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This Week in Startups · Saturday, June 27, 2026

Founder Injured While E-foiling

During the show, Jason Calacanis recounted an incident where he was injured while e-foiling, sustaining a deep cut to his calf from the device's foil. He mentioned this happened earlier that morning before the podcast recording.

The tape

3 quotes
Yeah, so e-foiling is like somewhere between a surfboard and a buoy board, but closer to a buoy board. And it has a little turbine that comes down on a stick.
Jason Calacanis
Uh, so I flipped the board and, uh, the foil either the blade, casing or the foil itself, those two, um, you know, fins, just whacked into the back of my calf, smashed it. Wow.
Jason Calacanis
Uh, so I just took a bunch of mochi and I had the leg up for an hour before the show and I iced it up.
Jason Calacanis
Heard on This Week in Startups — “Why F1 Teams are Replacing Wind Tunnels with Smart Tape | E2305, published Saturday, June 27, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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Founder Injured While E-foiling — Heardvine