Episode
How biased are foiling reviews? - A chat with Nico Hopp (Hoppline) and Gav Blake (hydro_gav)
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- Up On Foil
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- Feb 23, 2026
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- 5362
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Summary
Can we trust this review or is it just an ad? This is a difficult question to answer in the age of Influencers that try to make a living out of it. In this episode, I invited @hydro_gav and @hoppline to chat about being biased or unbiased in videos and reviews. It is difficult to be 100% unbiased but still honest. Our advantage: we are a bit older and are not surviving off Youtube and Instagram. Still - we love support from riders who enjoy our content. Get a coffee for Nico: https://buymeacoffee.com/hoppline Get me a coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/mattonfoil Thanks to Jens of the Foilsessions App for supporting the show. Get your Foiling App here: https://foilsessions.app Thanks to the team around SurfEars for their commitment. Get yours here: https://6cZKVD.short.gy/surfears Thank you for helping me out and get some hidden episodes: patreon.com/UpOnFoil Check out oumyr Website: www.uponfoil.com Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:25 Part one 05:50 Gav's alarm goes off 14:10 mean comments 22:00 who are we working for? 35:00 how to improve the videos 41:01 who trusts us? 51:00 how much work 57:40 are influencers salesmen? 01:06:07 who (should) pays? 01:10:52 Good/Bad Parawings 01:24:42 How to film