The Generic Foiling Podcast

A relatively raw and indepth debrief into the AWSI event for 2026 with ourselves and the guys from the X Foils podcast - Dylan and Walt.We recorded an hour of us interviewing them, and then switched to an hour(ish) of them interviewing us - you can see their version on their own podcast this week also!Its so interesting hearing their views on the show and the goings on within the industry at the moment while coming from the more American side of it than us. Theres definite opposing views between all of us - but that’s not to say either of us in right or wrong. It creates some great conversation though!I'm mildly wary of this episode… only because it felt like it took a while for us to get going and I think I (Freddie) come across quite Doom and Gloom - maybe more than usual. Give it a chance, and maybe use our conversation as talking points. Theres definitely more to be discussed in future and we definitely ask a few more questions than we answer. Also check out part 2 on the X Foils Youtube and Spotify!

We knew we had to meet up quick to record a debrief and ‘deload' from what was a very intense week at the start of October - and a decent forecast midweek at Daymer Bay gave us the perfect setting. An epic parawing session in great conditions, followed by a smash burger and beer at Bluntrock Brewery to see out our evening catch up.

The fourth year of the Kernow Foil Classic saw Chris raise the bar considerably with his grass roots foil comp he's been organising, and unless you've been under a rock you might've seen bits and pieces all over social media for the last couple weeks. We got a lot of compliments about this, but actually it was all Chris and his media team pumping out videos with our faces plastered on them.

Enjoy this - Chris is a good mate and it was awesome to see him in full flow during the event - which absolutely went off. We were all was too exhausted and dazed to record anything like this on the Sunday of the event and hopefully a few days of winding down was what was needed to put some logical thoughts down for you guys all to hear.

Whether you were at the event and curious to know what was going on behind the scenes, or watching the socials from the other side of the world - we've no doubt you'll enjoy this episode.

For those of you wanting to get involved next year - the dates are already secured for 4th-10th October 2027.

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We sit down with Jon Modica from Cabrinha for our 153rd episode!Jon discusses their new foil, the Domani in great detail as well as how they've come about the new Nomad Parawing.

Frustratingly we've not managed to use either yet as we've had such poor conditions since getting home and then rushed straight into the Kernow Foil Classic event at home where we spent most of the week running around interviewing everyone else! All in good time, Cabrinha have sent us a couple bits to have a play on and we're looking forward to it!Rate us 5 stars, follow on here, subscribe on YouTube, all that stuff. And if you'd be so kind, go to https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast and chuck us a few quid to buy a beer if you fancy it!

One of our favourite guests, Paul Martin. He is always a pleasure to listen to. In this episode, we learn about how things have changed for FoilDrive in the past 12 months, all about the new MAX + system and the upcoming slim + system as well as how Paul feels about competition in the Foil Assist category and much much more.

Whatever your chosen foiling discipline/disciplines, this is worth a listen! If you've got feedback, suggestions, or questions, drop them ina comment below.

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Sit down with us for the 151st episode of the Generic Foiling Podcast with Marcus Tardrew & Dan Juengling, Founders of Code Foils, live from AWSI 2026 in Hood River, Oregon.

Code Foils are a relative newbie in the foiling game, but it doesn't feel like it! They've come heavily armed to this years event with a complete new board range, new mast, new foils and new witty banter for us.

This is a generic foiling special. And by that I mean almost every discipline gets covered; pumpfoiling, winging, parawanging, finger blasting, e-foiling, sup foil and speedo selection.

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Well, we made it again....!

A little Wanglords hot tub chat to discuss our thoughts and predictions on the equipment being rumoured at this years AWSI show next week. We're out here in Hood River, ready and prepped for the show. The house has a hot tub, its cold out, and theres no wind - it makes us feel like a proper wanglordz chat...

Lots going on, and the hypes building in town. Can't wait for the wind to return hopefully tomorrow - and the messages are flooding in, everyones arriving in town.

We've put this chat up on youtube as well - check it out on our channel

It had been too long, we couldn't help but catch up with the big fella. Christ it took a while to line up though - the mans busy!

We find out whats been keeping him so busy the last few months - especially hearing about his latest trips to China and Greece which sounded like a tonne of fun.

Efoil racing too - who thought this was such big business in China??

Last episode before we fly out to America once more for our third visit to Hood River for the AWSI show.... how time flies!

Plenty of plans are in place for video and audio work while we're over there - so expect a spamming of content all over our social medias until everyones sick of us again.... If you'd like to fuel said sickening, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast to support us plying your favourite brands CEO's with beers while we extract info from them.

Someone we've been interested in chatting to for a while. Lots of talk around F4 currently, mainly from the Hawaii guys - so about time to hear something about them from the man himself.

Chris joins us to discuss the brand along with this seasons downwind races and his successes there. Granted, we were really intrigued by his day to day professional job as well once he told us about that.

We're hoping to ride some of the F4 kit on our 3rd trip out to Hood River in a couple weeks and hopefully we can share a beer with Chris in person then. For now, enjoy the episode

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A threepeat for Edo this year at the M20 and he had a clean sheet throughout the Hawaiian race season this year. He's cementing himself as a real life force to be reconed with in the foiling world - he just needs to get his visa sorted so he can show it on the world stage now!

We sit down and talk to the man himself to discuss what sounded like a savage race this year with conditions, as well as the ongoing interesting discussion about his gear, his sponsors and the foil choice he and fellow Slingshot team rider, Trent made going into this years season.

Safe to say we're also very interested to hear more from the F4 foils perspective....!

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lots has been going on outside of the Podcast world we've mde ourselves - and very little foiling has been going on in our world because of it!

A little catch up to see how Liams house renovations been going - its kept him very busy!

Freddie also spent a week on mauritius for a kite surf event which made for some funny shenanigans.

Lots going on with the first couple downwind races as well - always nice to see whats going on with that niche!