What we talk about
- Paul Cooper on two years of FoilDrive riding and why other setups feel odd now
- Packing the board, drive, masts and wings into one hard golf case for travel
- Why small, thin boards beat big volume on a FoilDrive, and how small is too small for airs
- Throttling with the tongue to keep both hands free for paddling
- FoilDrive experiences, from total beginners to intermediates downwinding
- The Bali foiling film Paul made and the riders in it
- Trying every carbon integrated mast, and why FoilDrive stays open to all brands
- What it would take to get Freddie training a backflip on a wing
About this episode
Please welcome, THE foil assist athlete - Paul Cooper.
It’s a wonder we’ve made it this long without chatting to Paul before, but we were very glad to finally sit down and chat all things Foildrive and surf foil.
Paul’s been around a while now in foiling, converting pretty much entirely to Foildrive use in the surf - and you must have seen his air’s in the waves by now. Freddie especially was very keen to chat about his favourite foiling movie, the Bali movie which Paul was in charge of a year or so ago - another one worth watching if you haven’t already!
There’s also big chat here about how much it would take to get Freddie to try nail a backflip on a wing. Give it a listen for the value - I don’t think it’s unachievable at all. If anyone wants to stump up the cashola - I’ll nail that backflip to a wall!