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More than 10 years ago in Newport, the foiling and levitating catamarans of the America's Cup World Series heralded a hydrofoil revolution. A decade later, after lots of testing and refinement, that ...

Foil wings are changing the way that watercraft operate. Foils are now exploding in water transport, from surfing to boating and everything in between. Foils aren’t necessarily a new technology. I ...

No mast. No sail. And sometimes no wind. No problem. Welcome to the world of wing surfing, wing boarding, wing foiling, wake foiling and e-foiling, a new trend in sports popping up on area lakes and ...

Robert Stehlik of Blue Planet Surf shows his wingfoil. The Honolulu company sells wingfoiling gear. The foil apparatus consists of a long, blade-like “mast” attached to two wings, which create lift.

Like skateboarding, snowboarding, sailboarding, and kiteboarding before it, foilboarding sprouted from the promiscuous seed of surfing. While foilboards and surfboards appear similar if observed from ...

There’s a revolution going on in board sports, and the driving force is a vertical airplane-like wing that lifts the board above the surface, creating minimal drag as it moves through the water. That ...

In watersports, change through progression is a constant. Ever-improving technology, mind-blowing athletic advancements, and the search for the newest iteration of water gliding go on. Foiling is the ...