Freddie & Liam

19 – Wieger Buurma – Appletree Surfboards Founder

A great episode for those of you interested in the nitty gritty side of board design and the best in the business production methodology. Wieger is the Co-founder and head shaper for Appletree Surfboards. In this episode he explains how Appletree set themselves apart from the competition and came to manufacture boards with their vacuum…

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18 – Surf Foiling – Why do we even bother???

Sitting down with James Casey last week was awesome and we’ve had some great feedback from listeners about it – particularly about the fitness side of things, or lack of it… We sat down after our second (Freddie) and third (Liam) Prone/Surf foil sessions in the last two weeks, and what an emotional couple of…

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17 – James Casey – How to Downwind

Episode 17 – James Casey – Coach Casey Club We FINALLY got the chance to sit down with James and discuss all things Downwinding. This was our chance to learn how to Downwind in a 2 hour discussion from one of the best in the business (We’re yet to put that to the test on…

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16 – Wang Lordz – Liam, Freddie and Rich

Episode 16 see’s us sitting down with Richy B of Episide 12 fame for a threeway conversation, discussing our freezing session a couple weeks back at Daymer Bay in Cornwall and leading into many different winging conversations. Harnesses – yay or nay? Maybe super useful when its sub 10 degrees water and air temperature…. What…

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15 – Jake Kelsick & Antigua

Check Jake out: RHome @jakekelsick @kelsickkiteboarding Podcast Summary: Jake Kelsick is a professional kiteboarder, a long term professional in the watersports industry, founder and owner of his own kitesurfing/wingfoiling school in Antigua and one of the best online content creators out there. 00:00 intro 05:40 About Jake Kelsick & his intro to watersports and inspirations…

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14 – Low volume sinker boards – Has Liam been won over?

Liam and Freddie are back and more hyped than ever for The Generic Foiling Podcast in 2023. The conditions lined up for a homespot session in Exmouth together the day after Liam’s return from Antigua so the boys got to wing together then record the first podcast of the year in person. In this episode…

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13 – Mast Stiffness – Alloy or Carbon? Regular carbon or High Modulus?

Liam and Freddie sit down at opposite ends of the world and discuss what Liams been up to in Antigua and how it is a wing/kite spot. We then get into a conversation on mast stiffness and Liam gets stuck into the techy side of carbon constructions – what actually is High Modulus and why…

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12 – Big Richy B ‘The Godfather of UK Winging’

Big Rich Boughton lives in South Devon, and it was on the journeys to see Rich at his home spot of Bantham that Liam and I came up with the idea of starting to record a podcast to see if anyone was interested in our ramblings. Rich runs www.Kitebarn.co.uk – a front of house website…

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11 – Swift Foiling

Liams away in Antigua, so Freddie sits down all alone with Dom and Angus from Swift Foiling to discuss their business making foil boards in the UK, as well as their downwind foiling adventures on the new ‘Javelin’ style boards they’re producing. Is Downwinding worth the effort?!

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10 – Reducing Fuselage size and rear wings tech talk

Our tenth episode – we made it! This week we discuss Freddies recent experience reducing rear wing sizes and Liam attempts to talk Science about the findings. We also discuss the art of reducing a fuselage size and the benefits it can bring As its our tenth episode we dissect the journey we’ve had so…

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