Foiling is everywhere these days. Whether it be on an offshore IMOCA, a SailGP F50, a Waszp, a Moth, a Wind Foiler or a WingFoiler, this is where you can find the latest news.
After a long winter break, racing for the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran resumes this week with a new team joining the fleet and crew changes on all the boats ahead of the TF35 Nyon Cup. The first of a…
Breiana Whitehead finished fifth at the Formula Kite World Championships, held over the past six days in Hyeres, France. With three French competitors ahead of her in the standings, Whitehead also achieved the position of third nation and with it…
• Breiana Whitehead finishes 5th• Lauriane Nolot (FRA) defends her women’s world title• Max Maeder (SGP) defends his men’s world title• Toni Vodisek was back up to speed but it was too little, too late• Silver medals for Ellie Aldridge…
Torbole (Garda Lake) – After six days of great sailing, Groupe Atlantic is the winner of the Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup, event hosted and organized by Circolo Vela Torbole; the event was characterized by the normal…
• Breiana Whitehead moves up to 5th and makes the semis• Four medium air races conclude gold fleet for men and women• Poema Newland looks world-class after three race wins• But it’s still reigning World Champions Nolot and Maeder who…
Article by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor, SailGP The race to Season 4’s three-boat Grand Final is still ‘wide open’, Canada driver Phil Robertson says, with ‘three teams ready to pounce’ on Spain, currently in third place. Just three events remain…
• Big pile-up for the women after world champion falls• Four light to medium races for the start of gold fleet competition• Elena Lengwiler cruises to two race wins in the afternoon• Pianosi climbs to second in the men Perhaps…
• Breiana Whitehead remains in 6th place• Four sunny and windy races complete the qualifying phase• Valentin Bontus profits from Max Maeder’s crash• Axel Mazella wins all four heats• Elena Lengwiler’s flat-water speed is hard to resist Opportunities to beat Max…
• Variable conditions for the men at midday, steadier moderate breeze for the women later• Four wins from four for Maeder and Mazella• Nolot’s crash mean’s three wins from four for the women’s world champion• Poema Newland enjoys rediscovering race-winning…
HIGHLIGHTS• Gusty wind up to 27 knots, rain clouds and seagulls contribute to chaotic conditions• Four races of qualifying completed for men and women’s fleets• Singapore’s Max Maeder and France’s Lauriane Nolot get a perfect 4/4• Good performances by Kampman,…
The clock continues to count down to what could be the closest contest in living memory with absolutely no outright favourite and every team very much in the running for the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup. The six main teams…
Torbole (Garda Lake) – The Act 1 of the 69F Youth Foiling Gold Cup is ready to celebrate it’s opening day at Circolo Vela Torbole, where five international mixed gender teams composed of Under 25 sailors are ready to compete for the…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor @SailGP The overnight configuration change from high speed to light air boards in Bermuda caused ‘issues’ for Australia’s F50 when racing resumed on day two, according to driver Tom Slingsby. Speaking ahead of the Final in…
The fourth season of the TF35 high-performance one-design foiling catamaran will kick off this month in Nyon, Switzerland, with the first of six events on Lake Geneva. Hosted by the Société Nautique de Nyon from 24 to 26 May, the…
It was great to see the Team Australia Challenge 2024 women’s sailing squad being hosted by PUIG, the naming rights sponsor of the PUIG Women’s America’s Cup at an elegant soiree at the Park Hyatt Sydney with Vogue Australia this…
What a day for New York Yacht Club American Magic who called for all-hands on deck at the base super-early this morning, ahead of rolling out their new AC75 at 5.45am with the first set of slightly asymmetric race foils,…
Australia places 3rd in Podium Final and remain in second position of the Season 4 leaderboard. BERMUDA – 05 May 2024 – The Spain SailGP Team has taken out the ‘top dogs’ of Season 4- Australia and New Zealand- to…
That’s a wrap for the 2024 edition of the Tarifa Wing Pro. Watch to see how Nia Suardiaz and Chris Macdonald stormed their way to the top of the podium. Take a look at the current ranking HERE
In a display of sheer dominance, Tom Slingsby’s Australia SailGP Team asserted their authority on the opening day of the Apex Group Bermuda Sail Grand Prix, bouncing back from a setback in the previous event to secure two race wins…
There were dramatic scenes at the Official Practice Race Day in Bermuda, with the USA SailGP Team capsizing mid race, causing some of the athletes to be flung from their positions onboard. The USA SailGP Team capsized during the third practice…
Big crashes and all of the drama from the ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix revealed in the latest episode of Racing on the Edge. LONDON – April 29, 2024 – The latest episode of SailGP’s Racing on the Edge docuseries, in…
Natasha Bryant is part of the Australia SailGP crew, as well as a member of the Team Australia Challenge squad for the UniCredit Youth & Puig Women’s America’s Cup events – all of which are cutting into her Double University…
As the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup nears, the intensity ramps up and with four teams revealing their box-fresh AC75s, it’s abundantly clear that different solutions have been found for very similar questions. The design teams have worked feverishly to…
The 7th edition of the Foiling Awards has its winners. The prizes for the best foiling athletes, projects and products of the last 12 months were awarded overnight in Genoa based on votes cast online by the global foiling Community….
The shutters opened at the INEOS Britannia base just after 5am on Saturday, and out into the moonlight under floodlight came the boat that all British fans hope will have the best chance of winning the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s…
The sailing squad for Australia’s 2024 America’s Cup challenge in the Unicredit Youth and Puig Women’s competitions in Barcelona has been announced, with a combined team of 13 sailors including several Olympic and Sail GP athletes. The final Team Australia…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor New Zealand driver Peter Burling is riding a wave of momentum heading into Bermuda after a triumphant Christchurch event. Not only did the Kiwis beat the fleet to win the event in front of home fans,…
In a stirring ceremony today, Iwi manaaki Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei gifted and blessed the name ‘Taihoro’ on the boat that Emirates Team New Zealand will sail in their defence of the 37th America’s Cup. The launch event took place at…
Alinghi Red Bull Racing officially presented its race yacht, BoatOne, with a Christening ceremony at dockside that featured a human tower from local Castellers. The milestone marks a significant shift to the final competition phase of the campaign with the…
Cagliari, the city that just surprises at every juncture, didn’t disappoint. Luna Rossa Prada Pirelli launched the boat that every Italian fan, the sailing-mad ‘Tifosi’, hopes will win the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup and bring the trophy to the…
Cappuzzo & Suardiaz defend their titles The GWA Wingfoil World Cup Leucate so far has treated spectators to three exhilarating days of relentless competition. As the final day approached, following the crowning of our champions in the Surf-Freestyle discipline, we…
After an intensive 10 month building program, Emirates Team New Zealand’s brand new AC75 emerged from their Wynyard Point base today in preparation for its launch and commissioning phase in Auckland this month. It was wheeled out to have its…
Winners crowned in nuking conditions in Leucate On day four of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Leucate the Tramontana winds kicked in again, with gusts reaching up to 57 knots. The Surf-Freestyle women geared up to face the tough conditions…
Day three of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup Leucate began with a bright and early start for the riders, who awoke to nuking 40+ knot winds rattling through the Viglamo village. The judges decided to proceed straight ahead with the…
by Miranda Blazeby, Digital Editor It comes after Australia sustained serious damage in a collision with a race mark in Christchurch after which Slingsby cast uncertainty on whether the team could race at SailGP’s next event in Bermuda. But Slingsby has…
Watch AC sailors battle out for the first AC sailing regatta. Live streamed on Twitch from Barcelona at 6:20 pm CET AC Sailing, the ultimate regatta simulator built on actual simulation technology used by America’s Cup teams, will be available…
BARCELONA, 5TH APRIL 2024 The magnificent Port Vell base of Alinghi Red Bull Racing was the hottest ticket in Barcelona for friends, family, sponsors and dignitaries from Spain and around the world for the ‘reveal’ and roll-out of the AC75…
Australians seized two medals and the overall trophy at the 53rd Trofeo S.A.R. Princesa Sofía Regatta on the shores of Spain after an immense performance from the team. Breiana Whitehead won the Women’s Formula Kite in dramatic fashion whilst Zoe Thomson…
Malcesine (Garda Lake) – Never stop flying over the water, never stop experiencing the 69F Class, that, for its fourth year of activity, is ready to rock in an exciting racing season, divided into three different series of regatta: the…
By America’s Cup Media As the business end of the Louis Vuitton 37th America’s Cup nears, all the teams have spent the month of March getting ready for the arrival and final preparations of their new AC75 yachts. These yachts…
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