Heineken rules with world of racing. Photo: Michael Petrikov

Johnny Heinekin is one of the nicest guys you’ll meet in the kiteboarding world. He’s always happy to have a chat, share his racing secrets or get technical with his equipment.

So when Marvin from Intheloop kiteboarding sat down for an interview, what else would you expect than good quality, down to earth answers?

You can read the full interview on the Intheloop website, it’s great reading if you’re into kite racing or thinking about foilboarding. Johnny is leading the way with the foilboards (did you see that amazing video of him a few weeks ago!?) But despite his advances into the world above the water, he’s still very keen to see the raceboard class continue without foils. Here’s what he had to say about it:

“I think the good thing about the raceboard class is that the playing field is pretty even with equipment right now. While I love the development part of the sport, it is too much to have people showing up with new boards and kites at each event. I think the box rule is a healthy way to go for now and we should ask ourselves this question (should we allow hydrofoils) again in another year.

Foils are definitely part of the future, but they don’t mix well on the racecourse with course boards. I think these classes will continue to grow in parallel and will open up the racing scene to even more competitors.”

You can read the full interview here, or check out Johhny's website - heinekenracing.com to ask him questions of your own.