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A chap we'd been hoping to pin down for a while - we were lucky enough to do so in Slingshot's offices in Hood River. We escaped the heat of the day mooching round an air cooled office to end up sitting on a balcony in the shade, overlooking the entire event going on below us.
Fred is one of those foilers who you can spot a mile off. His kitefoil riding changed the game and it is very difficult not to notice his insane freeriding ability when he's on the water. Nowadays he's taken on a pretty sick role at Slingshot HQ in his home town, and runs us through his role and the brand through his eyes, along with what else he gets up to.
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Please welcome Cynthia ‘Cynbad’ Brown onto the podcast. We got to sit down and chat with Cynthia while she was over from Hawaii and working on the Ozone stand at the AWSI show. She is an absolute whirlwind of a character, a legend in our sports, and has stories to keep us all listening for hours.
Competing in windsurfing in the 80’s through to pioneering hobby parachute downwinding now, she’s been a part of it all. The random fact that Laird Hamilton taught her to surf should say it all - you’re going to enjoy this one, even if you’ve not come across Cynthia before.
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Our AWSI trip was funded by donations, we've got a stack of great episodes coming as a result and we'll need your sport to keep similar things coming in the future!
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If you’re expecting a techy debrief into the products the boys at Code have been churning out, this isn’t the podcast for you. The brothers had been on the stand chatting tech all day and were knackered - if you’re after tech, check other peoples videos from the stands on the Youtube.
We put beers in their hands and chatted about everything else instead. What a great story these two have - spending all their life savings to start up something of their own and having the wildest year of their lives so far. Huge amounts of hype has been surrounding the brand since its inception, and it seems to be living up to it - they were in hot demand at the event, everyone wanted a go.
Another great episode we really enjoyed recording - one which would’ve been nigh on impossible to prize out of them if we’d had to organise something online. We’re loving how quickly you can build a rapport when you put a beer in someones hand and sit in the sunshine.
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One of the cool things about this trip we're finding is being able to stick microphones in interesting peoples faces anytime we're all sat around hanging out, and (hopefully) it not being weird.
Big Aussie Luke has been hanging out for us since the AWSI event finished, and we've had a couple mornings sat around in Kenny's garage shooting the shit. As always thats when the best stuff gets discussed and so we switched the coffee machine on and sat there a bit longer.
A properly split episode - half about Ken, winging, Mikeslab kit and board building, and half about Freddies 3rd SUP coach Luke and his downwind and prone journey.
Sitting down and doing these things face to face over a coffee/beer/burger is so much fun and is farrrrrrr easier to get guests relaxing sooner. We hope you enjoy!
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An interview that's been in the works for a long time - the FoilDrive gang have been really supportive of what we do for a good while now (god knows why), so its been awesome to catch up with the team out here in AmeTrica.
This is exactly how we wanted interviews to take place at the event site - Mr FoilDrive himself, Paul Martin came wandering over to get some space from talking about serious business on the stand and sat down with us to chat shit about anything else BUT FoilDrive. Eventually he came back round to the company itself, and gave us the low down on the future for the brand and the products.
Your V2 unit is about to get MORE powerful - but is that all its cracked up to be?? Paul gives us a breakdown of where the units at currently and why he didn't release it more powerful straight away, and we were really impressed by this methodical answer. Likewise, there's a tonne of hugely innovative add on's coming. Have you ever wanted to control the FoilDrive with your mouth? Well soon you'll be able to!
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There's been so much going on in such a short space of time here, its difficult to keep up with everything and we want our listeners to come along for the ride as much as possible. Its difficult to know how and when to release interviews and videos to you all in an orderly fashion!
Before we went into the actual event yesterday for the first live day, we sat in the car park and dissected some thoughts on our first couple of days being around the local area.
Pro riders and brand big Dawgs have been arriving in dribs and drabs over the last few days and they're now around every corner. There's definitely been different approaches to how they've spent their time since arriving as we had two nuclear days of wind prior to the event which is now completely lacking in wind.
We chat through who's stood out, why and the brands who have had the biggest presence. Foildrive dominance, the parawing chat and the sheer amount of disciplines on the water nowadays. Its a quick catch up before the interviews take precedence
we are having the most insane time so far - THANKYOU to everyone who made this possible by donating on the 'buymeacoffee' page.
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In Hood River OFFICIAL now - at the Hatchery! We sit and process the first hours in America as we overlook the spot and chat nonsense with Wieger from Appletree.
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We're back, and we're off to America tomorrow!
All thanks to our listeners for supporting us on the BuymeaCoffee page - you've made this entire thing possible and we really appreciate it. We also definitely feel the pressure to provide some bitchin' content while were out there - and promise to muscle our way into as many interviews as possible while we're stateside!
Chris popped round this morning to discuss the extremely loose plans for our trip, but also to give more info on his own event in October that we're equally looking forward to - the Kernow Foil Classic.
Next you hear from us, we'll be in 'Murica.
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For anyone who wasn't aware - the Olympics are currently in full flow in Paris, and we have a few friends over there right now that we were very keen to catch up with prior to the racing starting on Sunday 4th!
We've chatted to UK's Olympic Numero Uno female racer Ellie before in episode 56 for anyone that wants a bit more depth into her kite racing, as well as Olympic Coach Stevie (episode 65) who joins us today alongside the worlds top kite caddy and race commentator Jemima.
Its a short one, we didn't want to pile on the pressure or ask too many random questions while Ellies got her game face on!
I think you can watch all the racing via Discovery+ online app which is only £3.99 and you can cancel right after the 'Lympics.....
Lets go Formula Kite!!
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Fuelled by; post-session stoke, pizza, and beer we enjoy a thorough breakdown of Mark Shinn's history whilst deviating away from the chronological timeline regularly along the way. It is a long podcast but every minute is worth listening to. There is plenty of legitimate discussion about equipment, manufacturing, the industry as a whole as well as downwinding/foiling technique and gear tips as well.
We talk about the origin of the Shinn brand and a little about why we've heard nothing from them in the past months. There will definietely be a part 2 for that part of the story as it is a big one!
Enjoy!
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Forgive me foilers, for I have sinned!
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We've finally done it. Duotone is on the podcastWe've given the mighty brand a little (barely any) grief in our relatively brief existance, but it was time to set the story straight - enter windsurf legend and Dutone Foiling Division Manager, Klaas Voget.
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The second Aussie Foil Fest was held very recently, and we were reminded that we hadn't yet sat down and chatted with the organiser - Zane Westwood.
Zanes been at the forefront of all things foiling for a good number of years now so its great to get his insight into the intricacys of chopping ones rear wing down, and his thoughts on the chopped tail board shapes too....
sounds like the aussie lot haver had yet another successful foil comp over on the east coast, with fan favourite Jezza taking the top spot. We talk about the format of the event and how things went down.
If you like what we're up to, check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. We're raising moneys for our upcoming confirmed trip to the states for the AWSI event. Hopefully we get to bump heads with some influential people and persuade them with your beers to spill the beans....
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'da fuck did we talk about then for the description of this episode?'
'Lift foils/testing foils/burning sessions/duotone whizz/flite controversy/ Bennett’s/selling stuff/altruism/summer events'
There you go - description done!
We need to get back chatting to guests ASAP. Freddies using all his energy going to work SUP demo's and hasn't been foiling recently - which means more of Liams droning on about things in the foiling world that frustrate and/or excite him
enjoy!
PS. its still fun chatting about everything going on in our tiny little world....
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Its finally happened, we've had an actual run of successful prone conditions! We've spent the last week both winging and proning in some great small conditions and the progress has been awesome.
Cornish Foil Frother Phil reached out to us, very kindly offering up his AirBnB for us to scope out within walking distance of some of the best beaches in Newquay. He's had a quiet start to the summer and we're all hoping a 10% offer to any foiler mentioning the GFP on booking will entice some of you fellow frothers out of your own counties and down to Cornwall to invade the famous secret spots!
Use the following link for AirBnb, or search for Beach View House, Newquay - https://tinyurl.com/y597vtc5
Plenty of chat about foiling, foils and foilers as always.
More T-Shirts are on order as we're almost sold out - anyone for white?!
Check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast if you're interested in supporting what we do! Turns out international foil event travel is expensive, and better audio equipment aint cheap either!
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This week we welcome Lord and Lady Bridge of Exmouth to our little show. Famous across the county and further afield in the wing/kite industry and incredibly well regarded - nobody forgets meeting Steph and Eric Bridge.
From starting a small sailing school back in the 80's in their home town of Exmouth, to now running one of the most successful kite/wing schools and shops in the UK - The Bridges have seen it all. Multiple world titles for Steph in a fledgling kite race scene, followed by guiding their 3 boys (Olly, Guy, Tom) to become some of the best watermen to ever have come out of the UK.
We both call the Bridge family friends, (as well as ex employers of both of us) and we thank them for allowing us to invade their house with our aim to get them to sit still for an entire hour and talk to us on record.... Everyone who knows any of the family will know how much of an effort that can be for all of them. We did have to contend with scheduled haircuts mid way through - but Eric did a good job of holding the microphone while sitting in the chair. How I wish we had photos of that.... It does mean that this chat only scratches the surface of their accomplishments, and we'd love to do another episode with them. We are going to have to rethink the recording though as they really only rarely sit down.
Enjoy!
We're slowly getting back to a more regular schedule of weekly episodes, and we've got some fun trips coming up to spend some time chatting away on mic's about, so keep listening. Theres 68 other episodes to keep you going though, if you've joined us recently!
If you like what we're doing, check out https://buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast to donate whatever you like. All proceeds are going towards funding our trip to the AWSI event in America this september (and the odd beers)
we've also still got t-shirts available for anyone else interested!
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Freddie's away so Liam has a chat with local boy Jack Salmon. A name that is already likely to be known by UK folk, Jack has the potential to take things further in the watersports industry once he has got his degree out of the way.
Not only is he a talented waterman that excels in every discipline he takes his hand to, but he's an energetic creative that also enjoys his time behind the camera and producing videos.
I'm sure we'll see more and more from the salmon as time goes on.
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Some more childish banter in response to some comments made online recently that we thought needed addressing.......
There is some foil chat here though, don't fret. Ken Adgate jumps in with a voice note to give us some answers to questions we've had from listeners about how to engage in flat water wing shenanigans. We dissect how these potential 'party tricks' may actually become quite useful in more serious conditions once mastered.
Some more thoughts on the Industry currently along the lines of Gong pushing harder into kiting and what that might mean to the consumer - what does this mean for the local shops?
Even more board construction chat! Whats been ruffling Liams feathers this week?
Can you guys send us some photos of you in your t-shirts?! we've sent a good few out now, it'd be great to see where they've ended up in the far flung corners of the world
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We welcome Wieger back finally, after chatting to him way back at the start of 2023. His best selling Appleslice model is being renewed for the 3rd Version and so it seemed like a great excuse to rope him back in.
I'm sure we did discuss the new board at least a little bit but as always its the ramblings in other directions that made this chat so much fun once again. Great guy, great brand - we hope you enjoy this one. And if you haven't listened to the first episode we did with Wieger way back when, its well worth a listen
Appletree seems to have gone from strength to strength over the last 12 months and Wieger gives us a run down on how the companies changed in the background and whats been going on.
We're incredibly pleased to announce we've booked flights to the AWSI event in Hood River later in 2024, and we look forward to chilling with a beer with the Appletree crew there! If you're enjoying what we're doing and feel up to supporting us in anyway, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast. All funds are going straight towards our trip as well as investing in any new equipment to make sure we can get plenty content while we're out there!
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Ben Rhodes and Stevie Morrison join us this week for a couple beers in Liams flat. They partnered together in the 49'er sailing fleet way back when, winning multiple world championships and representing Great Britain in the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Exmouth locals, they're both now into their coaching of both Olympic kite foil racing and sailing while being well into their own personal foiling journeys - Stevie loves his winging and Ben's got his eyes fixated on mastering Downwinding.....
Two great fellas with a lot of good stories from their competitive days - this was a lot of fun to record!
If you like what we're doing, check out buymeacoffee.com/gfpodcast - we’re aiming to get ourselves away on some specific trips this year to make sure we have some great people to chat to, and we’d appreciate all the support we can get to bring our ideas to life!
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