RIDER Moona Whyte
LOCATION North Shore, Hawaii
PHOTOGRAPHER Christa Funk
Moona: After spending a month surfing head high, mile long rights in Mexico, I returned home to summer in Hawaii: ankle biters max, on the North Shore. Surely I’d be too spoiled to really have fun in that, right? Fueled by leftover adrenaline begging me to go fast down the line, I picked up my Mantis wing and a foil and hopped into the blasting trade winds. Barely breaking one footers turned into powerful, slingshotting runners under my wing. Sometimes all it takes is a different craft and a change of perspective to score some mile long rides right here at home.
RIDER Tom Soupart
LOCATION Knokke-Heist, Belgium
PHOTOGRAPHER Stijn Vanoverbeke
Tom: It’s been a wet and cold summer season in Belgium’s North Sea, but a few days of a September heatwave called for action. Blue bird skies, a huge sunset, and glassy conditions got us going. There was no swell or any wind, but the jet ski at ‘Surfers Paradise’ lined us up for some flat-water pumps and turns. Foiling is still pretty fresh to our area, so we were pretty happy with the results, both the riding and the talent behind the camera.
RIDER Raiarii Fadier
LOCATION Tahiti
PHOTOGRAPHER Pauline Le Meur
Friday 13th, and a big swell was hitting. I arrived at the spot, and I saw some guy towing in on a surfboard. It was big, hollow, and it was scary, but I wanted to get some waves. I went for a first one to warm up, then went back out to wait for a big one. The wave came, my friend on the ski said to me, “Here it is…”. I couldn’t see the wave very well but said OK, and we picked up some speed, and I let the rope
