Inbound: Duotone Float
Designer Ken Winner gives us the full insight into Duotone’s newest arrival into their wing line-up – and the two brothers who were a key part of its inspiration…
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Designer Ken Winner gives us the full insight into Duotone’s newest arrival into their wing line-up – and the two brothers who were a key part of its inspiration…
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Embracing the high level of mid length board interest for 2025 are Indiana, with two new ranges introduced, plus a signature range designed by Indiana ambassador, Steeve Fleury. We managed to corner Indiana board shaper Andi Widman while he was busy at the BOOT show for five minutes of further info…
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For your first time foiler, getting to grips with what you need, what goes where, and what to tune can be a little overwhelming if you don’t have disposable hours to throw at YouTube. Liquid Force have set out to combat this with their unique FuseLock system. Pete Mehrhof, Liquid Force’s Senior Product Designer, walked us through it…
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So not only do we have a Foil Drive compliant board in this issue, but here we also have a brand new collaborative Foil Drive compliant mast. We looked to the North crew for some intel, and got no less than three of them, including North Foils’ Product Development Manager Uli Sommerlatt, North’s Brand Director Mike Raper, and North’s Head of Marketing, Maurits Haantjens.
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Appearing as if from a lightning bolt in the cider orchard, Appletree just revealed a fully Foil Drive compatible board with an appropriately electric moniker, the Zapple. Wieger Buurma, Co-founder of Appletree Surfboards, plugged us into the latest news…
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RRD recently dropped two new Beluga boards into the line-up (can we call this a pod of Belugas? - ed.), retaining their key position in RRD’s wing weaponry arsenal. We got hold of the team for a chat to find out more.
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Some fresh new tech from the team at SiFly which is going to save you precious time spent on dry land and give you more time gliding over the fishes. Bravo to that. Team SiFly filled us in…
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PWR Foil enter the inflatable e-foil market with a price-point-friendly and beginner accessible option that also holds its own in terms of performance. We dialed up the PWR team in France for some further info…
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Sound the new world tour klaxon! From the team behind the GWA Wingfoil World Tour, a new multi-discipline foil tour has appeared, with its inaugural event successfully taking place at the recent BOOT water sports trade show in Germany, as seen to the left here. To find out the scope and remit of this new tour, we spoke with its Managing Director, Dr Jörgen Vogt.
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The third Young Blood Camp by Duotone set up shop in Tarifa this autumn, providing pro rider tuition (water based and classroom!) for some of the world’s best up and coming foil athletes, from eight different countries. In fact, recent Duotone pro team additions Alex & Tom Acherer and Charlie Loch cut their teeth in this camp, and it’s clearly serving them well already. Team Coach Jerome Cloetens let us know why he believes it’s so formative for the young athletes who attend…
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Dubai’s eFoil festival is rapidly gathering a reputation as one of the world’s biggest showcase events, hosting the latest and best equipment, and the greatest riders in the discipline. Fliteboard rider Tom Court was right back in the heart of it for 2024…
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Foil Drive recently unveiled their new “high power offering”, with a new High Power MAX Battery and a High Power Motor which, combined, significantly increases runtime, thrust and power of the existing MAX systems. With an app upgrade too which allows existing users to tap into extra power in the MAX system, well, let’s just say there’s a whole lot of grunt to be had. We spoke with CEO & Chief Designer, Paul Martin, to find out where all this power is coming from…
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The contemporary ALUULA materials have, over the past few years, become a keyword for premium level wing gear, with it often being utilized within a brand’s top tier wing range. And for good reason – its lightweight and durable properties are catnip for performance wing riders, and it’s helped put many on podiums since its inception. To get some background on this increasingly visible materials brand, we spoke with ALUULA’s Dave Westwood, Director of Sales and Marketing.
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