The Portimão X-15 Class event marks a historic milestone for the wingfoiling community, boasting a record-breaking fleet of 115 riders. This massive turnout underscores the rapid global growth of the X-15 Class, a one-design hydrofoil racing category designed to provide a level playing field for athletes. By standardizing wing foiling Read more
Held annually in Gruissan, France, the event is a massive “marathon of the seas” that brings together wind and foiling water sports professional athletes and passionate amateurs on a single starting line. The festival perspective of Defi Wind—often described as the “Woodstock of Windsurfing”—emphasizes that the event is as much Read more
The 2026 Formula Wing European Championships in Naples concluded with France securing both the men’s and women’s European titles along with a total of four medals. The final day of the hydrofoil racing regatta saw light, inconsistent winds that ultimately forced race officials to cancel the remaining schedule, locking in Read more
The GWA Wingfoil Youth World Championships will debut in Costa Brava, Spain, from June 30 to July 6, 2025. This event, held at Club de Vela La Ballena Alegre, will crown teenage champions in both Surf-Freestyle and FreeFly-Slalom disciplines. The competition includes male and female divisions across U14, U16, and Read more
Parawing foiling is a hybrid water sport that combines elements of wingfoiling and paragliding. Foiling athletes use a parawing (similar to a paragliding wing) while riding a hydrofoil board on water. Parawings utilize a paraglider-style canopy and they don’t require inflation. This results in a very compact and lightweight setup. Read more
The Pocket Rocket is an unique board for windfoiling and convertible to wing and sup foiling. Its reduced length helps to take off earlier, stays up foiling longer and perfectly floats when uphauling the sail. Even more fun and accessible than his predecessor, the new Pocket Rocket has a new Read more
The International Wing Sports Association (IWSA) has been founded to give the best wing riders a platform to compete in fair competition, managed by International Race Officials. The IWSA pursues exclusively and directly charitable purposes, namely the conduct of world and continental level competitions. The IWSA it is a not-for Read more
Experience the stoke and freedom of foiling downwinders with F-ONE’s new ROCKET SUP DW PRO foil board. Optimized sleek design and ultra-light bamboo construction gets you up on your foil faster than ever and experience the pure bliss of flying above the swell for hours on end. The ROCKET SUP Read more
The aim of the Global Wingsports Association (GWA) is to globally promote every aspect of wing-foil-, wing-surf-, wing-board-sports, and any other sport in which a wing is used on water, land or snow, in collaboration with the hydrofoiling wingsports industry. The GWA will build a platform for all interest groups Read more
The 2024 X-15 foilboard by Starboard is specifically designed to deliver exceptional speed and performance on the water. With advanced racing features and a carefully crafted design, the Starboard X-15 wingfoil race board is built to excel in high-speed racing. The X-15 Wingboard takes inspiration from renowned X-15 Windsurfing Foil Read more