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Surf skating versus wing foiling – 7 ways skateboarding can help your foiling.
Surf skating might appear to be world’s apart from wing foiling. After all, one is [...]
Wetsuit care chat with Exit watersports’ Kieran Sammon.
Wetsuit care should be high on the agenda for all watersports riders – not just [...]
Hybrid foiling: the rise of foil assisted flights.
Hybrid foiling, foil assisted flights, boosted foiling or whatever else you want to call it [...]
Wing foiling. The best beginner equipment to get you started.
Wing foiling is such an addictive sport. Seemingly each week there are newbies starting their [...]
Foil wing learning – James’ journey.
Foil wing skills are often promoted as easy. In relation to other sports – such [...]
Wing foiling upwind – closing the slot.
Wing foiling upwind more efficiently is something all riders (once flying) aspire to. Closing the [...]
Wing foiling Big wing thing – (big wang thang #2).
Wing foiling big winging is on the rise. A number of brands have recently chucked [...]
NeilPryde Fly wings & JP X Winger foil boards – photo essay review.
NeilPryde Fly wings are turning heads currently within the world of wing foiling. With eye [...]
Wingsurfing – how do I become a wing foiler?
Wingsurfing and wing foiling is THE most attention grabbing foil sport out there. Wind and [...]
Wing foiling tips & tricks: push it down to lift it up.
When starting your wing foiling journey there’s often a choice to be made in terms [...]
AK Compact 105L V1 wingfoil board review.
The AK Compact 105L V1 landed to much applaud from us here at FS. Manufactured [...]
Wing foiling winter safety: leashes. A reminder.
Stand up paddle boarding is going through a well documented and publicised safety drive currently. [...]
Beginner wing foiling tips – North Coast Wetsuits (NCW) article.
Foilshop UK’s Tez was asked to give some beginner wing foiling tips for our sibling [...]
Ftero Surf Dome V2 wing foil wing review.
Ftero’s Dome V1 wing landed to much interest last season. Being so budget friendly many [...]
Hyde Blast V2 wing foil wing review.
Hyde’s Blast V1 wing has been well loved by us here at Foilshop UK. As [...]
Indiana Wing Foil 118L SUP foil test – photo gallery.
The Indiana Wing Foil 118L makes a great SUP foil board. For many SUPers 5’8 [...]
Wing foiling progression: right place, right time, right gear.
Words: Foilshop UK Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce, Mike Pringuer Wing foiling, as with all types of [...]
Wing foiling safety tips.
Wing foiling at any time carries risk. But as riders we can minimise the amount [...]
Mistral wing foil gear testing (and mishaps!).
Further to our recent testing of Mistral’s new foil gear in foilsurf mode we got [...]
Foil Stories: getting wing krafty with Ian Kraft.
Next up in our real world Foil Stories series of articles is someone who’ll need [...]
Foil Stories: with young gun wing foiler Hugo Dobrijevic.
Words: Hugo Dobrijevic. Pics: Hugo Dobrijevic, Nick Masson. Hugo Dobrijevic checks in for our latest [...]
Foil stories: finding the ‘something else’, with Matt Thorn.
Next up in our real world Foil Stories series is local to Foilshop HQ Matt [...]
Foil stories: Mosh, metal, McIntyre (of the Angus foiling variety).
Foil words: Angus McIntyre. Foil pics: Angus McIntyre, Steve Gladders, Mike Pringuer, The OTC. Foil [...]
Indiana Foil – new brand landing imminently.
The beady eyed may have already spotted Foilshop UK out testing new foiling gear from [...]
Foiling tips & tricks: where’s best to learn wind, wing, SUP surf, and eFoil?
Pics/vids: Oli Lane-Peirce, Mike Pringuer Foiling is a rapid progression area of watersports. With most [...]
Wing foiling wings – do I need a quiver?
Words: Foilshop UK. Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce. Wing foiling has evolved quite a bit since its [...]
Foil board width, real world riders and other considerations.
Foil board discussions – particularly surrounding wing foil sleds, as wing foiling is the hot [...]
Foil stories: Don’t go to Florida! With Dean Peaple.
Words. pics and vids: Dean Peaple. US transplant Dean Peaple recently upped sticks from Texas [...]
Tom Pringuer Windsurfing putting the Tahe Techno Wind Foil 130L through its paces (wing and windfoil mode).
Pics: Mike Pringuer. Young Tom Pringuer, barely into his teens, is making things look easy [...]
Vayu VVing 6.4m wingfoiling wing test (video).
Vayu are making wingfoilers sit up and take notice with their new split boom, foldable [...]
Foilshop UK: we do foiling (video).
Just in case you were wondering what Foilshop UK does… As if that needs spelling [...]
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. [...]
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 foil boards combining [...]
Wing foiling tips: a few points to consider before you buy a wing foil setup.
Wing foiling remains the headline grabbing hydrofoil discipline of the moment. Everywhere you look within [...]
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
Do you need foot straps for wing foiling and windfoiling?
Pics: Oli Lane-Peirce/Steve West. There’s a lot of confusion in terms of whether footstraps are [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 Wing foiling has many myths. How often have [...]
Windfoil (windsurf) vs wing foil – no comparison.
Windfoil (windsurf) vs wing foil - no comparison.