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In chapter one of the foiling pioneers history, Olivia Piana of Brittany, France is right there with legendary watermen Dave Kalama and Laid Hamilton. A three-time SUP world champion and Wingfoiling race world champion, iQ Olympic Windsurf foiling, Olivia has broken new ground in the mind-bending new endurance discipline of downwind foiling and in 2023 set the benchmark record for the longest downwind foil run ever at an exhausting 287.4 km in 14 hours and 36 minutes along the rugged west coast of Portugal, her adopted country.
Dodging orcas and left alone miles out to sea, Olivia documented her record run in the soon-to-be-released film, "Chasing Horizons." She fell in love with the people of a coast that is covered in vast stretches by flowing beach grasses, jagged cliffs and endless ocean swell that collides relentlessly against its shore. Her film is an attempt to help bring atttention to efforts aiming to prtotect this environmentally sensitive shoreline from over development.
In this episode, we get into the mind of this endurance athlete as she describes overcoming anxieties on her way to completing her record-setting run, the future of downwind foiling all over the planet (she's a SUP Foiling world champion winning her class in the Molokai to Oahu channel crossing), the possibilites of electric, foil-assisted flying with FoilDrive and navigating her evolving life as a pioneer in oean watersports.
Olivia's smile and dreams are infectious and her stories and the deep feelings she expresses for her sport and life give rich insight into living a purposeful, driven life on the sea. We're soooo stoked to have you listen to her story!
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Season 1, Episode 1 of the WeAreFoiling Podcast!! We were super patient and it took a few months but we sat down with Emirates Team New Zealand CEO Grant Dalton to break down the evolution of foiling in Pro Sailing from the "big bang" of the 2013 America's Cup all the way through hydrogen fuel cell powerboats, the applicatiion of foiling in decarbonization efforts and the first ever proper physics model foiling online gaming platform.
We couldn't think of a person more central to the growth of windsports and professional foiling than Grant. He's been at the center of it all, shaping and challenging the future of sailing's most influential show, the America's Cup. And through his last two Cup wins, he has decided to make some positive change in the world outside of sailing, too.
This is a wide-ranging interview where we get a little techy on Cup boat designs and foiling boats for public transportation. We hit on the women's and youth America's Cup introduced by Team New Zealand, and we even talk about life after the Cup, his philosophy on leadership, and what he's gotten right in his life and what he wants to change post-Cup.
Grant is controversial, wicked smart, and likely the most determined Cup character the sport has ever seen. I hope you enjoy our converstaion and his perspective on sport, technology and life.
WeAreFoiling Youtube Channel
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Saknas det avsnitt?
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Host Chris Museler reviews the Season 1 guest list with Foiling Week/Foiling.org founder Luca Rizzotti!
