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What we talk about
- Fred's route into kite foiling in Baja
- How the Slingshot design team and product line fit together
- The new One Lock foil, with no screws, less drag and a lot of broken masts on the way
- The Hope Craft, joystick and UFO kite foil kit and the idea of getting more from less
- What stood out at AWSI, from single handle wings to foil connection systems
- Whether foil tracks will go, and why a shared industry standard would be needed
- Kite foiling's future, coaching clinics and how to land strapless airs
- Room 101 and Fred's dream kit
About this episode
A chap we'd been hoping to pin down for a while - we were lucky enough to do so in Slingshot's offices in Hood River. We escaped the heat of the day mooching round an air cooled office to end up sitting on a balcony in the shade, overlooking the entire event going on below us.
Fred is one of those foilers who you can spot a mile off. His kitefoil riding changed the game and it is very difficult not to notice his insane freeriding ability when he's on the water. Nowadays he's taken on a pretty sick role at Slingshot HQ in his home town, and runs us through his role and the brand through his eyes, along with what else he gets up to.