Friends with Benefits

A planned gathering of three hardcore foil frothers and four equally hardcore Zapcat pilots provided some mutually beneficial fun times off the coast of the southwest UK, plus plenty of insight into each other’s respective sport…

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FLYING HIGH

Things don’t let up much for young Kaden Pritchard, who’s having to find the balance between his sponsor commitments, world travel, and just getting in the water to regularly top up his stoke levels. But, as you’ll no doubt conclude after reading this article, his stoke levels are doing just fine…

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A Garda Afternoon

Rider & Words: Manuela Jungo Photos: Emanuela Cauli Location: Duotone Pro Center, Lake Garda Date: Monday 29th May, 2023 Invited to join her pro riding peers on Lake Garda, it was never going to be a bad day for Manuela Jungo. Especially as the sun was out, and the lake’s predictable Ora winds arrived on

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Fiji Field Log

And so it is that the old adage “the early bird gets the worm” rings especially true if you’re Cole Kawana and Ryan Arzy, and you’re trying to beat the surfer crowds in Fiji for a good crack at Cloudbreak before dawn and the inevitable swarms arrive…

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THE FIXER

Faced with organizing and executing a product film and photo shoot at the very last minute, AXIS turned to the one man who was always going to be able to get it done, and done in style: Mr. Shannon Stent. All he needed was a plane ticket and a couple of the best prone foilers out there…

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OPENING UP THE BACKYARD

The Isle of Wight is best known in the UK as a popular tourist destination, with plenty of attractive beaches surrounding the island’s lush green countryside and picturesque villages. But both inside and outside of the sunny season, it also holds phenomenal foil potential: you just have to know how to access it…

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THE WALL OF DEATH

Invited to experience one of the world’s longest waves, the “Pororoca” tidal bore in the Amazon, Matt Elsasser defied any preconceived concerns about alligators and fish with penchants for very small and dark holes, and convinced Brian Grubb to come with him. And thankfully, no one actually died.

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Making Waves

It’s a story that will no doubt chime with many: rare is the rider who falls in love with foiling at their first attempt…. In Kyle Cabano’s case, after mixed success, it was an assignment with Zane Schweitzer up at J-Bay that finally and fully opened up the obsession.

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Halcyon Hawaiian Days

Despite losing the entire contents of his hard drive to a particularly unforgiving piece of flooring, Philip Muller was none-the-less able to recount his downwinding pilgrimage to the land of aloha to us by way of some good travel writing and a few of Quinn Wilson’s images.

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Red Letter Day: CHASING THE LIGHT

Instinct pays off for Spanish wing foiler Fabien Muhmenthaler, who’s refusal to write off what most would consider a lay-day ends up being one of the most memorable of his life… and that of photographer Samuel Cardenas too.

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Red Letter Day: TIGER BAY

The long wait for the right conditions paid off for Thomas Pinchon, and after navigating their way to the spot, enjoyed plenty of empty waves and tropical tranquillity...

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Red Letter Day: Foil Surf Racing League

The Foil Surf Racing League event blew up on our Instagram for a full weekend in March, in large part thanks to a lot of the high profile names that were in attendance. One such name was young ripper, Brady Hurley. Who also happened to end up winning, despite the jet lag…

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Outer Banks: Cloudbreak

Josh Ku’s dream of towing into one of the world’s most celebrated waves – on a foil – had to be timed to perfection. The universe aligned and that time finally came…

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