This episode we are joined by Mon and Sil, twins and full frothers of all things foiling here in WA. We listen to some more foiling stories, and Hugh chat's to Mitch Hammond, winner of the Vaikobi giveaway. Enjoy the episode! Mon and Sil were born and raised in Brazil, where they were taught how to windsurf by their mother on the island Ilha Bela. This is where they got their love for water sports. After moving to Australia, both the twins started picking up SUP surfing, both over the age of 30. Mon now has been crowned State Champion for Open SUP surfing 5 times and the Australian Champ for 40s. Sil followed suite becoming state champion for over 40’s twice. Now both twins are right into Wing Foiling, SUP surf foiling, and have started dipping their toes into downwind foiling. Episode Content: 00:00 - Intro 03:33 - Learning to Windsurf in Brazil 05:53 - Moving to Australia and learning to SUP 09:04 - Snapping SUP and starting foiling 17:24 - Evolution of the Shop 22:31 - Girls in Perth foiling 25:33 - The Twins #1 Tip 27:24 - Twins Foiling Stories 33:33 - FOILING STORY GIVEAWAY 44:14 - Catching up with HAMMERTIME As always, stay pumped!

Perth Race Week - Thursday 21st to Thursday 28th of November Races SSS Sunset Series 1 -Thursday 21st SSS Sunset Series 2 - Tuesday 26th SSS Sunset Series 3 - Thursday 28th FENN WEST COAST DOWNWINDER - Saturday 23rd of November FUN RUN - Sunday 24th of November (more information of course to be released) More Race Info and Tickets here: https://raceroster.com/events/2024/91052/shaw-and-partners-wa-race-week-2024 Can’t wait to see everyone here! If you have any questions feel free to drop them in the comments or message @danj_foils or @mitchell_foils on instagram.

Thanks everyone for the foiling stories! Entries are now closed, your winner: HAMMERTIME! This episode follows on from the previous episode chatting to Zane Westwood. If you want to hear the full conversation start there! Check out TFP coaching here: thefoilproject.com #foiliing #hydrofoiling #downwind Timeline: 00:00 -Foiling Stories!! - vote now! 16:00 - Start of the episode with Zane 00:00 - Riding shorter fuses, and longer fuses? 20:01 - Gear to learn Downwind 23:30 - First time seeing a foil 25:36 - Foil Fest 29:28 - How to judge a foil contest 32:29 - Tow Boogie! 35:31 - Partnership with Amos 45:30 - Surfing vs. racing downwind 47:59 - Getting speed downwind 52:58 - Reading waves surfing vs. downwind 54:03 - Bottom Turns Surf foiling

🚨🚨🚨 VAIKOBI LIFE V3 VEST GIVEAWAY 🚨🚨🚨 🚀🚀 Send in your best foiling stories to the The Foil Project instagram or send us an email! Links below ⬇️ https://www.instagram.com/thefoilproject/ Email: hugh@thefoilproject.com Description Zane is someone in the foiling community who probably doesn’t need any introduction. He has been pushing the limits of the sport over the last couple years, culminating in his new foiling film Unbounded, which compares the similarities foiling to different crafts in Chile. He has been pushing the art of surf foiling towards surfing and rips some insane lines with probably the best style out there. Zane has also got into downwind foiling helping to shape the Bullet for Amos shapes. Zane completed a 75km foil on the !st of October last year and the video he posted caused none other than the GOAT kelly slater to re-post it on his own story… Join in the conversation... it's a good one. And let us know what you think in the comments! Episode Progression 00:00 - Intro 02:33 - Kelly Slater Post 08:11 - Foil Shimming: Downwind vs. Surf foiling 15:15 - UNBOUNDED: A short Foil Film 22:55 - Digging out the Van 24:06 - How was UNBOUNDED filmed? 25:40 - Eating healthy and performing your best 29:15 - The Flow State 34:54 - GIVEAWAY! Send in your foiling stories 37:40 - Interview with Pat Langley from VAIKOBI 42:17 - Hawaii Downwind Season 52:27 - Outro

Doni and Julian are two of the most talented downwind foilers here in Perth. Julian was one of the first people in WA to start downwind foiling, and has tried his way through a wide range of equipment. Since then, he has helped pull Doni into this crazy adventure of foiling with him.

They are both pushing the limits whether it be trying out crazy small foils, using footstraps, planning and completing some epic foil missions or just seeing how much time they can wrangle out of their busy schedules to go foiling as much as possible. (Julian is an engineer and Doni a landscape architect.)

I want to finish this description with a quote that Doni said at the end of the podcast. (Maybe one of my favourite quotes because it resonated with me)

“I often thought of [downwinding] as something that I would never do, and now I can’t see myself living without it” - Doni

Downwind foiling has such a hard barrier for entry, but the battle to get there is definitely worth the reward.

Until next time... Stay Pumped!

Timeline:

00:00 - Intro

01:01 - Doni’s First Downwind Foiling memories

04:53 - Learning to Foil

13:07 - Width of board, is thinner better?

14:30 - 100km+ Foil in Margaret River - The Cape to Cape trail

29:15 - Rottnest Run Nightmare

31:53 - Footstraps on a Downwind Board!!???

36:54 - Small boards the laughing stock of Hawaii

44:05 - Paddling Tiny Surf Prototypes

51:24 - How to read the bumps in Hawaii

54:57 - Hawaiian Race Experience

1:05:03 - Sailing around the world: Part 2

Sven has got to be one of the most stoked foilers in WA, he won't miss an opportunity to go out for a foil session and there is never a session where he is not smiling. He has always gone out of his way to find the right kit, pushing brands such as Axis to create products for the bigger riders. It was awesome to talk to Sven about everything that he has done foiling as well as discussing new equipment that he is using.

If YOU have any foiling stories that you would like to share on the podcast please email them to hugh@thefoilproject.com or send a DM to The Foil Project instagram. We would love to hear a voice message or a video!

From us at TFP, Stay Pumped!

Episode Progression

00:00 - Intro: Police chase!

03:30 - Getting into Foiling

07:56 - Tow foiling

08:56 - Kite vs. wing foiling

10:17 - Downwind for the big guys

12:46 - Mast Flex

20:31 - Change towards High Aspect wings

21:42 - Equipement Rundown

25:38 - Axis Partnership (beefing up the wings)

30:14 - Foiling stories

33:15 - 97km Downwind wing foil

39:30 - FOILIING STORIES

50:22 - Keeping Foiling Fun

55:00 - Foiling Safety

Ange and Krystal are leading the charge for girls in Downwind foiling over here in Western Australia. They both recently were over in Hawaii, competing in the Maui to Molokai Race and more. If YOU have a foiling experience you would like to share, send a message to The Foil Project instagram page @thefoilproject. A video or Audio message would be even better! Thanks for listening!!! Episode Progression 00:00 - Intro 02:00 - Learning to Foil 07:34 - Meeting in the water 08:46 - Downwind Wing Days 12:43 - Changing Foils, is it a good idea?l 14:42 - Hawaii Trip! 29:51 - Finishing the race and Molokai community events 33:38 - YOUR Foiling Stories 40:10 - Goals for the year 42:28 - Gear Videos 44:17 - Krystal Sailing around the world

Hello Everyone! and Welcome back To The Foil Project. If YOU have a foiling experience you would like to share, please send us a message via The Foil Project instagram page, @thefoilproject. A video or Audio message would be even better! The next episode will be recorded next Friday and we would love to hear from you. Also if you have any feedback or requests for future videos feel free to drop them in the comments, or DM us as well. Dan is one of the nicest guys I have met. He is super generous and humble and also committed to foiling. Together he and his wife Anje make a power combo here in WA, recently moving to a house right next to Swanbourne beach in order to run downwind laps day after day (and sometimes multiple times a day) during the summer months. It was awesome having Dan in on the show, and congrats for smashing the Molokai to Oahu race this year! See you soon! Episode Info: 00:00 - Intro 01:37 - Getting into foiling 05:42 - SUP paddling in Foiling 09:41 - The start of Code Foils and Design Strategy 23:08 - Perth Downwind Foil Race info 26:48 - Barcelona Downwind Trip 34:08 - Training for Hawaii 39:38 - The M2O 48:29 - Shout out The Girls 50:08 - Crazy Time management 53:49 - Foiling in Switzerland 55:53 - Outro