Dylan Shewfelt - X FOILS PODCAST & N1 Watersports/Kite Puerto Rico

What we talk about

• Catching up with Dylan on the beach at 7am on AWSI day three
• Running Kite Puerto Rico, a walk-in shop where you can touch and demo the gear
• Meeting Liam at the North dealer meeting in Portugal and going hunting for waves
• Why he sticks with North and Mystic, and why service matters more than the logo
• Starting the X Foils podcast with no plan and why he does not want it to feel like work
• Trying the parawing on a 70 litre mid length and a messy first go at riding upwind
• Is the parawing a cheat code for downwinding, and how it compares to FoilDrive and paddling

About this episode

Dylan Shewfelt - everybody's favourite 'Uncle Knobhead'

Liam was invited a while ago now to the 2023 North Dealer Meeting in Portugal to review some kites for IKsurf and TONIC Magazine. There, he bumped into Dylan and instantly decided they would be friends. As someone else who was there not only to try the new products but to also hunt for the best conditions possible to try said products. No point trying wave kit in flat water conditions, right?!

Fast forward to our little AWSI trip and they got to hang out again and Freddie was introduced. Dylan is there wearing many hats. He is there as a customer, there helping out on the North stand, browsing other products all while competing against us for 'Best Podcasters at AWSI' with his 'X Foils' show and 'Best looking podcasters at the AWSI'. He only won the later of those.

Dylan is another very resourceful bloke with fingers in many pies in our Industry that everyone seems to know - his energy is annoyingly infectious. He also rips on anything water related. Its frustrating. Eitherway, we got time to sit down at 7am and chat and we all loved it.

Enjoy!