An interview that's been in the works for a long time - the FoilDrive gang have been really supportive of what we do for a good while now (god knows why), so its been awesome to catch up with the team out here in AmeTrica.

This is exactly how we wanted interviews to take place at the event site - Mr FoilDrive himself, Paul Martin came wandering over to get some space from talking about serious business on the stand and sat down with us to chat shit about anything else BUT FoilDrive. Eventually he came back round to the company itself, and gave us the low down on the future for the brand and the products.

Your V2 unit is about to get MORE powerful - but is that all its cracked up to be?? Paul gives us a breakdown of where the units at currently and why he didn't release it more powerful straight away, and we were really impressed by this methodical answer. Likewise, there's a tonne of hugely innovative add on's coming. Have you ever wanted to control the FoilDrive with your mouth? Well soon you'll be able to!

Sit back and enjoy this little scoop. If you like what we're doing, the beer tokens are always appreciated to keep the cooler topped up while we're on this trip, or saved for hopefully future trips - buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast

There's been so much going on in such a short space of time here, its difficult to keep up with everything and we want our listeners to come along for the ride as much as possible. Its difficult to know how and when to release interviews and videos to you all in an orderly fashion!

Before we went into the actual event yesterday for the first live day, we sat in the car park and dissected some thoughts on our first couple of days being around the local area.

Pro riders and brand big Dawgs have been arriving in dribs and drabs over the last few days and they're now around every corner. There's definitely been different approaches to how they've spent their time since arriving as we had two nuclear days of wind prior to the event which is now completely lacking in wind.

We chat through who's stood out, why and the brands who have had the biggest presence. Foildrive dominance, the parawing chat and the sheer amount of disciplines on the water nowadays. Its a quick catch up before the interviews take precedence

we are having the most insane time so far - THANKYOU to everyone who made this possible by donating on the 'buymeacoffee' page.

In Hood River OFFICIAL now - at the Hatchery! We sit and process the first hours in America as we overlook the spot and chat nonsense with Wieger from Appletree.

We are prioritising the stocking of ice and beers in the cooler at all times so donations to buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast are more important than ever to get the industry folk talking.

We're back, and we're off to America tomorrow!

All thanks to our listeners for supporting us on the BuymeaCoffee page - you've made this entire thing possible and we really appreciate it. We also definitely feel the pressure to provide some bitchin' content while were out there - and promise to muscle our way into as many interviews as possible while we're stateside!

Chris popped round this morning to discuss the extremely loose plans for our trip, but also to give more info on his own event in October that we're equally looking forward to - the Kernow Foil Classic.

Next you hear from us, we'll be in 'Murica.

For anyone who wasn't aware - the Olympics are currently in full flow in Paris, and we have a few friends over there right now that we were very keen to catch up with prior to the racing starting on Sunday 4th!

We've chatted to UK's Olympic Numero Uno female racer Ellie before in episode 56 for anyone that wants a bit more depth into her kite racing, as well as Olympic Coach Stevie (episode 65) who joins us today alongside the worlds top kite caddy and race commentator Jemima.

Its a short one, we didn't want to pile on the pressure or ask too many random questions while Ellies got her game face on!

I think you can watch all the racing via Discovery+ online app which is only £3.99 and you can cancel right after the 'Lympics.....

Lets go Formula Kite!!

Fuelled by; post-session stoke, pizza, and beer we enjoy a thorough breakdown of Mark Shinn's history whilst deviating away from the chronological timeline regularly along the way. It is a long podcast but every minute is worth listening to. There is plenty of legitimate discussion about equipment, manufacturing, the industry as a whole as well as downwinding/foiling technique and gear tips as well.

We talk about the origin of the Shinn brand and a little about why we've heard nothing from them in the past months. There will definietely be a part 2 for that part of the story as it is a big one!

Enjoy!

Forgive me foilers, for I have sinned!

We've finally done it. Duotone is on the podcast

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We've finally done it. Duotone is on the podcast

We've given the mighty brand a little grief in our relatively brief existance, but it was time to set the story straight - enter windsurf legend and Dutone Foiling Product manager, Klaas Voget.

The second Aussie Foil Fest was held very recently, and we were reminded that we hadn't yet sat down and chatted with the organiser - Zane Westwood.

Zanes been at the forefront of all things foiling for a good number of years now so its great to get his insight into the intricacys of chopping ones rear wing down, and his thoughts on the chopped tail board shapes too....

sounds like the aussie lot haver had yet another successful foil comp over on the east coast, with fan favourite Jezza taking the top spot. We talk about the format of the event and how things went down.

If you like what we're up to, check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. We're raising moneys for our upcoming confirmed trip to the states for the AWSI event. Hopefully we get to bump heads with some influential people and persuade them with your beers to spill the beans....

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