Hydrofoils for SUP Geeks...

Every now and then there is a news flash on it, slowly but surely the word is getting out - some recon this is the next big thing, others skeptically look at it and shake their heads. 1st it was Laird Hamilton on a surfboard that made the surfing headlines and now more recently Kai Lenny on a SUP that had the social media networks buzzing....

Hydrofoils..... or just Foils for short.

But apart from the fact that it looks kinda weird floating above the water and it also looks like a mission to carry, I don't really know much about it. When Ian from ZealSurf let it drop that he is planning to build a locally designed Hydrofoil SUP I went round asking some questions.


CTS: What is a hydrofoil stand up board? find out here..

Why Man Made Waves & Foil Sups will make you question everything

Over this last week or so 2 very interesting social media posts hit the networks that will literally change the game as far as I'm concerned....

1) Kelly Slater's wave pool:Is that the future of surfing?


2) Kai Lenny on a Foil SUP: So the questions are - will hydrofoils take over the market eventually and make the standard SUP downwind board obsolete? When will someone adapt the foil and go surfing with it? 

Read the full article here  -> Why Man Made Waves & Foil Sups will make you question everything