The King and Queen of UK foiling join us after their epic winter adventure/pre-wedding honeymoon down under. Its hard to listen to this pair and not feel frothed to get out on the water and enjoy yourself. Listen to the very end and Freddie's zest might even surprise you!

FINALLY we release this one!

We got to spend some time chilling in the carpark of Hood River with Aidan back in September (did we tell you we went to Hood River?) and he was nice enough to be one of the folks who lent us a downwindering board while we were there too.

No doubt you've all seen videos of him shredding on the interweb, and he was one of the standout riders on the water through AWSi for Liam and I.

Fast forward a couple of months and we managed to steal some time from his busy schedule to book in a recording to find out even more about him! We also discuss his role in Armstrong and how thats grown as well as the brands direction itself and what he's got coming up in the coming year.

Sit back and enjoy - and if you do like what we're up to, we're still saving up our beer tokens to get ourselves back to Hood River once again in September to smash out some actual downwinding again - and hopefully chat to some more influential people in our industry!

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A super fun chat with Slingshot Product Designer, Bobby Johnston, who has been a very busy man over the past 3 years developing Slingshot's new ONELOCK mast & fuselage system in combination with the slingshot foil range among other things.

This is a fantastic chat that covered a lot of bases. From techy tech, design philosophy, business operations, new testing/industry benchmarking methodologies and much more.

Bobby is as friendly as he is modest (very) and we hope we can add him to the list of designer friends of GFP to throw your questions at in the future. We hope you all enjoy this one.

Freddie & Liam

This episode was recorded late 2024 shortly after Jack visited the UK for the Kernow Foil Classic. Thanks to his recent £1.7 million deal with F-One and his determination to take over the Youtube algorithm, he regaled us with stories of his worldwide adventures.

A super high energy, fun, inspiring and informative episode. Enjoy!

This is the second attempt at recording the 100th episode! The first attempt was a HUGE Q&A video that we're deciding what to do with at present.

This episode has a lot of fun chat including:

- What the bloody hell is going on at Gong HQ?

- Foil scooting crowdfunding success!

- Let airlines define the limit of our board designs.

- Is an egg the best marketing and testing tool?

- Are you a 'jumbo' rider? Starboard have the foil for you.

- Will Starboard's funky board shapes secure them dw board market share?

- Should all brands use the same mast/fuse and be interchangable?

- What's Donald Trump been up to?

- What are we excited about for 2025?

Your much-needed dose of foil news, splurge of opinions and session updates.

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We get the low down on Gabriella's watersports history and she does her best to dial in Freddie's shimming game.

Listen to this episode and rate the podcast 5 stars or we'll all get personally offended. Peace out.

We sit down with Mario's twin brother Luigi to see what has been going down on the continent. This episode was recorded a couple of months ago, just after the Crozon foil event.

We talk about:

- The learning process for all disciplines

- The difference styles of events as the scene develops

- How many stroopwafels are required to complete a downwind run the length of the Netherlands

and much more...

As always, we hope you enjoy this one.

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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.

If you like what we're about, you're extremely welcome to support via https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. All proceeds go towards funding trips in 2025 to bring better interviews, Podcast equipment and even the odd beer on occasion...

Prior to meeting this pair at AWSI this year, we knew little to nothing about the two of them, and yet they're some of the most hard-working and influential people in the foiling game right now. Within minutes of meeting and chatting to Caitlyn over a margarita at Hood River's no.1 mexican 'Taqueria', Liam had decided she needed to be in front of the mic, and having the couple sit down together was a bonus.

A lot was covered in this conversation, and I'd be surprised if anyone didn't feel inspired both on and off the water having listened to it.

FYI: whilst it isn't essential to listen to episode 80 with Paul Martin prior to this one, it is referenced, and you're bound to enjoy both, so if you haven't already, consider listening to that first.

Catch you all in the new year - Happy 2024/2025!