Category Archives: wing foil

6 months of wingin’ – wing foil kit testing and focus.

Words: Tez Plavenieks Pics: Tez Plavenieks, Oli Lane-Peirce Towards the end of 2020 I decided [...]

F4 Foils Lightwind carbon/alloy wing/SUP foil review.

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce. Renowned for their fast windsurf foils F4 enter the market with a [...]

FusionX X-Wing 4m and 6m wingsurfing wing review.

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce. FusionX are a Hayling Island based foiling specific brand dedicated to the [...]

New Foilshop UK products! Tahe Techno Wind Foil 160, F4 Lighwind foils, FusionX X Wing wings & Nitro Pro foil boards.

It’s been a busy period of late – testing, photographing, testing and shooting some more. [...]

Paige Moore: FusionX’s head honcho and foiling design chief Q&A.

Firstly, give us a bit if background on your riding. Where and when did you [...]

Foilshop UK partners with FusionX for custom foil boards, foils and wings.

Foilshop UK is super excited to be partnering with another Hayling Island based foiling brand: [...]

Wingsurfing foil wing handles: comfort and efficiency is key to performance and wing foiling progression!

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce. It’s safe to say that not all wingsurfing foil wings are the [...]

Foilshop UK’s wing surfing wing performance overview.

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce With soooooo many wing foiling wings on the market, all supposedly doing [...]

Strong wind wing depower – the ‘other’ beauty of wing foiling.

We all know that foiling across the, ahem, board makes best use of slack conditions. [...]

Foilshop UK’s Tez talks wing foil equipment testing and Mistral Air Force prototyping.

Pics: Foilshop UK, Steve West 17 wing foil wings, 86 hydrofoil combos and 27 different [...]

Convertible foil boards (wing, SUP, wind) – are they any good?

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce/james Jagger/Foilshop UK. We heard a cynical insider industry comment recently that by [...]

Spotlight on Unifoil UK – a chat about surf foiling and all things watersports with Zoltan Pongracz.

Pics: Zoltan Pongracz. Unifoil, whilst being held in high regard among the global hydrofoiling community, [...]

Hydrofoiling hardware tip: swap your existing foil bolts for Torx head types.

As foilers we don’t really give too much thought to our hardware. The supplied bolts [...]

Wing foiling tips: a few points to consider before you buy a wing foil set up.

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce. Wing foiling remains the headline grabbing hydrofoil discipline of the moment. Everywhere [...]

BIG wang thang – diminishing returns of using a wing foil wing bigger than 6m?

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce. Foilshop UK’s Tez Plavenieks discussion the subject of big wing foiling wings. [...]

Wing foil gear spotlight: Unifoil Hyper 210 & Wind Wing 6m.

Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce Unifoil are held in high regard for their range of carbon hydrofoils. [...]

Dallas Cowboy: Texan tales of the foiling kind with Dean Peaple #1

Dallas Cowboy: Texan tales of the foiling kind with Dean Peaple #1 [...]

Fly McConks Go Fly 5m wing foil wing test by SUP Mag UK.

If you’re looking for further info regarding Fly McConks’ Go Fly wing foil range then [...]

Axis Foils S-Series Glide 910mm, 1010mm, 1150mm high aspect foils spotlight.

As high aspect foils go Axis Foils’ S-Series Glide family of carbon wings is right [...]

Ozone WASP 4m V1 wing foiling wing: SUP Mag UK review/test.

Pics: James Jagger Our good friends at SUP Mag UK tested and reviewed Ozone’s 4m [...]

Fly McConks Go Fly wing foiling wing overview.

We’ve talked elsewhere about our involvement with testing the Fly McConks Go Fly wing foiling [...]

Buzzing for the Ozone WASP wing foil wing V2 – landing New Year 2021.

Ozone’s WASP wing foiling wing V1 has been well received by many. If you missed [...]

Spoiled by the foil – when hydrofoiling becomes obsession (it’s hard to go back).

Foilshop UK’s Tez Plavenieks tells it like it is. I used to salivate over waves [...]

Wing skating – the most efficient way to dial in your wing foil wing handling skills.

Pics & vids: Oli Lane-Peirce If you’re just setting off on your wing foil (or [...]

‘A 4m wing is all you need…’ – debunking the wing foiling wing size myth.

Pics: Foilshop UK, Oli Lane-peirce, James Jagger How often have you heard the comment: ‘all [...]

Windfoil (windsurf) vs wing foil – no comparison.

Windfoil (windsurf) vs wing foil - no comparison. [...]