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Jimmy Lewis gave us a full tour of his board building workshop in Maui and talks about his steps in building a board, including hot wire cutting the blank, installing foil boxes, glassing, how to get a sharp edge on a carbon layup and much more, thanks for sharing Jimmy!

I’ve been trying for a long time to get the Spencer brothers to come on the show and I finally met up with them after the Molokai To Oahu race and I got them both on the show today.

So really stoked about that. Finn recently won the Maui to Molokai race and the Molokai to Oahu race, even though he had a major infection on his foot. So congrats on that. And they are both amazing athletes, not just in wing foiling, but also downwind foiling, prone foiling, surfing. They do everything.

Today’s show is not an interview, but rather a recap where I talk about my experience at the Molokai to Oahu race and what I heard from other competitors at the race.

Today’s video is basically a recap of the Voyager X Wet Feet downwind race here on Oahu. It was probably the biggest foil race we’ve had here on Oahu anyways, maybe anywhere. I’m not sure, over a hundred participants. I’m talking with Brian Tricario and Derek Hamasaki. Who finished first and second in this race, in the wing foil division.

Olivia Piana is a world class athlete in many watersports. We talk about her journey, the M2O race next month and more...

Welcome to another episode of the Blue Planet Show. Today’s interview is with none other than Jimmy Lewis. He got started at a young age shaping surfboards and then moved to Maui where he got into making windsurf boards and he was making windsurf speed needles for some of the fastest sailors in the world at speed sailing events in the 1980s and 90s. Then he got into kite surfing and kite boards, and then standup paddle boards, and now foil boards. So he’s a very versatile shaper. Some great stories to tell, and really interesting interview and entertaining as well. So you’ll learn more about his design philosophy, board construction, and lots of good stories.