Foiling Magazine

Foiling Magazine brings the best features, the latest tech and the finest tricks-and-tips to you from the world of foiling. Within this relatively new sport, Foiling Magazine is essential reading for any surf, SUP, Wing, wake or eFoiler. Working with the best riders, the biggest brands and the finest photographers, Foiling Magazine provides the ultimate representation of the most exciting sport on the planet…

EDITORIAL

Foiling Magazine

EXPOSURE

ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES • In her recent YouTube series, Alina Kornelli set out to highlight the versatility and freedom that’s on tap when you get yourself into wingfoiling. And over four episodes, she did just that, and all in the Cape Town area. We broke out the popcorn, watched the series… then got in touch.

DAWN READY • Fans of both foiling and high-speed jets will immediately appreciate a short film that appeared recently, featuring legendary waterman, big wave surfer and contemporary foiling trailblazer, Laird Hamilton, and fighter pilot turned Red 6 founder and CEO, Daniel Robinson. In it, both men converse with each other about risk, mindset, and that ever alluring “flow state”. It’s a stylish piece of work… We caught up with Laird and William Cawley, the film’s writer, to get a little more background to the whole project.

OSCAR DEMPSEY • With Olympic aspirations and a solid wing, foil & board sponsor supporting him, Oscar Dempsey looks to us like a true rising star in the wingfoil scene. Raw talent, serious drive. And all of this at only 13 years old…

CABARETE WING FEST 2025 • June saw the third edition of Cabarete’s annual Wing Fest, a fully-fledged celebration of the sport that has since expanded into multiple other disciplines. Manuel Selman was on the ground and sent in this report…

THE OUTPOST • Beran Island, set deep in the Marshall Islands' outer atolls, isn’t easy to get to. And that’s pretty much the whole point… it’s an off-grid outpost that’s designed to keep you present and get you focusing on what’s right in front of you. Which just happens to be a paradise if you’re a nature-loving foiler…

DYNAMICS FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION • We often hear a lot from the core product architects in this magazine, whether that’s wing designers, board shapers or foil engineers. But it’s easy to forget that there are multiple other factors that feed into the design of any new product, and one of those is how that product is ultimately going to look when it lands on the shelves at your friendly local foil stockist. Eleveight’s Art Director Sam Flotat talks to us about how to balance a product’s aesthetic alongside its main objective…

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GOOD STUFF

The Dakhla Diaries • Duotone’s team shoot in Dakhla was certainly an all-star affair, with contemporary top guns such as Tom & Aleks Acherer, Rocco Sotomayor, Mar de Arce, Nia Suardiaz, Charlie Loch, Stefan Spiessberger and Benjamin May all in attendance. And with a talented media crew on hand as well, the results shown here could have spoken for themselves. But we thought we’d complement the shots with a little trip diary from Benjamin.

DUNGEONS MASTERS • South Africa’s infamous big wave spot, “Dungeons,” is cold, gnarly, and thoroughly unforgiving. It’s the sort of spot that demands total respect, or else. But that hasn’t deterred James Taylor and Jacques Theron from taking it on, armed with their engineering mindset and a thirst for calculated risk…

OLD DOGS NEW WINGS • Sicily has a vintage, old style charm which sits in contrast to the evolving, high octane sport of wingfoiling. But that’s not to suggest that the two don’t pair together very well indeed, as Cabrinha’s Marketing Manager James Boulding, a self-professed “grumpy old kite-boarder”, freely admits after a recent visit…

SEA WARRIOR • Taking on the Koa Kai Triple Crown is no...