Boards

Foilboards across the disciplines — from low-volume wing “sinkers” to prone shapes. A constant thread, including Liam’s own DIY board builds.

• Low-volume sinker wing boards and whether Liam’s been won over (Ep 14); “best foilboards in the world” round-up (Ep 106).
• Liam’s home-built boards, shaped off Ken Adgate/Kyle Touhey templates (Ep 138) and ridden through the later episodes (Ep 144).
• Board-builder guests: Wieger Buurma & Jorrit Buurma of Appletree (Ep 19, Ep 66, Ep 135), Franks Foilboards (Ep 91), and Swift Foiling (Ep 11).
• See also Downwind Boards.

Ripple additions (batch 2, 2026-07-20)

• Ep 135 (Jorrit Buurma, Appletree): hollow-construction project is Appletree’s answer to weight in 80L+ foil boards, avoiding EPS foam for durability; plus the brand’s foil-drive ‘trench’/‘Zeppel’ board line.
• Ep 60 (Ken Adgate): detailed construction — PVC track boxes, Divinicell forward of tracks for load spreading, S-glass edge reinforcement, ceramic-coated bottoms for touchdown recovery; case for narrow, rockered, V-tail boards over old flat prone-derived tails.
• Ep 142 (Dave Kalama): Barracuda-to-Gator design story and blunt-vs-pointy-nose scale-model testing (60-70 runs, no measurable difference) — a case study in tested-vs-assumed board design.