At day 5 of the Ensis ENGADINWIND WingFoil Racing World Cup, the event’s top riders arrived at Silvaplana lake hungry for glory in the Medal Series. The wind, however, had different ideas. All week you could have set your watch on the arrival of the Maloja wind – the local thermal breeze that kicks-in at lunchtime – but not today. The men’s Golden Ticket race was the only casualty of the weather. As tenth-placed finisher in qualifying, Gregorio Pugliese was awarded the last spot in the Medal Series.
the Ensis ENGADINWIND WingFoil Racing World Cup got underway yesterday in bright sunshine and winds of up to 21 knots in the stunning setting of Lake Silvaplana, Switzerland. 54 racers from 13 countries and 4 continents competed in four long-distance races of around 6.5 miles each.
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The men’s competition kicks off with explosive performances. In the semi-finals, three Brazilians, Sebastian Ribeiro, Pedro Matos, and reigning World Champion Gabriel Benetton, join Cape Verde’s own Cozzolino in a stacked lineup.
The opening battles of the 2025 Kite-Surf season kicked-off yesterday in the epic waves of Cape Verde’s Sal Island. The world champions are ready to defend their crowns from March 13th-21st.
the 2025 season of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour kicked off with the first World Cup in Wave discipline respectively, held from March 13th to 15th in Sal, Cape Verde. Either Ponta Preta’s rocky point-break or Kite Beach’s sandy shoreline ensured a stunning backdrop for the world’s best wingfoilers. This competition saw 27 men and 8 women from 18 different nationalities registered to participate.
The 2024 season of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour continued this week with its second stop in the Wave discipline in Dakhla, Morocco. With 24 men and 11 women from 12 countries in the lineup, action was guaranteed at the the right-hand break of Oum Lamboiur. Spain’s Elena Moreno and the US’s Cash Berzolla soared to victory at the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Dakhla (MAR)