The Casey Catch Up

With the King of the Cut run and down I thought it'd be worthwhile recapping on what we missed out on and assess the trends that are happening with downwind foil racing. I asked Marcus Tardrew and Jacyln 'Crackers' Nichols, who both attended and placed 1st in the Mens SUP Foil and 2nd in the Womens Wing Foil respectively, to share their insights on how the race unfolded. If you'd like to learn how...

Stoked to catch up with the super talented Austin Kalama, not only son to Dave Kalama but a certified trail blazer and ripper himself. We discussed a range of topics, dissecting recent races in Florida and Hood River, whilst also delving into the specifics of Downwind Foiling, Winging, Tow Foiling and charging out Jaws on the big days. I was stoked to get the time to catch up with Austin and I thi...

A great catch up with Eric Sterman, running us through his local downwind runs, how it differs in different conditions and his progressions based on using different equipment. Eric was first exposed to foiling when working on the film crew for Robby Naish's Longest Wave Movie. This was early days and he has been through a lot of progression and learning since then. He shares some advice on equipme...

Stoked to catch up with Greg Closier, a downwind foiling pioneer, foilboard designer and participant in the first ever week long SUP downwind foiling event organised by the French Surfing Federation. I enjoyed discussing board design with Greg, unpacking some of the runs he has downwind foiled both in Brest, France, and LA, USA, and what conditions he is looking for and what equipment he uses depe...

Multiple SUP Race world Champion Michael Booth joins us to discuss downwind foiling and how he really enjoyed the learning process. While it wasn't easy at first he learnt a lot of good lessons along the way that he shares with us. We discuss how winging can be a good way to help learn but it isn't necessarily for everyone. We then discuss Molokai 2 Oahu 2019 and the battle we had as we watched th...

Finally got a female on the show and it just happened to be the first female to foil the Channel of Bones in 2018 with just one months DW Foiling experience. A great chat with the talented young women Annie where we compare prone vs SUP DW Foiling, discuss the pros and cons of a slow foil and when you are ready to upgrade to a faster foil. We discuss the rise of winging which has seen more people...

Breaking down what it took to learn to SUP DW Foil here in Sydney's Northern Beaches with Zane Westwood. We talk about some of the local runs, how equipment played a huge part in Zane's progression and how new foils, such as the RS 1300 and 1150, are making downwind foiling even more fun. We also go into a bit of surf foiling pumping technique and how wing foiling can be used to enhance your downw...

I had a great time chatting all things downwind with the SUP downwind guru and coach Jeremy Riggs. We went in depth on the technique of a Flatwater SUP Foil Paddle Pump, Take Off or Chip In (whatever you want to call it) and brought up the 'scoot' that Jeremy recently spoke about in his youtube and social media. We went into detail on the differences between a flatwater paddle pump to a bumpy wate...

Chatting to Titouan Galea of New Caledonia but someone who has done more travelling than most during the last 18 months. We go through some of his recent trips to Tahiti and Hawaii as well as go into some of the GWA Wing Foil Tour events he has done and what he has planned. Don't worry though we bring it back to downwind foiling, talking about Molokai 2 Oahu and the Gorge Paddle Challenge back in...

Going through the physics of downwind and the plethora of ways to approach it with Matt Costa. We go through his journey of finding the proper way to downwind, starting with prone foiling looking into the boogie foil option and his experience of learning to SUP foil. This is well worth a listen so strap yourself in for Episode 11 (*not 12 like I said in the intro). If you are enjoying these episod...

Super grom Jack Ho, @jackfromtown on instagram, joins the chat and lets us know about the recent Gorge Paddle Challenge and what he got up to in Hood River. We go back three years to when he was 13 and started foiling and how his fist few downwind prone foil attempts went and then transitioned onto the SUP foil for longer runs. All in all it was great chat with this humble young waterman from Hono...

Nathan Chandler, or foil_perth on instagram, is one of the pioneers to the downwind foil scene in Western Australia. Teaching himself by chipping in at City Beach Groyne on a Go Foil Kai wing and then shifting to wake thieving in the Swan once he got a larger foil in winter Nathan explains what it took to learn to downwind. From solo prone sends down the coast, hungover downwinders back from Rottn...

Alex Aguera, founder of Go Foil and basically the man behind the reinvention of modern day foiling explains how he and Kai Lenny cracked the code to be able to surf foil and SUP foil downwind. We also go into Alex's history, his ongoing journey of learning to downwind foil, how winging has made it more accessible and how power dinging differs from free dinging. Tune in, enjoy and learn a bit about...

Super Grom Jeffrey Spencer is pushing the sport of foiling in so many different ways from his acrobatics on the wing foil, to his eye watering speeds downwind that almost saw him win Molokai 2 Oahu in 2019. He's one to watch over the coming years as he continues to push the limits of what is possible. Join the conversation and grab all the tips and advice from this foiling pro. If you are enjoying...

Kahi of the @voyager_foilers explains how he learnt to prone DW Foil and how the crew on the South Shore of Oahu are enjoying this new found downwind paradise. With A, B and C teams they send it on their prone surf foil boards. Join the chat and enjoy the advice and words of wisdom from Kahi. If you are enjoying these episodes it may be worth having a look at the Coach Casey Club where you will en...

The Danish Viking tuned in for a chat about his Viking Crossing 3.0 from Denmark to Sweden. We talked about what sort of training he did to conquer the crossing as well as got into equipment, weather systems and discussed what it took to get going in the downwind conditions he was faced with. Again we got carried away so it's closer to 80 minutes than 60 minutes but it was great to catch up with C...

Happy to announce we were graced with the presence of Dave Kalama on Episode 3 of The Casey Catch Up. This episode is a little longer as we got caught up in the froth that is DW Foiling. From Worm Holes to Board Design to Hand Paddles nothing was off limits with plenty of nuggets of wisdom handed down from the guru himself. Tune in and enjoy.

From a first failed attempt in New Caledonia to completing the Molokai 2 Oahu twice in 2018 and 2019. SUP Tomo is a Japanese waterman who has always had his finger on the pulse of water sports thanks to his love of Maui.

Down the rabbit hole with Ben Tardrew tackling what makes downwind foiling so hard and going through a few tips to make it easier. Listen along to the tips, on technique, equipment and conditions. We also go into the SUP DW Foil racing and what is making it so exciting.

We dive head first into downwind foiling, what makes it so hard and how can we make it easier? Listen along to the tips, on technique, equipment and conditions, in order to flatten out that steep learning curve that is learning the pinnacle of foiling, downwind SUP foiling