The Generic Foiling Podcast

Please welcome, THE foil assist athlete - Paul Cooper . It’s a wonder we’ve made it this long without chatting to Paul before, but we were very glad to finally sit down and chat all things Foildrive and surf foil. Paul’s been around a while now in foiling, converting pretty much entirely to Foildrive use in the surf - and you must have seen his air’s in the waves by now. Freddie especially was ver...

We sat down with Gabe, Designer at Slingshot. He is one of a team of designers/engineers and focuses on wing, parawing and board design. Between our conversation with Gabe and chat with Bobby not too long ago, it feels like Slingshot have an exciting mix of fresh engineers and established experience and I’m excited to see what other innovations come out in the coming years. We talked about the fol...

We sat down with Dan and Ben from Code and talked about the following (in no particular order): - Height of foilers and how it affects their riding and gear choices - Weight of foilers (as above) - Why pros don't always use super short fuses - New X series foil - who is it for and what spots is it for? - What tails are good with the new x series - Code/FoilDrive integrated mast - Who is on top in...

We've all been running around like blue arsed fly's for the last few days while the AWSI show was on - both sets of Podcasters trying to get interviews recorded with as many people as possible while they were all in one place. We're a few days post show now and its quietening down - a perfect time to smush our two podcasts into one to dissect our both our findings from the show and all...

We're back for our second time in Hood River, Oregon for the AWSI event here. 2 mental days so far and lots to discuss. The hype level here is off the charts. Its been awesome to see so many friendly faces again - the entire foiling world has been rocking up to solid head high swell and 2/3m wing winds. So many hours clocked up parawinging already in just 2 days. The Beer chest is stocked and...

Easterlies in Exmouth, Electric pump marketing, music usage in foiling videos and Liams new board build - we covered it all. What more could you possibly want from a foiling podcast? Its been epic at home this weekend just gone and we're all hyped up about each and every discipline on offer - even Freddies in a good mood at this point, but i wonder how long that'll last.... We hope everyon...

Dave West - one of the guests that many of you have been waiting for. This episode contains just the right mix of foiling chat, insider knowledge, banter, and ranting. A really enjoyable episode for us to record and, hopefully, a really enjoyable episode for you to listen to. If you enjoyed this episode, please rate us 5 stars on your chosen podcast provider, and go and leave Dave a childish comme...

Old School strapless kitesurf pioneer turned downwind and parawing frother. Huge amounts of content was consumed of Patricks early days strapless kitesurf riding when Liam and I were honing our kite skills and now he's churning out the videos of his downwind runs along the Oregon and Californian coastline. Patrick was kind enough to offer us a place to crash as we drove down the coast past his tow...

A little catch up on the news and whats been going on in our local area for the last couple weeks The Hawaiian races have been on and we know very little, but as always like to stick our opinions in where they're probably not wanted. Freddies had a good crack finally at paddling up in flat water and Liams Mako finally arrives. A nice short episode to get you, the listeners back on track. And h...

What is this Plume thing and why should we get one? This has been the question on a tonne of peoples minds recently, and who better to answer the question than Mr F-One. A great catchup with Julien about the newest kids on the block - the Plume and the Frigate - and also a great delve into where foil design might be going, after these new disciplines have rocked up and turned things on their head....

A brilliant conversation with Mr Starboard Foils himself, Tiesda You. There is a good dose of technical information in this episode with discussions on: - Software optimisation of foils - Starting a 'non-athlete' career in the foiling/watersports industry - The potential disruption of AI - The 'Universal Connection System' - Traditional British dessert making and much more. Rate us 5 stars, send u...

A busy week for the social calendar and a busy week on the water! The boys have a quick debrief on the wedding of Guy & Emma, dive more into the downwind SUP vs Parawing debate, reflect on cross-discipline technical learnings and much more.

A busy couple weeks on the water and a lot of findings from our own sessions - we set some time aside in order to talk about a couple fun bits that've been occuring in the foiling world but actually ended up dissecting our own findings - which ended up being a lot of fun. Downwind paddling and parawinging mainly on the cards here, with some winging thrown in the mix to keep it Generic. Liam ha...

Mikes back - after a pretty horrendous time in his life - but as positive and upbeat as ever! We had a great chat with Mike back towards the start of our mighty podcasting careers and we've kept in touch. He had a terrible health scare in 2024 and we're very glad to hear of his recovery and journey back to tip top shape. We recorded before Christmas, so its great to see some of what we dis...

Freddie and Liam have a catch up between themselves and reflect on their foiling progress over the past months, reveal the best foilboard in the world for kitefoiling and downwind SUP foiling, chat about their time hanging out the Code Foil boys in Cornwall and shout out some industry gear options that they'd like to try. Don't forget that Gav@Hydrofoils charity auction campaign is live on youtube...

Brilliant episode with fellow Englishman Gav Blake, the man behind Gav @ Hydrofoil YouTube fame. Gav gives us the rundown on his background, foiling journey and summarises the state of play in terms of the industry's parawing and downwind product offerings right now. Enjoy!

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 AWS...

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 methodo...

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...

Your much-needed dose of foil news, splurge of opinions and session updates. Rate us 5 stars and enjoy the episode! #hashtag

We hope you enjoy this episode with humble waterwoman extraordinaire Gabriella Bella. 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....

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 d...