The Generic Foiling Podcast

A brilliant conversation with Mr Starboard Foils himself, Tiesda You. There is a good dose of technical information in this episode with discussions on:- Software optimisation of foils- Starting a 'non-athlete' career in the foiling/watersports industry- The potential disruption of AI- The 'Universal Connection System'- Traditional British dessert makingand much more. Rate us 5 stars, send us messages, support us on 'buymeacoffee' if you would like to and all that jazz.

A busy week for the social calendar and a busy week on the water!The boys have a quick debrief on the wedding of Guy & Emma, dive more into the downwind SUP vs Parawing debate, reflect on cross-discipline technical learnings and much more.

A busy couple weeks on the water and a lot of findings from our own sessions - we set some time aside in order to talk about a couple fun bits that've been occuring in the foiling world but actually ended up dissecting our own findings - which ended up being a lot of fun. Downwind paddling and parawinging mainly on the cards here, with some winging thrown in the mix to keep it Generic. Liam has a revelation, and Freddie's struggling along with everything as always....We hope you enjoy these episodes - it's exhausting lining up interviews, and we do enjoy getting back to basics and just talking about ourselves instead!

Mikes back - after a pretty horrendous time in his life - but as positive and upbeat as ever!We had a great chat with Mike back towards the start of our mighty podcasting careers and we've kept in touch. He had a terrible health scare in 2024 and we're very glad to hear of his recovery and journey back to tip top shape.We recorded before Christmas, so its great to see some of what we discussed re. the parawing come to life since then. Fingers crossed Mike makes it to AWSI this year so we can finally share a beer!

Freddie and Liam have a catch up between themselves and reflect on their foiling progress over the past months, reveal the best foilboard in the world for kitefoiling and downwind SUP foiling, chat about their time hanging out the Code Foil boys in Cornwall and shout out some industry gear options that they'd like to try.Don't forget that Gav@Hydrofoils charity auction campaign is live on youtube, go check it out!

Brilliant episode with fellow Englishman Gav Blake, the man behind Gav @ Hydrofoil YouTube fame. Gav gives us the rundown on his background, foiling journey and summarises the state of play in terms of the industry's parawing and downwind product offerings right now.Enjoy!

The King and Queen of UK foiling join us after their epic winter adventure/pre-wedding honeymoon down under. Its hard to listen to this pair and not feel frothed to get out on the water and enjoy yourself. Listen to the very end and Freddie's zest might even surprise you!

FINALLY we release this one! We got to spend some time chilling in the carpark of Hood River with Aidan back in September (did we tell you we went to Hood River?) and he was nice enough to be one of the folks who lent us a downwindering board while we were there too.No doubt you've all seen videos of him shredding on the interweb, and he was one of the standout riders on the water through AWSi for Liam and I. Fast forward a couple of months and we managed to steal some time from his busy schedule to book in a recording to find out even more about him! We also discuss his role in Armstrong and how thats grown as well as the brands direction itself and what he's got coming up in the coming year.Sit back and enjoy - and if you do like what we're up to, we're still saving up our beer tokens to get ourselves back to Hood River once again in September to smash out some actual downwinding again - and hopefully chat to some more influential people in our industry!https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast

A super fun chat with Slingshot Product Designer, Bobby Johnston, who has been a very busy man over the past 3 years developing Slingshot's new ONELOCK mast & fuselage system in combination with the slingshot foil range among other things.This is a fantastic chat that covered a lot of bases. From techy tech, design philosophy, business operations, new testing/industry benchmarking methodologies and much more.Bobby is as friendly as he is modest (very) and we hope we can add him to the list of designer friends of GFP to throw your questions at in the future. We hope you all enjoy this one.Freddie & Liam

This episode was recorded late 2024 shortly after Jack visited the UK for the Kernow Foil Classic. Thanks to his recent £1.7 million deal with F-One and his determination to take over the Youtube algorithm, he regaled us with stories of his worldwide adventures.A super high energy, fun, inspiring and informative episode. Enjoy!

This is the second attempt at recording the 100th episode! The first attempt was a HUGE Q&A video that we're deciding what to do with at present. This episode has a lot of fun chat including:- What the bloody hell is going on at Gong HQ?- Foil scooting crowdfunding success!- Let airlines define the limit of our board designs.- Is an egg the best marketing and testing tool?- Are you a 'jumbo' rider? Starboard have the foil for you.- Will Starboard's funky board shapes secure them dw board market share?- Should all brands use the same mast/fuse and be interchangable?- What's Donald Trump been up to?- What are we excited about for 2025?

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We hope you enjoy this episode with humble waterwoman extraordinaire Gabriella Bella. We get the low down on Gabriella's watersports history and she does her best to dial in Freddie's shimming game. Listen to this episode and rate the podcast 5 stars or we'll all get personally offended. Peace out.

We sit down with Mario's twin brother Luigi to see what has been going down on the continent. This episode was recorded a couple of months ago, just after the Crozon foil event. We talk about: - The learning process for all disciplines - The difference styles of events as the scene develops - How many stroopwafels are required to complete a downwind run the length of the Netherlands and much more... As always, we hope you enjoy this one. Peace out, The world's best foiling podcast.

We very briefly met Simeon in Hood River, but as he was just finishing up his Voyager Clinic with paying clients we didn't all have the time to sit down together over a Modelo. Thankfully through the power of the internet we've managed it! You can't have missed the impact the Voyager Foiling crew have had on the downwind scene over the past few years and we were really looking forward to sitting down with the man behind the hats! We chat through all things Voyager as well as Simo's thoughts on the surf culture and how it impacts the newer downwind scene. Fingers crossed we get to share a beer with the man himself along with the rest of the Voyager crew at some point in the future. If you like what we're about, you're extremely welcome to support via https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. All proceeds go towards funding trips in 2025 to bring better interviews, Podcast equipment and even the odd beer on occasion...

Prior to meeting this pair at AWSI this year, we knew little to nothing about the two of them, and yet they're some of the most hard-working and influential people in the foiling game right now. Within minutes of meeting and chatting to Caitlyn over a margarita at Hood River's no.1 mexican 'Taqueria', Liam had decided she needed to be in front of the mic, and having the couple sit down together was a bonus. A lot was covered in this conversation, and I'd be surprised if anyone didn't feel inspired both on and off the water having listened to it. FYI: whilst it isn't essential to listen to episode 80 with Paul Martin prior to this one, it is referenced, and you're bound to enjoy both, so if you haven't already, consider listening to that first. Catch you all in the new year - Happy 2024/2025!

Here we are again - back round to our now traditional Wanglordz Christmas Episode in the Hot Tub. Usuaully we'd prepare you not to expect too much tech talk while we're sinking brewskies and re-living the year - but this ones a doozie. Over three hours we sat in the tub, and we managed to only discuss 2 of a possible 10 christmassy items we had jotted down to bring up. It'd been a while since we all caught up together and we were all a bit too excited. It gets a little loose in places.... all in the interest of comedy! Always a nightmare to suss out editing 4 different drunk people's audio, especially with 0 degree temperatures nailing our microphone batteries - please go easy on us, we're trying! Merry Christmas! If you like what we're doing, and you want to throw a few beer tokens under our Christmas tree - check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast - you'll hear at the end of the chat what our plans are starting to look like for 2025, and it aint gonna be easy!

Old mate Ryan came for a chat this week. We didn't get time to record anything in America so he joined us online to discuss how he's gotten to where he is now. Coach, marketing guru at KT Foiling, some mysterious role at Foildrive we never got to the bottom of and Foiling Magazines Friday Pump newsletter author..... such a large amount of roles to digest. Ryan recently came back from Hawaii after the Foilers of Oahu event and we delve into his views on surf foil style, progression within our disciplines and even how motivation keeps us learning - sounds a bit progression podcasty, right? Well - he's got some great thoughts so it was worth discussing! Ryan also pulls out some gold from his actual foiling diary from when he was learning, which definitely led us down a rabbit hole. Christmas Episode coming next..... If you like what we're doing, we're aiming to use any donations to our buymeacoffee account to fund getting to the 2025 AWSI as well as a couple of other ideas that are forming in our head. We may buy the odd beer out of it too - but we're hoping to use the bulk to churn out as much content as we can for everyone. Check the page out here - https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast

An excellent episode with one of our favourite pairs in the foiling game. Passionate, positive, and inspiring individuals who have turned a niche product segment and brand into a household name within the foiling industries. They've managed to get Freddie excited about leashes! We had the pleasure of hanging out with Karen and Roy on the beach in San Diego (fuelled by her home baked goodies) and followed the session with a recording where we dive into the origin of the grip leash concept and how an idea turned into a product which quickly secured market share. If you enjoy what we do, please consider joining our membership at buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast Peace!

Frank's boards have had people murmuring and whatsapping naughty photos back and forth for a while now. We were lucky enough to see them in the flesh in Hood River…our man Luke wouldn't shut up about getting hold of one. Liam managed to have a good chat with him in the states on the AXIS stand at AWSI. Surprisingly, stood in front of a couple of Frank made boards with full red Axis livery and logos, when asked what the deal is between Frank and Adrian (Axis), they both laughed and replied with “we don't know yet, that's what we are here to find out”. So, we were very happy to sit down and learn more now that we're a few weeks on and an agreement seems to have come to fruition . Italian born, Maui based. Working for Quattro and his neighbour Mark Raphorst has given this ex kitesurfer a massive amount of experience to begin experimenting with his downwind board designs. His downwind shape design is the main point of conversation, but we do delve into his parawinging thoughts, midlength and his prone shapes too. If you like what we're up to, check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. We recon we did a pretty decent job of accruing a tonne of recordings out of the 2024 AWSI event, and we wanna do it again! Someone's gotta do it, right?!

Chitty chatty in person with the legends themselves.

He doesn't need any introductions, he's been weasling his way onto our screens since the beginnings of foiling and he's all over the social media's. Managing to squeeze himself now into the pivotal marketing role at Code Foils and as a worldwide Foildrive Ambassador! We'd been trying to line things up with Josh for a long time, but he's a busy man and our mega social media prowess also means we're busy nowadays too! FINALLY at the AWSI event we got to meet the man himself, firstly in a diner over breakfast in town of all places. The show was busy for all of us, so we decided to use jet lag to our advantage and record as early as possible, on the beach at Hood River Event site - hence the awesome cover photo. A beautiful backdrop, with the rest of the industry setting up their tents behind us as we learnt about Josh's background and his views on foiling as it is today. For those of you who are most keen on finding out how the roofing trade is in Australia, you'll love this episode. Josh gives us a great run through of his trade of choice...... with a little bit of foiling too.

Daniela Moroz - 6x Formula Kite World Champion, 4x US Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year, 2024 Olympian. When we chatted with Daniela, she had not long come back from representing the USA in the first ever formula kite olympic competition in Marseille, France...what a wild ride she had. In this podcast she tells us all about he introductions to kite foiling, her experience as an olympic favourite entering the games, the still unclear outcome of the final rounds and much much more. Daniela wears her heart on her sleeve, is an impressive sailor, impressive athlete, impressive all around person and both genuinely lovely and inspiring. We were supposed to meet her in person to record this episode whilst on the road in the states but her hectic schedule pulled her away from home. Now that we've had a couple of hours chatting the chat, we're even more motivated to get a mic under her nose in person. Thanks again for your time Daniela!

Bring on the Frenchies! In come Richard and Benoit from AFS foils, to give us some insight in how they've exploded onto the scene over the last couple years. Richard is a man who's been around the industry a long time - previously as a pro kiter for Flexifoil back in the days before that brand exploded loudly.... He's since started as 'International Business Developer' at AFS and also been smashing the downwinding in France. Benoit lives in Texas is heading up the distribution of AFS and Sooruz wetsuits in the US. Together they give us a run through of the brand and its ethos Another Episode from the AWSI show that was made possible by you, the listeners! We aim to get back there again next year if we can to build on this years content - if you wanna make that more possible, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast

Dylan Shewfelt - everybody's favourite 'Uncle Knobhead' Liam was invited a while ago now to the 2023 North Dealer Meeting in Portugal to review some kites for IKsurf and TONIC Magazine. There, he bumped into Dylan and instantly decided they would be friends. As someone else who was there not only to try the new products but to also hunt for the best conditions possible to try said products. No point trying wave kit in flat water conditions, right?! Fast forward to our little AWSI trip and they got to hang out again and Freddie was introduced. Dylan is there wearing many hats. He is there as a customer, there helping out on the North stand, browsing other products all while competing against us for 'Best Podcasters at AWSI' with his 'X Foils' show and 'Best looking podcasters at the AWSI'. He only won the later of those. Dylan is another very resourceful bloke with fingers in many pies in our Industry that everyone seems to know - his energy is annoyingly infectious. He also rips on anything water related. Its frustrating. Eitherway, we got time to sit down at 7am and chat and we all loved it. Enjoy!

Johnny might not need any introduction to anyone that has been interested in windsports for a while, but they might need a hand picking him out of a crowd as he masks himself and lurks in the shadows. Ken Adgate introduced us to this hooded fella, hood elastic synched tight to cover as much of his face as possible, and also wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses.... it was only the one and only Johnny Heineken! This was a super fun, super relaxed episode recorded on the grass of the 2024 AWSI event site in Hood River, Oregon. We hope you've been enjoying this series of podcasts from our trip to the USA. It wouldn't have been possible without listener support so, if you haven't already, please consider supporting us if you like what we do and check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast

A chap we'd been hoping to pin down for a while - we were lucky enough to do so in Slingshot's offices in Hood River. We escaped the heat of the day mooching round an air cooled office to end up sitting on a balcony in the shade, overlooking the entire event going on below us. Fred is one of those foilers who you can spot a mile off. His kitefoil riding changed the game and it is very difficult not to notice his insane freeriding ability when he's on the water. Nowadays he's taken on a pretty sick role at Slingshot HQ in his home town, and runs us through his role and the brand through his eyes, along with what else he gets up to. If you like what we're doing - check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast and become a member - its how we were able to fund this trip to America to bring you these great chats! All funds went towards flights, Uhaul rental and podcasting equipment

Please welcome Cynthia ‘Cynbad' Brown onto the podcast. We got to sit down and chat with Cynthia while she was over from Hawaii and working on the Ozone stand at the AWSI show. She is an absolute whirlwind of a character, a legend in our sports, and has stories to keep us all listening for hours. Competing in windsurfing in the 80's through to pioneering hobby parachute downwinding now, she's been a part of it all. The random fact that Laird Hamilton taught her to surf should say it all - you're going to enjoy this one, even if you've not come across Cynthia before. If you want more of this, check out - buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast Our AWSI trip was funded by donations, we've got a stack of great episodes coming as a result and we'll need your sport to keep similar things coming in the future! Check out Cynthia: @cynthiacynbadbrown

If you're expecting a techy debrief into the products the boys at Code have been churning out, this isn't the podcast for you. The brothers had been on the stand chatting tech all day and were knackered - if you're after tech, check other peoples videos from the stands on the Youtube. We put beers in their hands and chatted about everything else instead. What a great story these two have - spending all their life savings to start up something of their own and having the wildest year of their lives so far. Huge amounts of hype has been surrounding the brand since its inception, and it seems to be living up to it - they were in hot demand at the event, everyone wanted a go. Another great episode we really enjoyed recording - one which would've been nigh on impossible to prize out of them if we'd had to organise something online. We're loving how quickly you can build a rapport when you put a beer in someones hand and sit in the sunshine. If you want more of this - check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast, which is how we've been lucky enough to get here and make it possible! Your support means we can do it all again in the future and bring you more of the best chats. Check out Code products here: https://codefoils.com/

One of the cool things about this trip we're finding is being able to stick microphones in interesting peoples faces anytime we're all sat around hanging out, and (hopefully) it not being weird. Big Aussie Luke has been hanging out for us since the AWSI event finished, and we've had a couple mornings sat around in Kenny's garage shooting the shit. As always thats when the best stuff gets discussed and so we switched the coffee machine on and sat there a bit longer. A properly split episode - half about Ken, winging, Mikeslab kit and board building, and half about Freddies 3rd SUP coach Luke and his downwind and prone journey. Sitting down and doing these things face to face over a coffee/beer/burger is so much fun and is farrrrrrr easier to get guests relaxing sooner. We hope you enjoy!

An interview that's been in the works for a long time - the FoilDrive gang have been really supportive of what we do for a good while now (god knows why), so its been awesome to catch up with the team out here in AmeTrica. This is exactly how we wanted interviews to take place at the event site - Mr FoilDrive himself, Paul Martin came wandering over to get some space from talking about serious business on the stand and sat down with us to chat shit about anything else BUT FoilDrive. Eventually he came back round to the company itself, and gave us the low down on the future for the brand and the products. Your V2 unit is about to get MORE powerful - but is that all its cracked up to be?? Paul gives us a breakdown of where the units at currently and why he didn't release it more powerful straight away, and we were really impressed by this methodical answer. Likewise, there's a tonne of hugely innovative add on's coming. Have you ever wanted to control the FoilDrive with your mouth? Well soon you'll be able to! Sit back and enjoy this little scoop. If you like what we're doing, the beer tokens are always appreciated to keep the cooler topped up while we're on this trip, or saved for hopefully future trips - buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast

There's been so much going on in such a short space of time here, its difficult to keep up with everything and we want our listeners to come along for the ride as much as possible. Its difficult to know how and when to release interviews and videos to you all in an orderly fashion! Before we went into the actual event yesterday for the first live day, we sat in the car park and dissected some thoughts on our first couple of days being around the local area. Pro riders and brand big Dawgs have been arriving in dribs and drabs over the last few days and they're now around every corner. There's definitely been different approaches to how they've spent their time since arriving as we had two nuclear days of wind prior to the event which is now completely lacking in wind. We chat through who's stood out, why and the brands who have had the biggest presence. Foildrive dominance, the parawing chat and the sheer amount of disciplines on the water nowadays. Its a quick catch up before the interviews take precedence we are having the most insane time so far - THANKYOU to everyone who made this possible by donating on the 'buymeacoffee' page.

In Hood River OFFICIAL now - at the Hatchery! We sit and process the first hours in America as we overlook the spot and chat nonsense with Wieger from Appletree. We are prioritising the stocking of ice and beers in the cooler at all times so donations to buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast are more important than ever to get the industry folk talking.

We're back, and we're off to America tomorrow! All thanks to our listeners for supporting us on the BuymeaCoffee page - you've made this entire thing possible and we really appreciate it. We also definitely feel the pressure to provide some bitchin' content while were out there - and promise to muscle our way into as many interviews as possible while we're stateside! Chris popped round this morning to discuss the extremely loose plans for our trip, but also to give more info on his own event in October that we're equally looking forward to - the Kernow Foil Classic. Next you hear from us, we'll be in 'Murica.

For anyone who wasn't aware - the Olympics are currently in full flow in Paris, and we have a few friends over there right now that we were very keen to catch up with prior to the racing starting on Sunday 4th! We've chatted to UK's Olympic Numero Uno female racer Ellie before in episode 56 for anyone that wants a bit more depth into her kite racing, as well as Olympic Coach Stevie (episode 65) who joins us today alongside the worlds top kite caddy and race commentator Jemima. Its a short one, we didn't want to pile on the pressure or ask too many random questions while Ellies got her game face on! I think you can watch all the racing via Discovery+ online app which is only £3.99 and you can cancel right after the 'Lympics..... Lets go Formula Kite!!

Fuelled by; post-session stoke, pizza, and beer we enjoy a thorough breakdown of Mark Shinn's history whilst deviating away from the chronological timeline regularly along the way. It is a long podcast but every minute is worth listening to. There is plenty of legitimate discussion about equipment, manufacturing, the industry as a whole as well as downwinding/foiling technique and gear tips as well. We talk about the origin of the Shinn brand and a little about why we've heard nothing from them in the past months. There will definietely be a part 2 for that part of the story as it is a big one! Enjoy!

Forgive me foilers, for I have sinned!

We've finally done it. Duotone is on the podcast We've given the mighty brand a little (barely any) grief in our relatively brief existance, but it was time to set the story straight - enter windsurf legend and Dutone Foiling Division Manager, Klaas Voget. Like, Comment, Subscribe, Join our OnlyFans, all that stuff.

The second Aussie Foil Fest was held very recently, and we were reminded that we hadn't yet sat down and chatted with the organiser - Zane Westwood. Zanes been at the forefront of all things foiling for a good number of years now so its great to get his insight into the intricacys of chopping ones rear wing down, and his thoughts on the chopped tail board shapes too.... sounds like the aussie lot haver had yet another successful foil comp over on the east coast, with fan favourite Jezza taking the top spot. We talk about the format of the event and how things went down. If you like what we're up to, check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. We're raising moneys for our upcoming confirmed trip to the states for the AWSI event. Hopefully we get to bump heads with some influential people and persuade them with your beers to spill the beans.... Like, Comment, Subscribe blah blah blah.....

'da fuck did we talk about then for the description of this episode?' 'Lift foils/testing foils/burning sessions/duotone whizz/flite controversy/ Bennett's/selling stuff/altruism/summer events' There you go - description done! We need to get back chatting to guests ASAP. Freddies using all his energy going to work SUP demo's and hasn't been foiling recently - which means more of Liams droning on about things in the foiling world that frustrate and/or excite him enjoy! PS. its still fun chatting about everything going on in our tiny little world....

Its finally happened, we've had an actual run of successful prone conditions! We've spent the last week both winging and proning in some great small conditions and the progress has been awesome. Cornish Foil Frother Phil reached out to us, very kindly offering up his AirBnB for us to scope out within walking distance of some of the best beaches in Newquay. He's had a quiet start to the summer and we're all hoping a 10% offer to any foiler mentioning the GFP on booking will entice some of you fellow frothers out of your own counties and down to Cornwall to invade the famous secret spots! Use the following link for AirBnb, or search for Beach View House, Newquay - https://tinyurl.com/y597vtc5 Plenty of chat about foiling, foils and foilers as always. More T-Shirts are on order as we're almost sold out - anyone for white?! Check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast if you're interested in supporting what we do! Turns out international foil event travel is expensive, and better audio equipment aint cheap either!

This week we welcome Lord and Lady Bridge of Exmouth to our little show. Famous across the county and further afield in the wing/kite industry and incredibly well regarded - nobody forgets meeting Steph and Eric Bridge. From starting a small sailing school back in the 80's in their home town of Exmouth, to now running one of the most successful kite/wing schools and shops in the UK - The Bridges have seen it all. Multiple world titles for Steph in a fledgling kite race scene, followed by guiding their 3 boys (Olly, Guy, Tom) to become some of the best watermen to ever have come out of the UK. We both call the Bridge family friends, (as well as ex employers of both of us) and we thank them for allowing us to invade their house with our aim to get them to sit still for an entire hour and talk to us on record.... Everyone who knows any of the family will know how much of an effort that can be for all of them. We did have to contend with scheduled haircuts mid way through - but Eric did a good job of holding the microphone while sitting in the chair. How I wish we had photos of that.... It does mean that this chat only scratches the surface of their accomplishments, and we'd love to do another episode with them. We are going to have to rethink the recording though as they really only rarely sit down. Enjoy! We're slowly getting back to a more regular schedule of weekly episodes, and we've got some fun trips coming up to spend some time chatting away on mic's about, so keep listening. Theres 68 other episodes to keep you going though, if you've joined us recently! If you like what we're doing, check out https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast to donate whatever you like. All proceeds are going towards funding our trip to the AWSI event in America this september (and the odd beers) we've also still got t-shirts available for anyone else interested!

Freddie's away so Liam has a chat with local boy Jack Salmon. A name that is already likely to be known by UK folk, Jack has the potential to take things further in the watersports industry once he has got his degree out of the way. Not only is he a talented waterman that excels in every discipline he takes his hand to, but he's an energetic creative that also enjoys his time behind the camera and producing videos. I'm sure we'll see more and more from the salmon as time goes on.

Some more childish banter in response to some comments made online recently that we thought needed addressing....... There is some foil chat here though, don't fret. Ken Adgate jumps in with a voice note to give us some answers to questions we've had from listeners about how to engage in flat water wing shenanigans. We dissect how these potential 'party tricks' may actually become quite useful in more serious conditions once mastered. Some more thoughts on the Industry currently along the lines of Gong pushing harder into kiting and what that might mean to the consumer - what does this mean for the local shops? Even more board construction chat! Whats been ruffling Liams feathers this week? Can you guys send us some photos of you in your t-shirts?! we've sent a good few out now, it'd be great to see where they've ended up in the far flung corners of the world

We welcome Wieger back finally, after chatting to him way back at the start of 2023. His best selling Appleslice model is being renewed for the 3rd Version and so it seemed like a great excuse to rope him back in. I'm sure we did discuss the new board at least a little bit but as always its the ramblings in other directions that made this chat so much fun once again. Great guy, great brand - we hope you enjoy this one. And if you haven't listened to the first episode we did with Wieger way back when, its well worth a listen Appletree seems to have gone from strength to strength over the last 12 months and Wieger gives us a run down on how the companies changed in the background and whats been going on. We're incredibly pleased to announce we've booked flights to the AWSI event in Hood River later in 2024, and we look forward to chilling with a beer with the Appletree crew there! If you're enjoying what we're doing and feel up to supporting us in anyway, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. All funds are going straight towards our trip as well as investing in any new equipment to make sure we can get plenty content while we're out there!

Ben Rhodes and Stevie Morrison join us this week for a couple beers in Liams flat. They partnered together in the 49'er sailing fleet way back when, winning multiple world championships and representing Great Britain in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. Exmouth locals, they're both now into their coaching of both Olympic kite foil racing and sailing while being well into their own personal foiling journeys - Stevie loves his winging and Ben's got his eyes fixated on mastering Downwinding..... Two great fellas with a lot of good stories from their competitive days - this was a lot of fun to record! If you like what we're doing, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast - we're aiming to get ourselves away on some specific trips this year to make sure we have some great people to chat to, and we'd appreciate all the support we can get to bring our ideas to life!

Multiple sessions this week just gone, we've had some great powered conditions to play in! Jezza's traffic light power zones has worked its wonders on Freddie's wiggles on the wave.... Liams had his mind on some board building ideas and we hear from Ken Adgate briefly for some thoughts to discuss. More Room 101 points from our own dear listeners! Give us a shout on the socials and say hello - lets see your t-shirts anyone who's got them?! Speaking of T-shirts..... we still have some podcast logo tee's from the first drop leftover. More sizes and more Wang Lordz tee's to be printed soon enough again :)

It'd been too long, we've been overdue a good chat with our man over in Aus. Today Jeremy joins us as a co-host of sorts and we catch up on the coming and goings. I'm writing this on Sunday evening and Liam and I just finished a 20 mile running race today, its safe to say my brain isn't quite computing anything yet (neither of us would classify ourselves as runners. I promise this episode with the Big Fella is a good one, i just can't quite remember what the hell we talked about it..... Enjoy!

Kane shouldn't need an introduction - he's been around long enough in the foiling space, producing hugely popular after market rear wings to suit every brand's kit. But now he's working solidly at KT as a designer we were keen to hear plans! Liam and Kane waffle on almost straight away into techy foil designs..... and as always, Freddie brings it back in line for the masses with a mixture of shit chat and bad jokes. Hope everyones well - its been cranking in the UK the last few days, hope everyones been getting out and about! If you like what we're up to and you're keen to support, we're still trying to build funds for future projects and trips (mainly a trip to AWSI at the moment) - check out www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast Reach out on the socials and say hello!

After Ken's episode blew up last week, we're back with a nice chilled Sunday evening chat. Plenty to discuss and catch up on - despite Liam and I spending all weekend together already. Our T-shirts are available to buy!! Message on the socials for now for more info.... GWA Ponta Preta - Surf/Surf Freestyle?? Guy Bridge's Downwind Video on youtube - search for it! Liams revelation into HM masts...... 2 years after their release. What small front wing should Liam get for the bigger days we're hoping are coming? Hope everyones well and getting wet frequently! If you like what we're doing, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast to help us fund trips to the beaches and hopefully to AWSI in the States towards the end of the year. Until next week!

We get into it with Ken Adgate, a man with fingers in many pies. Shredder, board builder, un/official test rider for Ozone and Mikeslab and gas guzzling car dealership owner in the US of A. We've been fans from a far of Kens for a long while, and if you've not seen footage of him riding yet you will be soon enough too. We hit the big time though after Ken listened to a few episodes and actually enjoyed them - he's very picky with his podcast listening it seems. We won him over with our jovial english abuse. He started following us on the gram and is officially the first interviewee who's also a supporter of the pod! Ken teaches Freddie how to tack like a champ, before he gets into some techy board building chat with Liam........ If you like what we do, take a look at www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast - all support is well appreciated and is going towards pushing the podcast further forward!