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We understand that starting foil surfing can be challenging and intimidating. That's why we've curated content specifically designed for beginners. No jargon, no confusion—just clear, concise information to get you started.

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Learn from foilers that still remember how difficult those early days were! Our team of foil surfers are not pros and we believe that's a GOOD thing. In our experience, learning from pros sets expectations too high. We're not here to win contests or style points - we're here to teach you how to embrace the kook and make the learning phase as FUN as possible!

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Chapter 12: Rest is Important

For those keeping up with the foil journal, I'd like to apologize for the lack of updates this year. There's been a lot going on! First and foremost, I continue to be committed to making real, genuine content written by me (Alex). There's so much AI slop out there these days and while it's an amazing powerful tool, I'm going to keep my journal 100% human-made. Honestly weird writing that down. Human-made. Anyways, lets get into it! These past few months have been pretty event

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AFS Silk 750 V2 Review!

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Chapter 11: Go Towing

Man, life has been busy lately! Lot's of exciting stuff going on in my foiling world. Excited to share more soon. In the meantime, I wanted to share some highlights of my trip to Peru this past spring and encourage everyone to GO TOW FOILING. It's the easiest / fastest way to progress your foiling. Period. Between my Tow Boogie and going on 1-2 tow trips/year the past two years, I constantly find myself making the biggest leaps in progression during these trips. Please reach

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Chapter 10: Foil Camp in Fiji

Last October, my foil buddy took a video of me that changed my life. The video itself was nothing special (other than showing me how much of a kook I looked like), but it set forward a series of events that I never expected. I found it so helpful to see what I looked like while turning my foil, pumping, etc., that I became hungry for more video to help me speed up my progression. I created this post on the Progression Project forum and just a few hours later someone named Kur

Dec 2, 20254 min read

Chapter 9: The 50 Day Challenge

Ok ok - before you get all macho on me and think "Only 50 Days!? I did 200 in a row last year", pump your brakes. This post is not about...

Aug 4, 20255 min read

Chapter 8: Trying New Things

About a month ago, I got back from an amazing month in Peru - a combo trip for a friend's wedding, backpacking in their epic mountains,...

Jul 14, 20254 min read

AFS Silk 650 - Dreams do come true

Today was one of those moments when you want to bang your head against a wall for not doing something sooner. Last August, I felt the...

Apr 26, 20251 min read

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