Lab Rat Foiler is not just a podcast; it’s a movement toward embracing a culture of innovation and creativity in foiling. The athletes we interview are continuously pushing the boundaries of foiling, and through their stories, we aim to inspire others to take risks, experiment, and become Lab Rats in this foiling experiment.
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023_James Casey: What is The Easiest Way to Start Downwinding? Parawinging vs Winging vs SUP vs FoilDrive
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In this episode, I sit down with James Casey to explore the exciting world of downwinding and parawinging. James shares his journey from different water sports into foiling, we dive into the emergence of the parawing, its advantages for downwinders, and the unique dynamics of light wind sessions. We also cover important safety considerations and ta…
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022_Kyle Maligro: Creativity and fun on the Parawing
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In this episode of the Lab Rat Foiler Podcast, we sit down with ex-pro bodyboarder, lifelong ocean frother, and now dedicated parawinger Kyle Maligro. From growing up in Hawaii chasing waves on a boogie board, to a long career on the professional bodyboarding scene, Kyle has lived his life in the water. These days, he’s channeling that same passion…
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021_Brandon Scheid: Step by step Process to Succeed on the Parawing
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In this conversation, I sit down with Brandon Scheid to explore his journey through the world of water sports, including kiteboarding, paragliding, and his newly discovered passion for parawinging. We discuss the challenges he faced after a life-altering accident, his recovery process, and how foiling played a crucial role in his healing. The conve…
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020_Cash Berzolla: Can the Parawing Unlock a New Frontier in Big Wave Foiling?
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We’re back from Hood River, and this legend inspired me to restart recording the podcast. Coming home from summer in the Gorge to winter in Australia left me feeling flat, and I was struggling to find the motivation to record again. But as soon as this ripper agreed to come on, the spark returned instantly. On the trip, I had the chance to meet the…
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019_Greg Falck from Omen Foils: Creative Mind Talks Parawinging
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In this episode we talk with Greg Falck from Omen Foils (omenfoils.com). Greg has been loving riding the Parawing lately and has come up with some interesting ideas on topics like: harness connections, the use of leashes and how we can improve our stowing techniques with additional accessories. Greg’s background as a mechanical engeneer, work exper…
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018_Bowen Dwelle: Why should wingers transition into Parawinging
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In this episode, we dive into Parawinging through the lens of Bowen Dwelle, a seasoned sailor and San Francisco native with decades of experience across various wind-based sports, including windsurfing, kitesurfing, kitefoiling, and wingfoiling. His deep-rooted connection to the bay serves as a backdrop for our discussion, where we explore the foil…
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017_Dave West: Has His Views On Parawinging Changed?
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In this episode featuring Dave West, we dive deep into the advantages of parawinging compared to SUP downwinding. Dave is a professional, multidisciplinary foiler who recently released a series of three videos documenting his experiences learning how to parawing, which sparked considerable controversy online. His polarizing views have generated eng…
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016_Elliot Leboe: He’s seen it all and chose the Parawing! Why?
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Elliot has played a significant role in my development in boardsports. When I first began watching early kiteboarding films, I never imagined I would find myself participating in a podcast with the man behind the camera. Elliot has witnessed and experienced so much throughout his professional boardsport career, both in front of and behind the lens.…
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015_Greg Drexler: The Man That Changed Foiling With The Parawing
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In this episode we speak with The Man, Greg Drexler. Greg change the world of foiling in August, 2024 when he launched the very first parawing. What happened after that was absolutely incredible. Never have we seen such uptake of a new foiling discipline, where from one day to the other the entire foiling industry had to recalibrate and reconsider …
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014_Gwen Le Tutour: Foiling Coach All In On Parawinging?
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In this episode we speak with Gwen Le Tutour, who is a filmaker, YouTuber, and an incredible foiling coach. Gwen’s story started from his love of the ocean and sea life concervation. After working on the Sea Shepherd, Gwen took a punt and started an extremely popular YouTube Channel with Damian Leroy. His foiling journey is not only inspiring but o…
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013_Ken Adgate: Expert Parawing techniques, tips, hacks and modifications!
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In this episode we speak with Ken Adgate an Ozone ambassador and Mikeslab foils team rider. Wow, this episode is packed with so much information and sits at the top shelf for those seeking to learn new moves, riding tips, parawing mods… this list is long. Ken shares step by step brake-downs of fundamental moves like jibes, land drills and stowing, …
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012_Keith Teboul from KT Boards: Dissects His Board Line Up For Parawinging
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Keith Teboul is a legendary shaper from Maui who has seen it all and experienced it all. Now parawinging has arrived and the froth levels are high in Maui for this new discipline. “This has been everyone’s dream, to ride an endless wave in the open ocean. What is next?” His thirst for innovation has created a magnetism for riders like Kai Lenny, Ka…
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011_Gavin Blake: YouTube Parawing Reviewer Compares Each Brand
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Gavin Blake is foiler with a mission. The sole purpose of his YouTube channel is to raise money for Bear Cottage, the Children's Hospice based in Sydney. Gav has gone a step further and launched an online auction to raise money in a creative way. Gav is auctioning a complete Code setup (980S, 142AR tail, medium fuse and 85cm mast) through his YouTu…
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010_Dom Zimmermann: Designing the Ozone Pocket Rocket Parawing
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Dom Zimmermann is the Head of Design at Ozone. Zimmermann has the onerous responsibility for designing all the kites, wings and now, of course, the Parawings for Ozone! In this episode we discuss everything that went into designing the Ozone Pocket Rocket, it’s key features and characteristics as well as Dom’s vision for Parawinging in the Future, …
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009_Steve Tobis: Early Parawing Adopter Shares Stories, Tips and Techniques
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Steve Tobis is an early adopter of the parawing and has been progressing his skills and gear knowledge at an extremely fast pace. In this episode Steve shares endless tips on how to start sinker boards, how to ride waves, his impressions on the first three parawings released into the market and much, much more. His involvement in water sports from …
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008_Grant Hasselbach: 270 Board Shaper Talks About Parawing Specific Board Design
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Grant is an open minded board shaper who has deep understanding of fluid dynamics and a keen eye for detail and innovation. Grant recently got bitten by the parawing bug and has been working on interesting shapes for this new discipline. In this interview Grant shares the key design characteristics of a good parawing board, he talks about what make…
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007_Ewan Jaspan: Introduces the newest Parawing on the market. The Naish Morph!
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Ewan is a good friend and an amazing athlete. Three times Kite Park League Champion, Kite Designer at Naish and a hell of a foiler. Ewan talks about Naish’s newest creation, the Morph Parawing. We touch on the main design features of this new Parawing, it’s innovative pulley system through to land drill to help new comers gain confidence behind the…
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006_Sven Mayer: Is Parawinging possible for riders over 100kgs???
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Sven Mayer is an early adopter of Parawinging being one of the first foilers to gain access to both the BRM and the FLOW. Sveny shares his experience with both brands, the pros and cons of each parawing, as well as the struggles and advantages of heavy riders (100kg+) entering the sport. We talk about board design and foil choices for the heavier r…
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005_Dylan Shewfelt: From The X-Foils Podcast
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Dylan is an experienced all-round foiler with an amazing background in kitesurfing. His ability to transition between different foiling disciplines has sped up his progression in Parawinging and helped him evolve at a very rapid pace. In this episode Dylan and I chat about various parawinging techniques likes gybing and sinker starts, he tells us t…
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004_Felipe Rezende: Flow D-Wing Parawing Designer
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Felipe is the founder of Flow Paragliders and the parawing designer of the Flow D-wing. Felipe talks about his amazing journey in starting a paragliding company, his interest in foiling and what led him to design and launch a parawing into the market. He shares a lot of knowledge on the technical side of parawinging and his forecast for parawinging…
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003_Balz Muller: Explains how to go big on the Parawing
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An incredibly energetic podcast with one of the most creative foilers in action today. Balz Muller is the perfect example of a 'Lab Rat Foiler' with his willingness to experiment with everything that foiling has to offer. Don’t forget to subscribe for more foiling tutorials, down winding tips, and parawing techniques to elevate your water sports sk…
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002_Josh Ku: Professional foiler experimenting with the Parawing
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In this episode we dive deep into Josh's new interest in Parawinging and share tips and tricks to get him started on the right foot as he waits for his new Flow Parawing to arrive! Keep the comments coming as it helped me heaps from the first video! @foilrat on Instagram Don’t forget to subscribe for more foiling tutorials, down winding tips, and p…
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001_Cynthia Brown 'Cynbad': Parawing OG and watersports legend
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In this inaugural episode we talk with a Parawinging OG who has seen the sport grow from day one: Cynthia Brown (aka Cynbad). Keep the comments coming as it helps me understand what you'd like me to cover next! @foilrat on Instagram Don’t forget to subscribe for more parawinging tutorials, podcasts, and techniques to elevate your water sports skill…
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