Foil Life Podcast by SFT

Matt Pritchard is a world-champion windsurfer living with his family in Maui, Hawaii. During his professional career, he won several world titles (PWA) and teaches aspiring windsurfers and wingers. Kaden Pritchard is his 13-year-old son that is following in his footsteps. Kaden is an outstanding young athlete that is helping define the sport of wing foiling and is loving every minute of it.  Visit...

Marty is a Vancouver Island based board builder, shaper and repair man. When he is not riding swell near Victoria he's in his repair shop. On this episode we talk about when to bring your board into the shop, what to look out for when buying a used board, building basics and more.  To get your board repaired visit: https://www.facebook.com/marty.chomik Listener Note: Recorded live on Zoom. The aud...

Joost is the owner and operator of Comox Kite Repair (CKR). He is an avid kiteboarder and an expert in the science of repairing wings and kites from everywhere in Canada. In this episode, we talk about how to care for your wing, basic to advanced repairs and wing materials, including Ocean Rodeo's Aluula! I hope you enjoy it. Visit: https://www.facebook.com/ComoxKiteRepair/ Listener Note: Recorded...

Alicia LaRue is the co-owner of Wind Rider Kiteboarding, located on Vancouver Island, BC. Windrider provides Kiteboarding and Winging lessons to new, intermediate and advanced riders. They also have a fully stocked PRO shop should you want to rent or buy new gear or buy some swagg. If you get lucky, the local photographer, Dave, might even get you on camera while you are foiling your heart out in...

Benoit Dargis is the owner and designer at ON Kiteboarding. An artist and shaper first and foremost, he has been designing and building everything from snowboards, to white water kayaks, to composite luxury sports cars over the past 25 years. Benoit was a World Cup snowboarder and a designer for Jasey-Jay Anderson, who won Gold at the Olympics. Join us to hear about what goes into developing/produ...

Tonight we have 2 special guests that are brand new to winging. Tom and I walk them through what gear to buy on video and we show them some websites and discuss how to get started in this great sport.  Enjoy! Best listened to on video. Listener Note: Recorded live on Zoom. This is a round table conversation and the audio quality is not studio quality. 

In this episode, we talk about the Wing, not the one attached to your board but the one you fly in your hands. We talk about which brands we like, what we have seen go wrong with some brands, V1 or V2 wings and more.  We are again fortunate to have a panel of experts and a few brand-new enthusiasts asking some great questions. We hope you will enjoy this episode!  Special guests include, Tom Ben-E...

On this episode we talk to our panel of wing foilers from around the globe about how they got into wing foiling. We discuss what beginner gear they chose to learn on and why.  Special Guests Include, Tom Ben-Eliyahu, Guy Lacroix, Thomas Boyce, Peter Williamson, Noah Rainey and more. Listener Note: Recorded live on Zoom. This is a round table conversation and the audio quality is not studio quality...