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 [...]

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 [...]

We do foiling. But our gear works for fin riding too.

Here at Foilshop UK we love foiling. We’d be a bit bonkers to run an [...]

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 [...]

Airush Freewing Nitro Ultra PE wing review with Mike Birt.

Mike Birt knows a thing or two about wing design. (He’s pretty aux fait with [...]

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 [...]

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 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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Fly McConks Go Fly wing foiling wing overview.

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

Windfoil (windsurf) vs wing foil – no comparison.

Windfoil (windsurf) vs wing foil - no comparison.