Episodes
Tim Taudien is a German wingfoiler and teached himself this new sport without any water sports background like kitesurfing, wingsurfing or surfing. He is now competing on a very high level and someone you should have an eye on. Follow Tim on Instagram: @timtaudien This interview as a youtube video: https://youtu.be/4zhs-6aPcFI Get all the links for every podcast episode here to share the stoke with your friends: https://www.wingfoilexperience.com/ Please contact me if you have questions...
Published 11/24/21
Published 11/24/21
Matteo Guazzoni is the international marketing and team manager at Roberto Ricci Designs and a former windsurfing pro. In this episode we talk about the RRD team riders like Abel Lago, Bowien van der Linden, Camille Bouyer, Francesco Cappuzzo, Gollito Estredo and Julien Bouyer. Furthermore we talk about the improvement in wingfoiling gear in general and the new collection for RRD 2022. Check out RRD at: https://www.robertoriccidesigns.com/ And follow RRD at: @rrd_international Watch this...
Published 11/05/21
Robert Stehlik is the host of the Blue Planet Show a wingfoil podcast with over 15 episodes in less than half a year. In this episodes he shares what he learned by interviewing all these wingfoilers like Zane Schweitzer, Balz Muller, Alan Cadiz, Kane de Wilde, Gunnar Biniasch, Damian Leroy and many many more. Robert Stehlik is also the founder behing Blue Planet Surf and an outstanding content creator in various water sports. Follow Blue Plant Surf on Instagram: @blueplanetsurf Follow Blue...
Published 10/22/21
In this interview Robby Naish talks about Wingfoiling and his movie: The longest wave. He gets into: what you miss if you have not started wingfoiling already, where the future of wingfoiling is heading to, what makes wingfoiling so unique and he tells many stories of his outstanding watersports career. Robby Naish needs no introduction. He is just Robby Naish. If you have never heard of him please send me a DM at Instagram @dgraffe where you have been the last 50 years on this planet...
Published 10/01/21
Balz Müller aka @radiculo is a windsurf and wingfoil pro from Switzerland. His stoke and positivity is outstanding and if you already know him or not you will find yourself liking that guy instantly. In this interview we talk about the Foilvestival 2021 in the North of Germany. The Engadawind in Switzerland 2021, the future of wing racing and competitions and much more. Follow Balz on Instagram: @radiculo And check out his Youtube channel: Balz Mueller Watch this interview an more on the...
Published 09/24/21
Benjamin May is a German wingfoiler sponsored by Duotone/ Fanatic/ Ion and Karibu Holztechnik. In this episode we talked about the foilfestival in the north of Germany. We discussed how you can race faster on wingfoil gear as a windsurfer on designated racing gear and Benjamin shared the story of his first backflips that he recently landed!! Get in touch with Benjamin on Instagram: @benjamin._.may Become friends with Benjamin on Facebook: Benjamin May Or subscribe to him on Youtube:...
Published 08/20/21
In this episode I want to learn how to build an efoil myselft at home. A commercial efoil from companies like Lift or Flite are 10.000 to 15.000€ BUT the do it yourself (DIY) approach of Julian and Frank is below 1.800€ total cost (including the foil, which I already own as a wingfoiler :D). Wingfoiling is awesome but being able to foil without wind over a completely calm lake is something that I want to experience soon. Here are the resources and videos mentioned in this episode: The...
Published 08/13/21
Jelle Stoop was already a guest in episode #009 and he is back to talk about how he schools people in wingfoiling and why he founded the foilschool netherlands. In this episode we deep dive into dock starts. What are the requirements? What gear do you need to dock start? What is the proper technique? How can you progress? We cover it all and I hope we both learn to dock start... you and me. I have been trying a couple of times and have not have a success so far :). Find out more about...
Published 08/06/21
Philip Horn is a former windsurf pro, experienced water sports industry expert and one of the co-founders of Vayu. Vayu is a new wing foil brand and in this episode Philip talked about the challenges, struggles and the fun of developing a complete new wing, boards and brand. You can find Vayu online at: https://vayu.world/ You can follow Vayu at Instagram: @vayu.world https://instagram.com/vayu.world And you can follow Philipo Horn at Instagram too:...
Published 06/23/21
Klaas Voget is a German watermen from Kiel and a Duotone/ Fanatic teamrider. He is also deeply involved into the design and development process of Duotone wings and Fanatic boards. In this interview we talk about the history of Ken Winners first wing ever, how Klaas discovered wing foiling and how he had one of the first wings in Germany that he tested together with Henning Nockel. You can get in touch with Klaas at the Gram: @klaasvoget https://www.instagram.com/klaasvoget/ You can find...
Published 06/18/21
Dave Marten is an official Vayu Teamrider and has probably the most wing experience in the South of Germany. The Interview is in German but there are English summaries of the content available on my Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI_ybgxiZYA&list=PL47I0aFOzqH1TDl8nAwbwikqwGV01vW3Q Follow dave on Insta: @marten.dave https://www.instagram.com/marten.dave/ Follow Vayu on Insta: @vayu.world https://www.instagram.com/vayu.world/ Or check out Vayus website:...
Published 06/11/21
Why is a seasoned windsurfer as Kyriakos Giakoumaros so in love with wingfoiling? What is it all about and why is foiling in Rhodes (Greece) not a thing so far? In this podcast episode with stay away from the usual interview style and go more into a wingfoil talk from water sports enthusiast to water sports enthusiast. Follow Kakos on Instagram: @kyriakos_giakoum And check out his youtube channel: Kyriakos Giakoumaros Windsurf Coaching The whole interview is also available as a youtube...
Published 05/14/21
Annabel van Westerop is a former vice world champion in kiteboarding and currently a half time North teamrider and half time North executive. But besides her professional career she is currently also super stoked about wingfoiling. In this episode we dive into her career, the North wingfoil gear and if she is going to compete in wingfoiling in the future. Follow Annabel on Instagram: @annabelvw And find North on Instagram: @northkiteboarding The whole interview is also available as a youtube...
Published 04/30/21
Roberto Ricci is the man behind the brand named after him: RRD. We already had a part one of this interview on the channel and follow up in this episode with part two. In part one we have been cut short to talk about wingfoiling and this week we talked wingfoiling only :). Check out RRD at: https://www.robertoriccidesigns.com/ Or follow Roberto on Instagram: @roberto_ricci1 https://instagram.com/roberto_ricci1 The whole interview is also available as a youtube video...
Published 04/22/21
Roberto Ricci is the man behind the brand named after him: RRD which is an abbreviation for Roberto Ricci Designs. He is raised and based in Italy, became known as a windsurf board shaper and centered his life and work around his passion for the ocean. In this episode Roberto tells us about the history of windsurfing, kitesurfing and wingfoiling. Check out RRD at: https://www.robertoriccidesigns.com/ Or follow Roberto on Instagram: @roberto_ricci1 https://instagram.com/roberto_ricci1 The...
Published 04/16/21
Abel Lago is a world champion, waterman and in charge of the development for all the RRD equipment. In this episode we talk about the conditions in Galicia where he lives and runs his water sports school. We deep dive into foils and what the rear wing does, what difference a fuselage can make, mast length and everything else we always wanted to ask. Check out Abel Lago right here: https://abellago.com/en/ Or follow him on Instagram: @abellago https://www.instagram.com/abellago/ The whole...
Published 04/02/21
Zane Kekoa Schweitzer is a Hawaiian waterman and inspiring human being. In this interview he tells the story about wingfoiling jaws for the first time, what the ultimate waterman championship is, how he teaches his students wing foiling in a couple of days and how he talked Pete Cabrinha into handing him the first wing on the island. Growing up with legends of the surfing world like Pete Cabrinha, Robby Naish, Laird Hamilton, Gerry Lopez and many many more, he is not only a true waterman but...
Published 03/26/21
Sam Aben is a 17-year old Dutch allround rider (big air, kite wave, wing and kite foil racing) who aspires to go to the 2024 Olympics in kite foil racing. As a f-one and Manera rider who is going to finish his highschool his year he want's to dedicate his gap year completely to his training for the Dutch Olympics campaign. In this episode we talked about why riding small volume boards (below 38 liters) is so addictive, how to waterstart on a small board, what to do and not to do if you have...
Published 03/19/21
Tim Schubert arbeitet bei Duotone bzw. bei Boards'n'More, der Firma hinter der marke Duotone. In dieser Folge erzählt Tim dir alles über den Slick, den neuen Wing von Duotone. Außerdem erfährst du warum man Fenster in einem Wing braucht und wann ein Boom (Gabelbaum) oder Handles (Schlaufen) besser sind. Weitere Infos und Kontakt zu Tim kannst du hier aufnehmen: https://www.duotonesports.com/ Videos zu dieser und allen anderen Folgen findest du auf meinem Youtube Kanal:...
Published 03/14/21
Adrian Kerr is the host of the kitesurf365 podcast and the megapod, both podcasts are on the kitesurf365.com platform and Adrian and his co-host Colin recently mentioned this podcast in one of there episodes. That was reason enough for me to get in touch with Adrian and to ask him how the kitesurfing scene currently looks at wingfoiling. We also covered some of the questions Adrian had on how to get started in wingfoiling if you are already a decent kitesurfer and kitefoiler. Check out the...
Published 03/12/21
Kyriakos Giakoumaros aka Kakos is not only a windsurf instructor but also a successful Youtuber. His channel teaches windsurfers all the tricks they want to learn and lately he started documenting his learning journey in wing foiling. We talked about his perspective on how to get started in wingfoiling and what tipps and tricks he found out by doing it himself lately. Watch his first wingfoil session ever here: https://youtu.be/6cLLmXt08Ss And watch his latest progression...
Published 03/05/21
Wyatt Miller is not only a pro windsurfer but also a windsurf and wing brand manager at Slingshot. In this episode we cover a ton, we talked about the first wing that he ever say at Slingshot, how his first session ever went, where the industry is heading, how the Slingwing V1 differs from V2 and much more. We deep dived into the background story of the Spencer brother's first backflip because Slingshot is the official sponsor of Jeffery and Finn Spencer. You can find Wyatt Miller on...
Published 02/26/21
Maria Behrens ist zurück und berichtet von ihren Fortschritten sich selbst Wingfoilen beizubringen. Die komplette Folge gibt es auch auf Youtube zu sehen. Im Anschluss an diese Folge haben Maria und ich noch ihre Trainingsvideos durchgesehen und gemeinsam analysiert. Daraus entstanden ist eine kleine Serie an Videos auf Youtube, die du alle auf meinem Kanal (Daniel Graffe) findest: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUFNy0BXwatgp80HMLOYaVQ Maria findest du auf Instagram: @maria_g209 Und mich...
Published 02/19/21
Annelous Lammerts is a professional kitesurfer from the Netherlands. In this interview she tells us why she started wing foiling and how, why she kited 200km in one session and how she reinvented herself during the first lockdown in her career as a professional kitesurfer. You can find Annelous on Instagram via: @annelous And on youtube via: Annelous Lammerts I especially recommend her video on how to wingfoil. You can also find the whole video on my youtube channel:...
Published 02/09/21