The Generic Foiling Podcast

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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'da fuck did we talk about then for the description of this episode?'

'Lift foils/testing foils/burning sessions/duotone whizz/flite controversy/ Bennett’s/selling stuff/altruism/summer events'

There you go - description done!

We need to get back chatting to guests ASAP. Freddies using all his energy going to work SUP demo's and hasn't been foiling recently - which means more of Liams droning on about things in the foiling world that frustrate and/or excite him

enjoy!

PS. its still fun chatting about everything going on in our tiny little world....

Its finally happened, we've had an actual run of successful prone conditions! We've spent the last week both winging and proning in some great small conditions and the progress has been awesome.

Cornish Foil Frother Phil reached out to us, very kindly offering up his AirBnB for us to scope out within walking distance of some of the best beaches in Newquay. He's had a quiet start to the summer and we're all hoping a 10% offer to any foiler mentioning the GFP on booking will entice some of you fellow frothers out of your own counties and down to Cornwall to invade the famous secret spots!

Use the following link for AirBnb, or search for Beach View House, Newquay - https://tinyurl.com/y597vtc5

Plenty of chat about foiling, foils and foilers as always.

More T-Shirts are on order as we're almost sold out - anyone for white?!

Check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast if you're interested in supporting what we do! Turns out international foil event travel is expensive, and better audio equipment aint cheap either!

This week we welcome Lord and Lady Bridge of Exmouth to our little show. Famous across the county and further afield in the wing/kite industry and incredibly well regarded - nobody forgets meeting Steph and Eric Bridge.

From starting a small sailing school back in the 80's in their home town of Exmouth, to now running one of the most successful kite/wing schools and shops in the UK - The Bridges have seen it all. Multiple world titles for Steph in a fledgling kite race scene, followed by guiding their 3 boys (Olly, Guy, Tom) to become some of the best watermen to ever have come out of the UK.

We both call the Bridge family friends, (as well as ex employers of both of us) and we thank them for allowing us to invade their house with our aim to get them to sit still for an entire hour and talk to us on record.... Everyone who knows any of the family will know how much of an effort that can be for all of them. We did have to contend with scheduled haircuts mid way through - but Eric did a good job of holding the microphone while sitting in the chair. How I wish we had photos of that.... It does mean that this chat only scratches the surface of their accomplishments, and we'd love to do another episode with them. We are going to have to rethink the recording though as they really only rarely sit down.

Enjoy!

We're slowly getting back to a more regular schedule of weekly episodes, and we've got some fun trips coming up to spend some time chatting away on mic's about, so keep listening. Theres 68 other episodes to keep you going though, if you've joined us recently!

If you like what we're doing, check out https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast to donate whatever you like. All proceeds are going towards funding our trip to the AWSI event in America this september (and the odd beers)

we've also still got t-shirts available for anyone else interested!

Freddie's away so Liam has a chat with local boy Jack Salmon. A name that is already likely to be known by UK folk, Jack has the potential to take things further in the watersports industry once he has got his degree out of the way.

Not only is he a talented waterman that excels in every discipline he takes his hand to, but he's an energetic creative that also enjoys his time behind the camera and producing videos.

I'm sure we'll see more and more from the salmon as time goes on.