equipment that he is using. If YOU have any foiling stories that you would like to share on the podcast p...
Aug 25, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Ange and Krystal are leading the charge for girls in Downwind foiling over here in Western Australia. They both recently were over in Hawaii, competing in the Maui to Molokai Race and more. If YOU have a foiling experience you would like to share, send a message to The Foil Project instagram page @thefoilproject. A video or Audio message would be even better! Thanks for listening!!! Episode Progression 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Learning to Foil 07:34 - Meeting in the water 08:46 - Downwind Wing Days...
Aug 14, 2024•54 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Hello Everyone! and Welcome back To The Foil Project. If YOU have a foiling experience you would like to share, please send us a message via The Foil Project instagram page, @thefoilproject. A video or Audio message would be even better! The next episode will be recorded next Friday and we would love to hear from you. Also if you have any feedback or requests for future videos feel free to drop them in the comments, or DM us as well. Dan is one of the nicest guys I have met. He is super generous...
Aug 04, 2024•58 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Andrew Readhead, AKA Reeei-deee, works full-time as a critical care paramedic and is a loving father of two. But during every spare moment, he can squeeze into his busy life, he is either shaping foiling boards, wake-thieving boats from the Swan River, dropping cars for Downwind foil runs or out in the water carving some crazy lines. Reedy learnt to foil through downwind foiling, and if you know a bit about foiling, that’s a remarkable feat. Reedy, gives a whole heap of valuable insight into how...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 14
We chat with the co-founder of Electronautic, Josh Cribb, as he walks us through the crazy journey of creating their first commercial craft; The WaveFlyer Volaré. From attaching foils to the bottom of a jet ski to riding waves with a glass of champagne, this company has come a long way, and they're only just beginning... Timeline: 00:00 - Intro 1:10 - The Wave Drive Story 9:40 - How strong is the boat? 10:50 - How does the boat drive in Shallow Water? 12:33 - The Team 15:12 - Geofencing 16:42 - ...
Sep 15, 2023•45 min•Ep. 13
The Code Foils team are a group of 4 foil frothers. Marcus Tardrew is a leading SUP and board shaper currently designing for Sunova. Marcus was the first Australian to complete the Molokai to Oahu race on a foil in 2019. His brother Ben Tardrew is a renowned Gold Coast shaper with many years of hydrofoil design experience. Ben has a lifetime on the ocean sailing, surfing and foiling since the sport’s infancy and has been making hydrofoils for 6 years. Dan Juengling is an Industry-leading archite...
Aug 20, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 12
Shannon Stent, AKA Larry Foiler, is not only a great foiler but a wizard behind the camera and an enthusiastic creative designer. This dynamic combo has lead him to be a pivotal figure for foiling in Western Australia and the world as he continues to spread the stoke for foiling with a contagiously fun attitude. Larry’s journey has lead him to be involved with innovative brands such as Axis and Sunova, and even onto creating his own brand LF Supply. Check out Larry's Merch! https://www.larryfoil...
Jul 01, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 11
In todays episode Noah and Hugh chat to Will Wilson, manager of The Stand Up Surf Shop and The Foil Shop here in WA. We talk through all the major topics surrounding the shop, including the major brands and the evolution of foiling as a sport. We hope you enjoy this episode!
Apr 21, 2023•18 min•Ep. 10
