#foilboarding – Notorious surfer Laird Hamilton is foil boarding at one of New Zealand's finest waves, the left-hand point-break at Raglan. The clip comes courtesy of The Ultimate Waterman, a forthcoming event to be held next month in New Zealand, featuring some of the world's finest watermen competing in six different disciplines over eight days.

Athletes taking part include Laird himself, Manoa Drollet, Kai Lenny, Mark Visser and Kala Alexander, while the six disciplines will be shortboarding, longboarding, tow-in, stand-up paddle boarding, SUP endurance, and Waka Ama — the New Zealand term for outrigger canoes. Read more here

#foilboarding – Kitsesurfing got a new dimension stateside when American Sailor of the Year Johnny Heineken completed manouvers such as foiling tacks using a kiteboard. The hydrofoil eliminates the effects of choppy or rough conditions. Due to the hydrofoil's underwater characteristics, the rider can angle higher into the wind than on traditional kiteboards which ride on the surface of the water.