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Episode 109 · 9 June 2025 · 1h 11m

Love is in the air

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What we talk about

  • Guy and Emma's wedding weekend in Exmouth, with top kite foilers visiting and the Portland racing crew kite foiling along the coast to get there
  • Visiting riders trying parawings for the first time, and Freddie and Liam wondering about an expedition on a foil or snow kite
  • A kite foiler getting caught on a buoy in a river and pulled out by a local boat, and a chat about leashes. Freddie and Liam say it's not safety advice
  • Liam's best UK downwind paddle so far on the Eagle X: a big shore dump to start, around 10 kilometres, and gliding between bumps to save energy
  • Why learning downwind is so tiring, and how much easier it is to keep going on a wing
  • Tow foiling in Cornwall on an Armstrong setup and an F-One Skate, and how different the yaw, back foot pressure and tricky Nano board felt
  • How mast chord and setup change the feel of turning, and Liam working on heel to toe wing turns and tight whips
  • Board rocker and volume for pumping, and parawings versus paddle shuttles

About this episode

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.