A 61-year-old man was wing foiling in Western Australia when a great white shark attacked, propelling him skyward before dragging him underwater. Andy McDonald was wing foiling at the Margaret River ...

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Maui phenom Bobo (Anderson Ellis Kainalu Gallagher), became the first, and youngest person, to cross from Hawaii to Maui using only a wing and a foil board. Gallagher says his inspiration was Maui ...

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 ...

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.