Simeon Ke-Paloma - Voyager Foiling

What we talk about

• Why foiling feels like an extension of surfing in Hawaii, and how it fills the months with no waves
• Crowded surf lineups and how a foiler fits in alongside surfers
• Jiu jitsu and foiling, and why even top pro surfers look rough when they start
• How experienced riders like Dave Kalama stay with the young guns downwind by being efficient
• What it takes to learn downwinding: balance, getting onto the foil, then sorting your gear
• What Voyager really is, from hats and shirts to the camps in Hood River and Spain
• The new range of production downwind boards from other brands
• Fetch and wing size, from Hawaii to France and Hood River, and a tricky short fetch run in the UK

About this episode

We very briefly met Simeon in Hood River, but as he was just finishing up his Voyager Clinic with paying clients we didn't all have the time to sit down together over a Modelo.

Thankfully through the power of the internet we've managed it!

You can't have missed the impact the Voyager Foiling crew have had on the downwind scene over the past few years and we were really looking forward to sitting down with the man behind the hats! We chat through all things Voyager as well as Simo's thoughts on the surf culture and how it impacts the newer downwind scene.

Fingers crossed we get to share a beer with the man himself along with the rest of the Voyager crew at some point in the future.