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…

EDITORIAL

Foiling Magazine

EXPOSURE

HYDROFOIL PATHWAYS FEATURING DALE STAPLES • There was plenty of good feeling in the office when this one got watched. A good insight into the former WQS rider, who’s worked out what works best for him in his life as a professional waterman, and a father. We spoke with Dale to get some background on the film…

KADEN PRITCHARD • If you want to see the epitome of winging stoke, just look at these shots of young Kaden Pritchard. Absolutely frothing on the sport, and passing those good vibes onto anyone he rides with, there’s no doubt Kaden is going to be one of the future shining lights of the sport…

EFOILING THE ENGLISH CHANNEL • There are inherent perils in charging across one of the world’s busiest waterways aboard anything, and it’s definitely not a feat for those of a nervous disposition. Fliteboard rider Rob Wylie does like a challenge though…

FELIX VON ESSEN

BUILDING THE FREEWING AIR • A perfectly timed collaboration between Starboard and Airush Kiteboarding saw them release the FreeWing AIR into a world that was curious about this new sport of wingfoiling… Cut to now, and the collab continues apace, with the FreeWing AIR v2 now on the market, the soon-to-be-released Nitro in the pipeline, and a world that’s hungry for everything wing. We got the lowdown from Svein Rasmussen (Starboard) and Clinton Filen (Airush) on how this partnership came to be, and where it’s headed…

DREAMY CHOCOLATE WAVE LAND • If your plan is to escape the crowds of one of the world’s busiest water sport locations, then heading to deepest Peru is a pretty sure bet for scoring some isolated water time and world class wing conditions. And don’t forget to visit the jungle…

KOLD KOAST • Here’s one to get under a warm blanket for… Desperate to score some adventure time and seek out some empty waves, KOLD’s Mario Rodwald and a few friends leaped across the Danish border at the first opportunity, and went wind and wave hunting, enveloped in suitably thick neoprene…

DYNAMICS TO BUILD A FOIL… • Rio Imperato represents the new guard on Maui’s foil scene, coming into the sport via the emergence of the wing and now fully invested in pushing the sport forward on different levels, both on and off the water. With an interest in engineering her very own foil wing to further enhance her riding, she called upon the expertise of Naish’s chief foil designer, Nils Rosenblad, for some professional guidance to kick off her journey into foil design…

PRODUCTS WE LOVE

KING RIVER • Having long held a siren song for all manner of water (and bike) sport enthusiasts, the Columbia River Gorge is at once as versatile as it is beautiful. But no-one could have predicted that this river would come to hold an attraction even to those from the home of wave riding itself…

MR BRIGHTSIDE An Adam Bennetts interview • As one of the most stylish prone foilers in the world, Adam Bennetts is another name that will forever be etched into the granite wall of foiling luminaries who are blazing a well-documented and well-respected trail of progression and discovery through these halcyon days of the sport, with his infectious stoke and hard angle turns pulling in plenty of fans across the disciplines. Foiling Magazine contributor Paul Burnett caught up with Adam at home to find out more about his journey into foiling, and his recent work with the UniFoil team…

FUN CENTRAL •...