{"podcast":{"title":"Up On Foil","slug":"up-on-foil-7038225","podcast_index_feed_id":7038225,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/up-on-foil/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/up-on-foil","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/up-on-foil/20251119_091107_21d6a1d282c3a6288e97ae5f7ca9413c.png","author":"Matthias Kaufmann","episode_count":113,"summary":"Join Matt as he chats about foiling with more or less famous foilers about being on foil. Did I mention that we talk about foiling? If you like the show and want to help me out: patreon.com/UpOnFoil Check out www.uponfoil.com for more Infos","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T08:17:19.996388+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-on-foil-7038225"},"episode":{"title":"POW2 und ZAP are his babies - a chat with Théo de Ramecourt","slug":"pow2-und-zap-are-his-babies-a-chat-with-th-o-de-ramecourt","published_at":"2026-07-13T03:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-on-foil-7038225/pow2-und-zap-are-his-babies-a-chat-with-th-o-de-ramecourt","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-on-foil-7038225","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/up-on-foil/2972822","audio_url":"https://content.rss.com/episodes/292944/2972822/up-on-foil/2026_07_08_19_17_39_0821e695-a941-435b-a186-7447ee4c3e39.mp3","summary":"I got Théo's contact after the intro of the Podcast with Stan Keusch, where I got to fly a tandem paraglider for the first time. Théo is the man behind Flysurfers POW and their double skin ZAP and we talked about the development and the process of making a parawing. 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 my Website: www.uponfoil.com Check out the professional Parawing course from @foilratvids https://6cZKVD.short.gy/parawingacademy 10% off with the code: MATTONFOIL10 Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Foiling and Théo's Background 02:52 The Challenges of R&D in Kite Design 05:54 Théo's Journey with Fly Surfer 09:01 The Development of the Parawing 15:02 The R&D Process: Balancing Theory and Practice 27:04 The Evolution from POW to POW2 40:06 Double Skin vs. Single Skin Parawings 52:13 Transitioning from Parawinging to Wing Foiling 56:43 Understanding Wing Design and Performance 01:06:41 Revisiting Kiting: Recommendations for Returning Riders","meta_description":"I got Théo's contact after the intro of the Podcast with Stan Keusch, where I got to fly a tandem paraglider for the first time. Théo is the man behind Fl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4366,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/up-on-foil-7038225/episodes/pow2-und-zap-are-his-babies-a-chat-with-th-o-de-ramecourt/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/up-on-foil-7038225/pow2-und-zap-are-his-babies-a-chat-with-th-o-de-ramecourt.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}