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Martin Evans and Tyler Bjorn discuss all things Pensacola Foiling Week! The biggest one-design dinghy foiling event held in North America.

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A Christmas special with French star Hippolyte Gruet! Join Martin Evans and Tyler Bjorn from WASZP who discuss all the happenings in the WASZP world as well as discussing with Hippoyte about his journey.

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The young Spanish sensation Pablo Astiazaran currently sts in 2nd place on the WASZP Global Rankings

We speak about his rise in 2024, his future goals and the development of the class in Spain. 

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Thomas Sitzmann is a name to remember; he shares his team sailing career highlights, including becoming an all-American in his rookie season. The lead up to his experience at the SailGP Grand Final. He also opens up about his discovery of WASZP Sailing and how it became his gateway to high-performance foiling including a trial with the USA SailGP Team. 

Tyler and Martin also discuss all the latest news in the world of WASZP including the new Candaian SailGp ownership

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Get ready for the next chapter of the WeCANFoil program! Launched in 2022 to ignite the growth of foiling in Canada, WeCANFoil is now wrapping up its electrifying third year. 

With fresh ownership of the SailGP CAN team, a 2026 event stop on the horizon, and Canada’s debut in the Youth and Women’s America’s Cup, the momentum is unstoppable. 

Tune in to discover what’s in store as WeCANFoil gears up for an epic fourth season!

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Alice Senior and Jaz Boote from the Magenta Foiling Team join Martin Evans and Tyler Bjorn.

Alice and Jaz have been WASZP sailors since 2020/21. Joining the class because it was the perfect platform to sail and race while studying at Uni and looking to get back into sailing post Covid. For Jaz the WASZP was her first foray into dinghy sailing after yacht sailing, however, she sailed in a nationals only 3-weeks after buying her WASZP. 

Alice has competed in most events globally since getting into her WASZP. She is super committed to the program. She says, "there is nothing else I would rather be doing than sail a WASZP in my spare time". "It's easy, accessible and I just love it!"

Both have since worked their way through the Magenta Program in the mentor program as a mentee originally and now they have come full circle to create the Magenta Foiling Team where they now work. Alice as an Events Lead and Jaz as the head coach. With Women's Foiling Clinics in the UK and beyond becoming super popular with around 40 women put through both clinics so far in the UK during the 2024 season. The Magenta Women's Foiling Clinics are now going global with events in the USA (Los Angeles) and Spain (Barcelona) in the coming weeks

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With the Youth Americas Cup kicking off we speak with young Canadian star Galen Richardson. For anyone wondering what kind of opportunities the WASZP Class presents, this is the discussion you want to listen to.

Galen has come through the 29er, onto the 49er and now campaigns a Nacra 17 on the world circuit with Madeline Gillis. In between all of this Galen has competed in the WASZP Class (SAILOR PROFILE) at a high level across North America. This has helped him gain employment through SailGP Canada and now moving through to the Youth Americas Cup with the Canadian Syndicate Concord Pacific Racing. 

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Episode 18 of The Swarm Podcast, we feature two stalwarts of the WASZP UK class, who play equally important but very different roles in the success of the WASZP UK Class. Duncan Hepplewhite has been the UK distributor since 2017 and was instrumental in establishing the class and association in the early days in the UK. While, Sam Whaley has just claimed his third WASZP UK National Championship in 4-years and is the current class president. The success of the WASZP UK Class is there for all to see: 80 boats for the most recent National Championships and an aim of 200+ for the International WASZP Games in Weymouth in 2025!

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Martin Evans and Tyler Bjorn speak to Magnus Overbeck, The International WASZP Champion speaks about his journey to winning in Norway. Magnus is on the cusp of taking his sailing to the professional level and it comes on the back of hard work and dedication. He speaks fondly of how the WASZP allowed him to find his love for the sport again, like many stories, he was on the verge of stopping sailing 12-18 months ago and now he is a WASZP Champion and one of the future stars of the sport!

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Class Manager Martin Evans and WASZP GM Marc Ablett preview the upcoming International WASZP Games in Sandefjord Norway. Hosted on an island in the middle of a spectacular fjord, WASZP Island as it has been named for the next 11 days will create one of the most spectacular scenes in the sport of sailing and foiling.