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

LANE SOLANO • We first became aware of Lane Solano when we were looking over some shots provided by his dad – pro photographer Brian Solano – who we’ve worked with often and can generally be found pointing a lens toward the Lenny brothers or other Maui foil luminaries. With Lane it was a “hold up, who’s this?” moment…

ERIKA LANE’S SHARK ATTACK • Erika Lane (aka @suplove) is a regular in our Instagram feed, and for good reason. Always smiling, always stoked, and always sharing the love back, she epitomizes good time foiling, and the algorithms know it. So we were a little shocked when, upon opening up the app for a little downtime scroll, front and center was her dramatic photo evidence of a recent shark attack…

KIERAN BROWN

GWA WINGFOIL WORLD TOUR 2021 WRAP-UP • For the second year running, despite the challenging event environments around the world, the GWA Wingfoil World Tour has delivered another exciting season. Completing four action-packed events in France, Morocco, Brazil and Spain, here are some brief highlights of the 2021 GWA Surf Freestyle and Surf-Race competitions, and a look forward to what’s coming on the 2022 calendar…

TEAHUPOO BARREL MISSION • It was all about commitment, preparation and timing for Ariihoe Tefaafana as he set about completing his mission to get barreled at one of the world’s most infamous reef breaks…

NORTH WINDS • Despite the indisputable beauty that’s to be found up north in the Arctic circle, there’s often just the one small factor that puts off even the most intrepid wing rider from heading in that direction, even in the summertime… the temperature. It takes no prisoners. Luckily, Kari Schibevaag spends her life in this environment, so is best placed to tell us about one particular glacial mission, and how best to conduct yours, should you wish to…

KARI’S ARCTIC SUMMER WINGFOILING GUIDE

ON A WING AND A PRAYER • From black lava to black underwater shadows, Fabian Muhmenthaler likes to venture places where many wouldn’t. Here’s his tale of one particular session on Gran Canaria…

DYNAMICS THE DEEP DIVE JAIMIE SCOTT - NORTH • Dig around on the world wide web and you’ll find a great short documentary on Jaimie Scott, North’s chief board shaper. Catch it, and what you’ll instantly take from that film is that he literally couldn’t live in a more beautiful spot, right next to the sea, allowing him the opportunity to design and build boards and walk them straight into the water. For our Dynamics slot this issue, Jaimie tells us how his background and his environment have fed into his designs…

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ATLANTIC SLICES • At the time of publishing, the winter swells are still bombarding Europe’s infamous big wave spot, Nazaré. Welsh big wave rider Glyn Ovens has spent the season there, putting foiling front-and-center when the North Atlantic monsters roll in…

TORQUE IS(N’T) CHEAP • Pro kitesurfer, Patagonia ambassador, and now avid tow foiler Reo Stevens weighs up the pros and cons of getting yourself towed behind a boat… and why it’s found its place as yet another fun-filled niche within our sport.

ISLAND PROMISE • A return to Mauritius had been on pro kitesurfer and now avid wingfoiler Stefan Spiessberger’s radar for a while, but had been continually thwarted by the global pandemic. When the opportunity finally arose in the way of a...