Foiling Magazine

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…

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Foiling Magazine

EXPOSURE

KALANI MORIN • Followers of key foil accounts on Instagram will almost certainly have already spotted Kalani Morin ripping it up in his little corner of French Polynesia. His infectious smile and clear love for the water has been boosting stoke levels amongst all of us exponentially, while his fast-paced progression on the Mo'orea jaws dropping in his wake. We had to get him into the Rising Up slot…

GWA WINGFOIL WORLD CUP • With an increasing number of competitive events beginning to flourish around the sport of foiling (and wing foiling in particular), we felt the need for a new section that offers a retrospective, on-the-ground review of what went down from those who were there and in the thick of it. First out of the gate is the GWA’s recent wingfoil event in Leucate, France – a great achievement in itself given the travel obstacles and pandemic restrictions faced by both organizers and riders. The Global Wingsport Association's Secretary General Dr Jörgen Vogt tells us how it played out…

TOEING THE LINE • It’s not been the easiest year for brands looking to bring new products to market. In fact, between lockdowns, travel restrictions, border closures and the occasional wayward container ship shutting down critical global shipping routes, it’s fair to say it’s been a challenge like no other. The team over at Flysurfer are not ones to rest on their laurels while the world rights itself though, and team rider Luke McGillewie took the brand’s can-do spirit to the water while on a shoot in South Africa. All legal and above board (we think), Luke picks up the story…

THE BAY • Powerful currents, thousand-mile swells, sharky waters, notoriously thick sea fog, and one of the busiest shipping inlets in the world… Wing foiling in San Francisco Bay is not for the faint-hearted. But for a brave few, it’s a goldmine of endless opportunity, as champion kitesurfer Johnny Heineken can testify…

DYNAMICS THE DEEP DIVE • A little change to our Dynamics slot for this issue as we embark on our first ‘Deep Dive’ where designers lay out their thinking and engineering concepts behind their key creations. Kicking things off is Signature Performance Gear’s Flight Engineer, Geoff Cox.

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PRODUCTS WE LOVE

THE BAJA FOG • Rare is the trip that you don’t get skunked in some shape or form. Thankfully there are a few ‘safe bets’, places where the weather, the swell, and the cold beers can always be depended on. Step forward La Ventana on the Baja Peninsula…

THE TOM CARROLL INTERVIEW • If you have come to foiling from a surfing background (or even if you haven’t) there are surely few wave sport enthusiasts amongst us who haven’t heard of the former world champion Australian surfer and style master, Tom Carroll. Plenty of us have had our lives in the water shaped by riders of his ilk (Ed: me amongst them…). Tom has always retained a broad-minded appreciation of all facets of board riding, and tentatively moved into foiling in the early 2000s, fully committing a few years ago. Now, it’s a full-time passion. Friend and journalist Paul Burnett sat down with him to find out how this all came to pass…

BURNING BRIDGES • Few of us are in any doubt that having a foil in your arsenal means you’ll get more opportunities to discover previously untapped location...