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Foiling Magazine brings the best features, the latest tech and the finest tricks-and-tips to you from the world of foiling. Within this relatively new sport, Foiling Magazine is essential reading for any surf, SUP or wake foiler. Working with the best riders, the biggest brands and the finest photographers, Foiling Magazine provides the ultimate representation of the most exciting sport on the planet…

EDITORIAL

Foiling Magazine

EXPOSURE

BLUE HIGHWAY • If you have a cheeky 16 minutes free, you could do far worse than taking a little pause and sitting down to watch this excellent film from the team at Foil Drive, which documents the traversing of the Kaiwi Channel between Moloka’i and O’ahu (the very same route of the famous M2O race) by Josh Ku, Jack Ho, Kahi Pacarro & Paul Cooper. Foiling Magazine Editor Cai caught up with Foil Drive’s Team Manager Josh Ku to get the behind-the-scenes take on crossing the “channel of bones”…

ERNESTO DE AMICIS • A rising star out of Naples, 16-year-old Ernesto de Amicis joined the North International team back in June and will no doubt soon be a familiar name on the world tour. We went looking for a little more background…

SWEDEN TO DENMARK DOWNWINDER • So although he wasn’t the first to do this crossing (Casper Steinfath did it in the opposite direction a couple of years back as part of his Viking Crossing series), SailGP athlete Phil Robertson is the first to tie it in with an environmental cause too. You can look up the film online, but first, here’s a little background and behind-the-scenes insights care of Phil…

SCOTTY STALLMAN

RRD YOUNG WINGS 2024 • RRD recently hosted the first ofof their “Young Wings” events, a series of wingfoil camps on Lake Garda where passionate and emerging under-20-year-old wingfoilers got to hone their skills, with the added potential of one day making it onto the RRD International Pro Team. RRD Young Wings’ Team Captain Matteo Guazzoni gave us the full lowdown on what the events entail…

PWR-FOIL AT THE OLYMPICS • French e-foil brand PWR-Foil recently got the exclusive opportunity to showcase not only their own products but the wider pursuit of e-foiling to highly enthusiastic Olympic crowds. To find out how it all played out, we spoke with PWR-Foil CEO, Chris Defrance.

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PRODUCTS WE LOVE

CASH FLOW • Intercepting a swell from afar is no easy task, and this particular strike mission was no exception. Neither is traveling from Maui to South Africa, on the opposite side of the world. Was it worth it though? Well, this is Cash Berzolla we’re talking about. Of course it was.

UNBOUNDED • Harking back to the simpler days of surf travel, Zane Westwood and videographer Dane Wilson headed to Chile, stripping back their normal day-to-day requirements, and just focusing on whatever was needed for the plentiful and quality waves to be found in this foiling nirvana…

La Dolce Vita • Three riders have found their respective sweet spots on Lake Garda – a place where the Italian “sweet life” meets world-class wingfoil conditions…

GENERATIONS • By the time you read this article, a new documentary from Naish called “The Next Generation Watermen” will have been released. Each of the subjects who feature in this film – Koa Fabbio (rising star), Austin Kalama (contemporary star), and Robby Naish (legend) – although at different stages of life, have a defining lifelong connection to the ocean that surrounds them, and are passionate about promoting this kind of relationship for the generations yet to come. While the film was in the post-production stages, we approached each of the riders for a little insight into themselves and their thoughts on their co-stars…

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