A brilliant conversation with Mr Starboard Foils himself, Tiesda You. There is a good dose of technical information in this episode with discussions on: - Software optimisation of foils - Starting a 'non-athlete' career in the foiling/watersports industry - The potential disruption of AI - The 'Universal Connection System' - Traditional British dessert making and much more. Rate us 5 stars, send us messages, support us on 'buymeacoffee' if you would like to and all that jazz....
Jun 17, 2025•1 hr 32 min
A busy week for the social calendar and a busy week on the water! The boys have a quick debrief on the wedding of Guy & Emma, dive more into the downwind SUP vs Parawing debate, reflect on cross-discipline technical learnings and much more.
Jun 09, 2025•1 hr 11 min
A busy couple weeks on the water and a lot of findings from our own sessions - we set some time aside in order to talk about a couple fun bits that've been occuring in the foiling world but actually ended up dissecting our own findings - which ended up being a lot of fun. Downwind paddling and parawinging mainly on the cards here, with some winging thrown in the mix to keep it Generic. Liam has a revelation, and Freddie's struggling along with everything as always.... We hope you enjoy these epi...
Jun 02, 2025•1 hr 16 min
Mikes back - after a pretty horrendous time in his life - but as positive and upbeat as ever! We had a great chat with Mike back towards the start of our mighty podcasting careers and we've kept in touch. He had a terrible health scare in 2024 and we're very glad to hear of his recovery and journey back to tip top shape. We recorded before Christmas, so its great to see some of what we discussed re. the parawing come to life since then. Fingers crossed Mike makes it to AWSI this year so we can f...
May 21, 2025•2 hr 11 min
Freddie and Liam have a catch up between themselves and reflect on their foiling progress over the past months, reveal the best foilboard in the world for kitefoiling and downwind SUP foiling, chat about their time hanging out the Code Foil boys in Cornwall and shout out some industry gear options that they'd like to try. Don't forget that Gav@Hydrofoils charity auction campaign is live on youtube, go check it out!
May 13, 2025•1 hr 9 min
Brilliant episode with fellow Englishman Gav Blake, the man behind Gav @ Hydrofoil YouTube fame. Gav gives us the rundown on his background, foiling journey and summarises the state of play in terms of the industry's parawing and downwind product offerings right now. Enjoy!
May 07, 2025•1 hr 47 min
The King and Queen of UK foiling join us after their epic winter adventure/pre-wedding honeymoon down under. Its hard to listen to this pair and not feel frothed to get out on the water and enjoy yourself. Listen to the very end and Freddie's zest might even surprise you!
Apr 15, 2025•1 hr 15 min
FINALLY we release this one! We got to spend some time chilling in the carpark of Hood River with Aidan back in September (did we tell you we went to Hood River?) and he was nice enough to be one of the folks who lent us a downwindering board while we were there too. No doubt you've all seen videos of him shredding on the interweb, and he was one of the standout riders on the water through AWSi for Liam and I. Fast forward a couple of months and we managed to steal some time from his busy schedu...
Apr 07, 2025•1 hr 56 min
A super fun chat with Slingshot Product Designer, Bobby Johnston, who has been a very busy man over the past 3 years developing Slingshot's new ONELOCK mast & fuselage system in combination with the slingshot foil range among other things. This is a fantastic chat that covered a lot of bases. From techy tech, design philosophy, business operations, new testing/industry benchmarking methodologies and much more. Bobby is as friendly as he is modest (very) and we hope we can add him to the list...
Mar 31, 2025•2 hr 10 min
This episode was recorded late 2024 shortly after Jack visited the UK for the Kernow Foil Classic. Thanks to his recent £1.7 million deal with F-One and his determination to take over the Youtube algorithm, he regaled us with stories of his worldwide adventures. A super high energy, fun, inspiring and informative episode. Enjoy!
Mar 03, 2025•2 hr 26 min
This is the second attempt at recording the 100th episode! The first attempt was a HUGE Q&A video that we're deciding what to do with at present. This episode has a lot of fun chat including: - What the bloody hell is going on at Gong HQ? - Foil scooting crowdfunding success! - Let airlines define the limit of our board designs. - Is an egg the best marketing and testing tool? - Are you a 'jumbo' rider? Starboard have the foil for you. - Will Starboard's funky board shapes secure them dw boa...
Feb 24, 2025•1 hr 42 min
Your much-needed dose of foil news, splurge of opinions and session updates. Rate us 5 stars and enjoy the episode! #hashtag
Jan 28, 2025•1 hr 33 min
We hope you enjoy this episode with humble waterwoman extraordinaire Gabriella Bella. We get the low down on Gabriella's watersports history and she does her best to dial in Freddie's shimming game. Listen to this episode and rate the podcast 5 stars or we'll all get personally offended. Peace out.
Jan 21, 2025•1 hr 29 min
We sit down with Mario's twin brother Luigi to see what has been going down on the continent. This episode was recorded a couple of months ago, just after the Crozon foil event. We talk about: - The learning process for all disciplines - The difference styles of events as the scene develops - How many stroopwafels are required to complete a downwind run the length of the Netherlands and much more... As always, we hope you enjoy this one. Peace out, The world's best foiling podcast....
Jan 15, 2025•2 hr 6 min
We very briefly met Simeon in Hood River, but as he was just finishing up his Voyager Clinic with paying clients we didn't all have the time to sit down together over a Modelo. Thankfully through the power of the internet we've managed it! You can't have missed the impact the Voyager Foiling crew have had on the downwind scene over the past few years and we were really looking forward to sitting down with the man behind the hats! We chat through all things Voyager as well as Simo's thoughts on t...
Jan 07, 2025•1 hr 51 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Prior to meeting this pair at AWSI this year, we knew little to nothing about the two of them, and yet they're some of the most hard-working and influential people in the foiling game right now. Within minutes of meeting and chatting to Caitlyn over a margarita at Hood River's no.1 mexican 'Taqueria', Liam had decided she needed to be in front of the mic, and having the couple sit down together was a bonus. A lot was covered in this conversation, and I'd be surprised if anyone didn't feel inspir...
Dec 30, 2024•1 hr 29 min
Here we are again - back round to our now traditional Wanglordz Christmas Episode in the Hot Tub. Usuaully we'd prepare you not to expect too much tech talk while we're sinking brewskies and re-living the year - but this ones a doozie. Over three hours we sat in the tub, and we managed to only discuss 2 of a possible 10 christmassy items we had jotted down to bring up. It'd been a while since we all caught up together and we were all a bit too excited. It gets a little loose in places.... all in...
Dec 24, 2024•2 hr 45 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Old mate Ryan came for a chat this week. We didn't get time to record anything in America so he joined us online to discuss how he's gotten to where he is now. Coach, marketing guru at KT Foiling, some mysterious role at Foildrive we never got to the bottom of and Foiling Magazines Friday Pump newsletter author..... such a large amount of roles to digest. Ryan recently came back from Hawaii after the Foilers of Oahu event and we delve into his views on surf foil style, progression within our dis...
Dec 16, 2024•2 hr•Season 2Ep. 12
An excellent episode with one of our favourite pairs in the foiling game. Passionate, positive, and inspiring individuals who have turned a niche product segment and brand into a household name within the foiling industries. They've managed to get Freddie excited about leashes! We had the pleasure of hanging out with Karen and Roy on the beach in San Diego (fuelled by her home baked goodies) and followed the session with a recording where we dive into the origin of the grip leash concept and how...
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 18 min
Frank’s boards have had people murmuring and whatsapping naughty photos back and forth for a while now. We were lucky enough to see them in the flesh in Hood River…our man Luke wouldn't shut up about getting hold of one. Liam managed to have a good chat with him in the states on the AXIS stand at AWSI. Surprisingly, stood in front of a couple of Frank made boards with full red Axis livery and logos, when asked what the deal is between Frank and Adrian (Axis), they both laughed and replied with “...
Nov 25, 2024•2 hr
Chitty chatty in person with the legends themselves.
Nov 10, 2024•1 hr 14 min
He doesn't need any introductions, he's been weasling his way onto our screens since the beginnings of foiling and he's all over the social media's. Managing to squeeze himself now into the pivotal marketing role at Code Foils and as a worldwide Foildrive Ambassador! We'd been trying to line things up with Josh for a long time, but he's a busy man and our mega social media prowess also means we're busy nowadays too! FINALLY at the AWSI event we got to meet the man himself, firstly in a diner ove...
Nov 05, 2024•1 hr 21 min
Daniela Moroz - 6x Formula Kite World Champion, 4x US Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, 2024 Olympian. When we chatted with Daniela, she had not long come back from representing the USA in the first ever formula kite olympic competition in Marseille, France...what a wild ride she had. In this podcast she tells us all about he introductions to kite foiling, her experience as an olympic favourite entering the games, the still unclear outcome of the final rounds and much much more. Daniela wears her h...
Nov 01, 2024•2 hr 9 min
Bring on the Frenchies! In come Richard and Benoit from AFS foils, to give us some insight in how they've exploded onto the scene over the last couple years. Richard is a man who's been around the industry a long time - previously as a pro kiter for Flexifoil back in the days before that brand exploded loudly.... He's since started as 'International Business Developer' at AFS and also been smashing the downwinding in France. Benoit lives in Texas is heading up the distribution of AFS and Sooruz ...
Oct 22, 2024•1 hr 5 min
Dylan Shewfelt - everybody's favourite 'Uncle Knobhead' Liam was invited a while ago now to the 2023 North Dealer Meeting in Portugal to review some kites for IKsurf and TONIC Magazine. There, he bumped into Dylan and instantly decided they would be friends. As someone else who was there not only to try the new products but to also hunt for the best conditions possible to try said products. No point trying wave kit in flat water conditions, right?! Fast forward to our little AWSI trip and they g...
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 38 min
Johnny might not need any introduction to anyone that has been interested in windsports for a while, but they might need a hand picking him out of a crowd as he masks himself and lurks in the shadows. Ken Adgate introduced us to this hooded fella, hood elastic synched tight to cover as much of his face as possible, and also wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses.... it was only the one and only Johnny Heineken! This was a super fun, super relaxed episode recorded on the grass of the 2024 AWSI eve...
Oct 06, 2024•43 min
A chap we'd been hoping to pin down for a while - we were lucky enough to do so in Slingshot's offices in Hood River. We escaped the heat of the day mooching round an air cooled office to end up sitting on a balcony in the shade, overlooking the entire event going on below us. Fred is one of those foilers who you can spot a mile off. His kitefoil riding changed the game and it is very difficult not to notice his insane freeriding ability when he's on the water. Nowadays he's taken on a pretty si...
Sep 27, 2024•58 min
Please welcome Cynthia ‘Cynbad’ Brown onto the podcast. We got to sit down and chat with Cynthia while she was over from Hawaii and working on the Ozone stand at the AWSI show. She is an absolute whirlwind of a character, a legend in our sports, and has stories to keep us all listening for hours. Competing in windsurfing in the 80’s through to pioneering hobby parachute downwinding now, she’s been a part of it all. The random fact that Laird Hamilton taught her to surf should say it all - you’re...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 15 min
If you’re expecting a techy debrief into the products the boys at Code have been churning out, this isn’t the podcast for you. The brothers had been on the stand chatting tech all day and were knackered - if you’re after tech, check other peoples videos from the stands on the Youtube. We put beers in their hands and chatted about everything else instead. What a great story these two have - spending all their life savings to start up something of their own and having the wildest year of their liv...
Sep 16, 2024•1 hr 33 min
One of the cool things about this trip we're finding is being able to stick microphones in interesting peoples faces anytime we're all sat around hanging out, and (hopefully) it not being weird. Big Aussie Luke has been hanging out for us since the AWSI event finished, and we've had a couple mornings sat around in Kenny's garage shooting the shit. As always thats when the best stuff gets discussed and so we switched the coffee machine on and sat there a bit longer. A properly split episode - hal...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 14 min
