Foiling Magazine

I’m sure you, like me, like most of us, are pretty excited to at least have the opportunity to travel again soon. It remains a complex world for travelers, battling restricted countries that sit on lists with all manner of color assignations, confusi

RIDER Ariihoe Tefaafana LOCATION Taharuu, Tahiti PHOTOGRAPHER Julien Le Prevost Ariihoe: Since I started foiling, my daily routine has changed. Living in front of the best beach break in Tahiti is a blessing for me. There, I can find myself, everythi

Editor: Cai Waggett Editor-in-Chief: Alex Hapgood Sub-editor: Sarah Sylvester Art Director: Nikki Hall Digital Marketing: Tom Weyers Technical Editor: Richard Boughton Contributing Editor: Kjell Issey van Sice Adrian Geislinger, Alex Schwarz, Annabel

Hi Tom. It looks like you covered a lot of distance. What are we talking? So the distance from the Isle of Wight to Poole, Sandbanks, is around 35km as the crow flies from the Needles. However, for this challenge, I left from Yarmouth harbour on the

Hey Makani! So first let’s find out the basics: how old are you and where do you live? I’m 13 and I live in Kaneohe on the windward side of Oahu, Hawaii. Where are your local spots to foil out there? We live close to the sandbar at Kaneohe Bay which

I have been hanging around the Canary Islands for a while now. I went there first to learn kitesurfing a few years back, but I fell in love with the potential for doing all kinds of water sports there, and I keep going back every winter since then! I

As athletes we wait all year for that special moment where we all get to come together and see all the new product that is lined up for the following year that we’ve all been working so hard on in the flesh. For Slingshot, that was a few weeks ago an

We are super lucky where we live in far north New South Wales, with a massive selection of waves for all conditions. This session was at the mouth of the Richmond River, one of the local stomping grounds where a lot of local foilers have honed their

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Long roping left-hand point breaks, dusty desolate roads, empty groomed offshore lineups, windswept coastlines and smiles upon smiles upon smiles. Creating captivating assets for marketing is never an easy task, especially in the conditions-dependent

I still remember when I started kiting, and how eager I was to learn the sport, to become better and ride more powerfully. I wanted to spend as much time as possible in the water and could not get enough of it. I remember how hard it was to wait for

Shooting for Porsche was such an incredible experience. When I left Tahiti I didn’t really know what to expect during the trip. I actually thought I was just going to France to shoot a small foiling segment for a Porsche commercial but when I got the

A water temperature of 27 degrees Celsius, that’s how I learned wingfoiling. Spoiled? Maybe. Although I didn’t feel so spoiled when I had to go from this heaven for wingfoiling back into a Dutch winter. Although currently living in the Netherlands, m

Hey Benny. First up, where were these shots taken and how did you come to be out there with Laird? These photos are from a recent trip we did to Central America. Laird and I ended up there because summertime gets a little quiet in the Northern Hemisp

In these times, everything seems to be a little bit different. Being part of a new wing brand is something fresh for me and the guys behind it are absolutely on fire with their ideas. Living and developing almost everything in the north of Germany wa

Hey team. So firstly, can you tell us how the Levitaz brand was first formed, and who was most instrumental in its founding? The brand was formed by the brothers Adrian and Benjamin Geislinger, as well as their father Cornelius Geislinger and the Kit

This is the first skill you need to master in order to complete a truly independent downwind SUP foil. While it isn’t necessary to paddle up in true flatwater you will want to hone your technique so you can get close and your technique is sound. Once

LOCATION PLAYA CHICA, TARIFA DATE TUESDAY, JUNE 8TH 2021 At the beginning of June, I spent some days shooting for Duotone together with my friend and teammate Jerome Cloetens. I was very motivated to be shooting with him and also the fact that we had

LOCATION SAN ONOFRE, CALIFORNIA DATE FRIDAY JUNE 11TH, 2021 In mid-June I sold all my stuff and moved to Florida from Kauai; but it wasn't a straight shot, I had a stop to make. The second Freedom Foil Boards team trip was scheduled in Orange County,

As one of the most well established (and biggest) kite brands on the market, it was little surprise to see Duotone ‘on it’ when the wing scene landed. They hedged their bets on the ‘boom’ concept and went hard out on developing a range of wings with

You’ve shaved a pretty impressive 20% of weight from your mast and fuselages. Where have these savings come from and have you sacrificed any strength to get the savings? We’ve saved quite a lot of material in both masts and fuselages. If we look at t

You’ve moved into the wing realm from a pure kiting background, as have many other brands. What are the main crossover benefits that you bring to the WFS V2 from all that kite knowledge? In a new sport, the stages of development are very progressive,

It’s great to see the AK foil range spread into three distinct wing shapes, give us an overview of their features and size ranges. The range starts with the Trek, a lower aspect ratio set of wings designed for ease of use and predictable handling. Th

Matador. Love the name. What’s the thinking behind it, Robby? The Matador name was the suggestion of one of our Naish USA sales team members who is an avid kite and wingfoiler. We usually throw names of new products around the whole company and let e

Hey Skeeter. So when did you first pick up a foil, and how was that initial session? In April of 2017 I borrowed my boyfriend Buck's setup. At that time he had a Naish foil and a SUP foil board that Marlon Lewis had loaned him. I was definitely intim

WEAPON FREEWING AIR V2 DIMENSIONS 4M RIDER HEIGHT 184CM RIDER WEIGHT 81KG I had the chance to test a few FreeWing Air V2 prototypes in November last year in South Africa. When I got to try the final version, I was more than stoked about the outcome.

So we understand this new wing utilizes the ALUULA material that’s been used to good effect on your kite range. What can you tell us about it, and what does the HL stand for? HL is an acronym for Hybrid Light, and the HL-Series of wings combines trad

Hey Armie, so firstly could you please talk us through the FG in your FG board range? Everyone in foiling has generally been trying to make the boards as short possible to reduce swing weight but as you improve the issue then becomes that you also wa

You’re marketing this as somewhat of a one-for-all wing. Is it really effective for all levels of wing rider? Yes, it is! We have tested the EVO Wing a bit everywhere and with different level of riders. What we wanted was a light wing that was very a

The first time I tried foiling with a kite was in 2016 and I’ve been addicted to the feeling of flying ever since. I’ve been completely absorbed by spending as many hours on the water as possible, and kite foiling probably tripled my sessions. I woul