Thanks for the comments, I'm planning to keep 'em coming. Happy New Year!

Today's guest is James Casey, who also has a great podcast, the Casey Catchup. He's an amazing athlete, holds the record for the most kilometers foiled in one day and is the 2019 M2O champion (solo SUP). He's a great coach for anyone who wants to get into downwind foiling and he also invented the sport of winging upwind and then deflating and foiling downwind. We talk about his background, the Molokai to Oahu race to be held on July 30th, 2023, board and foil design, and more.

Thanks Robert.. I'm looking forward to watching it.

So, where is Johnny Heineken? Lots of videos of him winging but I can't find any recent (last 3 or 4 years) interviews.
Here's the only video I could find (about kite racing from 10 years ago):

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dejavu said..
So, where is Johnny Heineken? Lots of videos of him winging but I can't find any recent (last 3 or 4 years) interviews.
Here's the only video I could find (about kite racing from 10 years ago):

I have been trying to get Johnny on the show but no luck yet.

This is a long one but I found it very interesting and entertaining:

Jimmy Lewis interview-surf, windsurf, kite, foil and wingfoil shaper on the Blue Planet Show #26

Hey Robert I've been going through the back catalogue while working. I find the short history of the sport & the background of the product developers really interesting. I love hearing about the progression from starting as a backyard shaper making their own boards/ sails to leading design for a global company. I find it interesting the different opinions the designers sometimes have over basic design concepts.
The more I learn as I progress in my wing foiling journey from beginner to intermediate the more relevant the changes in products become.
I also love hearing from guys like the Brazilian dude with no formal engineering education that can take a product & give feedback on what should be happening with it & ways to make it perform better. Really inspiring to hear these guys talk & that the interviews are so global - not just from one country.
The only improvement I can see you could make to your show is replace the Marilyn Manson industrial drum intro & put in some ukelele music :-)
Good work bro keep them coming!

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Microsurfer said..
Hey Robert I've been going through the back catalogue while working. I find the short history of the sport & the background of the product developers really interesting. I love hearing about the progression from starting as a backyard shaper making their own boards/ sails to leading design for a global company. I find it interesting the different opinions the designers sometimes have over basic design concepts.
The more I learn as I progress in my wing foiling journey from beginner to intermediate the more relevant the changes in products become.
I also love hearing from guys like the Brazilian dude with no formal engineering education that can take a product & give feedback on what should be happening with it & ways to make it perform better. Really inspiring to hear these guys talk & that the interviews are so global - not just from one country.
The only improvement I can see you could make to your show is replace the Marilyn Manson industrial drum intro & put in some ukelele music :-)
Good work bro keep them coming!

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it and will keep 'em, coming!

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This is a long one but I found it very interesting and entertaining:

Jimmy Lewis interview-surf, windsurf, kite, foil and wingfoil shaper on the Blue Planet Show #26

Thank you so much Jimmy Lewis. You are a legend. Such a great outlook on life.

Thanks for the comments. Here is the latest Blue Planet Show interview with Olivia Piana who excels in so many watersports disciplines:

This Blue Planet Show is a recap of the Voyager X Wet Feet downwind race here on Oahu. It was probably the biggest downwind foil race we've had here on Oahu, maybe anywhere. I'm talking with Brian Tricario and Derek Hamasaki who finished first and second in the wing foil division.

Here is a recap of last week's M2O race:

I've been trying for a long time to get the Spencer brothers to come on the show and I finally met up with them after the Molokai To Oahu race and I got them both on the show today. Finn recently won the Maui to Molokai race and the Molokai to Oahu race, even though he had a major infection on his foot. And both Finn Spencer and Jeffrey Spencer are amazing athletes, not just in wing foiling, but also downwind foiling, prone foiling, surfing.

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Jimmy Lewis gave us a full tour of his board building workshop in Maui and talks about his steps in building a board, including hot wire cutting the blank, installing foil boxes, glassing, how to get a sharp edge on a carbon layup and much more, thanks for sharing Jimmy!
This interview is also available as a podcast.

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I just posted the latest interview with Dave Kalama, lots of interesting content in this one:

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