Lab Rat Foiler

About Lab Rat Foiler

Lab Rat Foiler is not just a podcast; it’s a movement toward embracing a culture of innovation and creativity in foiling. The athletes we interview are continuously pushing the boundaries of foiling, and through their stories, we aim to inspire others to take risks, experiment, and become Lab Rats in this foiling experiment.

Publisher

Daniel Paronetto - SPONSORED BY: Ozone | Code Foils

Category

education · leisure · sports

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Mar 2025

Latest episode

20 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Sept 2026

   041_Master the Infinite Game of Downwind Foiling: @Foil.Me.Harder

   Learn to see the downwind matrix with Huey, aka Foil Me Harder. In this episode, we explore the science of ocean waves and the practical skills that can improve your parawinging and downwind foiling—from reading swell and wave patterns to choosing the right foil, timing your parawing pack-down, linking bumps and finding faster lines through the ocean. Whether you’re learning to parawing, chasing longer downwind runs or trying to understand the energy beneath your foil, this conversation will change how you see the water. Episode links: https://www.instagram.com/foil.me.harder/ (https://www.instagram.com/foil.me.harder/) Sponsors:
@ozone.wing @foilrat on Instagram

2. 

   24 Aug 2026

   040_Dom Zimmermann & Axel Mazella: Ozone AfterBurner Full Breakdown

   The Ozone R&D team returns to the LabRat Foiler Podcast to unveil their new parawing: the Afterburner—a high-performance single-skin parawing designed for experienced riders seeking greater speed, wider wind range and upwind efficiency. I sit down with designers Dom Zimmermann and Axel Mazella to explore how the Afterburner evolved from early double-skin experiments into an accessible, low-drag design with a higher aspect ratio, refined bridles and a lightweight carbon bar. We discuss its impressive low-end power, huge wind range, rapid steering and exceptional VMG, allowing riders to spend less time fighting their way upwind and more time downwinding. Axel also shares what happened when he pushed the Afterburner in competition, racing among 800 riders at the Défi Wing and reaching incredible speeds on a Parawing. The team explains how the Afterburner parawing compares with the Power Pack and Pocket Rocket, who it is designed for, recommended two-wing quivers and why Ozone ultimately chose a single-skin construction.

3. 

   26 Jul 2026

   039_Takoon Designer Charles Queguiner: Parawing Design, Innovation & What Comes Next

   In this episode of the LabRat Foiler Podcast, I sit down with Charles Queguiner, engineer, designer and product manager at Takoon, to unpack the development of the Takoon parawing gear line-up. We go deep into the parawing design details that make the Takoon Cloud different: its simplified four A-line stowing system, flatter bridle geometry, curved wingtip outline, full-carbon moulded bar. Charles explains how these features were designed to make launching, stowing, relaunching and learning to parawing more intuitive—without sacrificing agility or performance. Beyond the wings, Charles breaks down Takoon’s parawing-specific Slide board, its forward volume distribution and wider outline, plus stash belts, safety accessories and Takoon’s lightweight hollow-board construction. We finish by discussing where parawing foiling is heading next—from light-wind riding and racing to wave riding, upwind/downwind missions and faster downwind-foiling progression. Whether you are learning to parawing, comparing the Takoon Cloud and Cloud One, improving your stowing technique, choosing a parawing board or simply interested in foil and parawing product design, this episode is packed with practical and technical insight. If you’re into parawing gear, downwind foiling, wave riding and the future of foiling, make sure to like, subscribe and let me know in the comments: what feature would you most like to see in the next generation of parawings? __ Chapters 01:30 Meet Charles Queguiner from Takoon 06:04 Joining Takoon as a designer and product developer 08:54 Why Takoon decided to develop the Cloud 11:57 Prototypes, bridle testing and Fuerteventura development 16:25 Learning to ride while designing a beginner-friendly parawing 18:46 Takoon Cloud and Cloud One lineup explained 23:59 Nylon vs polyester fabrics for water use 26:57 Full-carbon bar design and simple line setup 30:30 The four A-line stow and simplified bridle system 35:45 Curved wingtips, stability and manoeuvrability 39:56 Designing the Takoon Slide parawing board 44:46 Board width, mast length and upwind performance 46:49 Stash belts and essential parawing accessories 51:37 Accessories for freeride, waves, downwind and racing 54:40 The future of parawings: wider wind range and bigger sizes 59:18 Why every foiler should try parawinging 01:03:29 Takoon’s lightweight hollow-board technology __ Episode links: Takoon Parawing range:https://takoon.com/en-int/pages/parawing Takoon Slide parawing board:https://takoon.com/en-int/products/slide Takoon on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/takoon/ __ Visit https://www.labratfoiler.com to learn more about the Online Parawing Course.Use code LABRAT10 for 10% off :) __ Don’t forget to subscribe for more foiling tutorials, downwinding tips and parawing techniques to elevate your water-sports skills. __ Sponsors: @ozone.wing @codefoils @foilrat on Instagram #Parawing #Parawinging #Foiling #DownwindFoiling #Takoon

Who has been a guest on Lab Rat Foiler

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Jack Ho
• Cynthia Brown
• Ken Adgate
• Ewan Jaspan
• Dom Zimmerman

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

240,373

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

66

Social presence

0

YouTube

86

Engagement

32

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Guest appearances

Does not typically book guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.

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