Foil surfing is an exciting water sports discipline that opened new ways of enjoying the ocean. However, it also poses challenges and dangers. Whether you’re using hydrofoils to go surfing, stand-up paddleboarding (SUP), windsurfing or kitesurfing, you should always take a few precautions. Kite and wind foils are larger and more than dangerous than, for example, […]
Foil surfing is changing the way people can get access to previously inaccessible areas in all types of bodies of water. The hydrofoil changed the classic surfing paradigm that tells us that we need waves to glide across oceans, rivers and indoor pools. That’s not the case anymore. Horue is a French water sports company […]
Ready for a never-seen-before foil surfing session behind a tanker wave? We already knew what hydrofoils could do for us. The high-tech wing hit the water sports market with a bang and opened endless opportunities for surfers, kiteboarders, and windsurfers. Julien Fillion made a longtime daydream reality. He went foil surfing behind a large tanker […]
The mayor of Anglet has issued a ban on hydrofoil equipment in local beaches. The French surf town wants to protect beachgoers and swimmers. Claude Olive signed an executive order that will change the way local and foreign water sports enthusiasts engage with the idyllic 2.8-mile (4.5 kilometers) stretch of beaches. Anglet is a coastal […]
Learn how to get started with hydrofoiling safely. Understand the foil board setup, the stance, the riding techniques, and the underwater wings work. Hydrofoils are the future of water sports. They allow us to access new waves and offshore surf breaks that had never been explored before. Basically, foils redefined what we considered to be […]