Inside Armstrong’s Women's Week
Articles | Issue 26
Editorial
Jack Galloway is pumped on parawings this issue. Jack's a fantastic downwind foiler, whether that’s with a paddle, chipping in on a prone board or dock starting out to the bumps. The parawing is the latest tool in his box that’s allowing him even more time on the water, and helping with logistics, while also acting as a safety backup too! This is well worth a read if you are para-inclined, para-curious or para-sold…View on
Competition
We’ve teamed up with Ozone this issue to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a brand new PowerPack parawing. To add the icing on the Christmas cake, you can pick your custom colours and a size of your choice! Make sure you subscribe to Tonic Magazine to be in with a chance of winning!View on
The Union Effect
Rou Chater sits down with Jon Modica to get technical on The Foil Pod. Check out the full episode on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. The Union Connection System was one of the most talked-about designs at the recent AWSI event in the US, and it is now available to the public, too. Read on to learn the story behind this new direction for the brand and their foils.View on
Inside Armstrong’s Women's Week
When Armstrong Foils hosted its first Women’s Week in Tarifa, Olivia Sánchez joined a group of inspiring riders for a week of wind, waves, and connection. Between powerful Levante sessions and late-night laughter, she found more than just progression on the water; she found confidence, friendship, and a renewed sense of purpose. Read the full story exclusively in Tonic Mag.View on
Dock Starting: Why Pumping Is the Master Skill for Every Foiler
Dock starting may be one of the hardest things to do on a foil, but it's also arguably the best skill you can learn to improve all your foiling disciplines. The art of a good pump is the most essential and transferable skill in our sport. Rou Chater sat down with Ben Beholz on The Foil Pod recently to talk about the highs and lows of earning and the importance of cracking it.View on
The Foil Pod: From Olympic Kite Racer to Wing Designer
Rou Chater sits down with Connor Bainbridge, racer, Olympian, designer and now hopelessly addicted to wing foiling. The full interview is available on Spotify and all the usual podcast platforms, and there is a full video on our YouTube channel. Rou and Connor talk about his tricky Olympic campaign, his transition since retiring from kite racing, and his new role designing wings for Ozone.View on
Technique
This issue it’s all about function. Without wanting to encourage you to head out on your weekly shop to the supermarket in a pair of aggressively soled Salomons , sporting a quick dry and easy wash bamboo t-shirt, and dare we reach so far as a pair of convertible Goretex trousers, there is room, time and cause in life for such brilliantly practical items, (convertible trousers exempt of course). Toeside pumping is your winging equivalent! It won’t win you many style points, but when push comes to shove, you’ll be the one laughing all the way onto your foil.View on
Heads Up: Why Helmets Belong in Modern Watersports
Helmets are quickly being adopted in wing foiling, downwind foiling, and heavy-water surf. To understand the “why” and the “how,” we sat down with Mystic’s design duo, Edwin Schaap (Design Director) and Joost Hezemans (Technical Design Engineer), who have spent years developing protection that riders will actually want to wear.View on
Tech Focus - Ride Engine Air Box Mini
For years, pumping up a wing, kite or SUP has been one of those unavoidable rituals that quietly steals time and energy. Manual pumps have improved incrementally, but the basic experience has remained the same: bending over, pushing hard against resistance, checking pressure by eye with a far-from-accurate analogue gauge, and the only real positive is the warm-up. The Air Box Mini from Ride Engine is set to change all that!View on
Tried and Tested
It’s getting pretty cold for the test team now, but they are still out there making the best of it! Wings and Foils for you from Cabrinha and AFS as we start to see some of the 2026 gear make it into our hands!View on
Shipwrecked Into The Swell
How a joke on a Mauritian beach became a foiling short film about play, place, and the ocean’s pull. On an island where the wind sets the rules, and the reef draws the lines, filmmaker Kirill Gapeshko and rider Sil Romejin accidentally created a short film: part parody, part love letter to Mauritius, and all about rediscovering the joy at the heart of water sports culture.View on
Why You Should Go To boot Düsseldorf 2026
When winter drags on and the summer season still feels distant, there’s one event that brings gear, water sports culture and adrenaline all under one roof: boot Düsseldorf. Running 17–25 January 2026 at Messe Düsseldorf, boot transforms a convention centre into a full-on surf and watersports playground, and this edition looks set to be one of the biggest yet.View on
Movie Night
The Tonic Mag website is packed with the latest news and videos from the wingfoiling, foiling, SUPing, and surfing world. These are the four most popular videos that have been viewed on the site as voted for by you with your thumbs-up likes over the last two months!View on