FreeWing Dream Team riders Orane Ceris and Fiona Wylde podium at the recent IWSA 6* Sardina World Cup event that took place in Cagliari, Italy from 18 -22 October, 2023. Riding in a perfect onshore breeze of 11 to 14 knots, over 100 wingfoilers from a variety of categories put on a fan-friendly spectacle at…
Congrats Raimondo Gasperini (Ita-157) for placing second overall at the Italian WingFoil Championship, which took place this past weekend. This was an interesting competition as athletes were required to compete on stock gear. Ray competed with the FreeWing 5.0m & 6.0 N-Team with AK FoilBoard 74l Compact. “During the event, I was focused and worked…
Have you mastered the basics and want to get into freestyle winging? Then this is for you. Choosing the right equipment is an important first step, and finding something that will suit your riding style is the key to making quick progress and lots of fun hours on the water. Start by asking yourself these…
Do you want to get into freestyle winging? It’s easier than you think. This series is your guide to mastering freestyle moves and maneuvers with simplicity in mind. With minimal equipment, you’ll have fewer distractions, allowing you to progress quickly. Whether you’re starting or aiming to improve, this comprehensive guide has you covered. We will…
Congrats Orane Ceris for taking the win at 2023 Foil Festival in north Germany. “I spontaneously decided to attend the Foil Festival in Schönberg last weekend! Super happy about taking the win. Connecting with the amazing German team on-site and taking part in the competition was a great experience. Thanks Freewing Germany 🤙. …
Join FreeWing Team Rider Zane and his brother Matty Schweitzer as they take you across the Pailolo Channel for the 2023 Maui to Molokai 27-mile Race, “M2M Molokai Molokai”. Zane recounts his race; “The 2023 M2M this year had such an epic turnout of over 90 foilers and I can’t tell you how exciting it…
This past weekend, the Gorge Paddle Challenge celebrated its 12th year. Since the beginning, the Gorge Paddle Challenge has always been about competitive racing, community engagement, youth progression, and having fun celebrating the world-class conditions of Hood River, Oregon. Steve Gates, the owner of Big Winds, and the Head Coach on the Big Winds JET…
The World Youth Wingfoil Championships (GWA) took place in the Canary Islands in Santa Cruz de la Palma from June 29 to July 2. Despite pushing her progression at her home in Guadeloupe, this was Enoha’s first participation in an international competition. Here’s how her “The first day we did 4 races, the wind was…
This was my first time competing on the IWSA World Cup Series and my first time competing since my shoulder surgery over a year ago! I didn’t not have any expectations, my goal was to to have fun! I had a great first day of competition where I finished the day sitting in 3rd position…
If you are passionate about wingfoiling, or you just want to test the waters, join the 2023 FreeWing Euro Tour at a spot near you! The crew will be hitting some of the best spots this Summer as we road trip across Europe sharing our passion for watersports. With a van packed with the latest…
FreeWing Dream Team rider Xavi Corr unlocks new possibilities with the recently released AIR v3 – scoring the first perfect 10 at any GWA Freestyle competition and takes home a joint first place. The young Spanish rider from Tarifa stole the show, launching some big scoring front flip and backflip manoeuvres — however it was…
11 young FreeWing athletes from 7 countries (France, Spain, Germany, Italy, England, Netherlands, and Israel), came together in Leucate, France for the first-ever FreeWing Youth Wing Foil Progression Camp hosted by FreeWing and coached by Fiona Wylde. The main goal of this camp was to connect young riders from all around Europe to improve their…
FreeWing x Starboard Dream Team riders Benoit Carpentier (France) and Zane Schweitzer (USA) have exploded on GWA World Tour with spectacular wingfoil surfing never witnessed before. The duo placed 2nd and 3rd on the podium respective in the new “Wave” format — the first GWA Wingfoil World Cup dedicated to pure surfing, staged on the…
In this video Stand Up Magazin take a look at the Starboard & Freewing product highlights. Flo Brunner, the head of Starboard Germany gives us a tour of his booth at the boot Düsseldorf. Come along and see what Starboard & FreeWing have to offer in 2023.
FreeWing is excited to announce Bruno Kancel as our new Team Manager. Bruno has been a part of the Tiki family for many years and winging with FreeWing from the very beginning since we introduced the brand back in 2020. Bruno has been in the filming industry since 2013, flying drones for documentaries, TV shows…
Enjoy 2:58 of slow-motion wingfoiling bliss… FreeWing team rider Zane Schweitzer pushes the limits of open ocean racing with the new PRO. The 2 x Ultimate Waterman set a new Maui2Molokai record, crossing the 27 miles (43.5km) Pailolo Channel in 1hr 37mins — moving at mind-blowing average speed of 16.7 miles per hour (26.9 km/…
Join us for a day in the life of Zane Schweitzer, as he explores the coast of Hawaii, taking advantage of the conditions on the AK Phazer foilboard and FreeWing.
On the weekend from the 16th to the 18th of September the International Freestyle Cup took place in Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the beautiful south coast of France.Event organized ex Pwa riders Benoît e Cyril Moussilmani was a great success a event with 60 athletes, and € 15,000 in prize money ! Many of the worlds best…
The 15-year-old FreeWing Dream Team rider blasted away from the completion to take big wins in both the U16 surf-freestyle and surf-slalom competitions. The Spaniard is leading the Wingfoil Youth World Cup rankings (U16) and now has his sights set on St Pierre La Mer, the next stop GWA tour for junior riders, looking to…
The world’s top wingfoilers descend on Leucate, France for the first event of the 2022 season to help set a new record of 80 registered competitors! Here’s what riders had to say at the season start for the first of the GWA Wingfoil World Tour. This video features Zane Schweitzer (USA), Timma Flanagan (CAN) and…
Excellent start to the season at the Italian Fiv Championship in Vada on April 16/17 in Tuscany, Raimondo Gasperini wins the first place in the category Raimondo Gasperini 1 ‘G. Master (10’Overall) Fantastic conditions for this event with 12 tests completed in the two days of competition, with wind from 10 up to gusts of…
FreeWing team rider Orane Ceris is making her name known amongst the top wingfoilers. The New Caledonian rider claimed 3rd position in the race discipline at the last event of the 2021 GWA Wing Foil World Tour, which took place in Tarifa, Spain. The rising star battled it out against the top professional wing foil…
Waterwomen Fiona Wylde has been on a winning streak racking up international titles in both stand up paddleboarding and wingfoiling events around the world. This past weekend saw Fiona put in superb performances at her first Wing Foil World Cup event to take home both the women’s Wing Foil Racing and Surf-freestyle titles. This was…
FreeWing team rider, Liam Dunkerbeck, sets what we believe is a new speed record in Wingboarding. Liam achieved a top speed of 31 knots according to his GPS data and set an average speed of 26.92 knots over a 500-meter distance according to the official speeds measured by the Luderitz Speed Challenge team which system…
Waterwomen Fiona Wylde has been on a winning streak racking up international titles in both stand up paddleboarding and wingfoiling events around the world. This past weekend saw Fiona put in superb performances at her first Wing Foil World Cup event to take home both the women’s Wing Foil Racing and Surf-freestyle titles. This was…
The Morocco Wing Foil World Cup is the second stop of the GWA Wing Foil World Tour and is taking place Dakhla from 2nd – 6th November 2021. The event will host both wingfoiling race and surf-freestyle events with a total prize purse of €10,000. 2021 Morocco Wing Foil World Cup Video Highlights:
The 2021 Carro Wingfoil Classic delivered an epic weekend of wingfoiling action that riders and spectators alike super stoked out. The Carro Wingfoil Classic is a festival-style event that welcomed all riders from beginner to professional in celebration of this exciting & emerging sport. The event took place in Martigues, in the stunning French Riviera…
Rewatch all the action from the 2021 FreeWing WingFoil World Games – the first wingfoil racing worlds event. Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four
FreeWing has a unique heritage among the wing brands on the market in that it has dual research & development locations. FreeWing is designed with R&D centres based in both Cape Town, South Africa and Bangkok, Thailand which work in parallel to develop a single line of products. That means our wide FreeWing range gets…
We are happy to announce that the first-ever FreeWing WingFoil World Games will take place 20th – 24th October, 2021 with a FreeWing Demo Day on October 19th at Lake Garda, Italy. This is a professionally organized event by Campione Univela, in partnership with International Wing Foil Class, and is a wing foil racing-only event.…
Local waterwomen and Starboard Ream Team rider Fiona Wylde wins the Women’s title and takes 3rd overall in the Wingfoiling race. This was the first-ever wingfoil course race at Gorge Paddle Challenge which took place at Hood River, Oregon. Men and women raced together in the exciting 5 lap course format racing – here’s what…
Excellent results for the Starboard team with Giulio and Raimondo Gasperini taking top podium positions at the first stop of the Italian Wing Championships. Epic conditions: Over 25 knots and more than two meters of wave guaranteed a great show, for the first Italian National stop of the 2021 Wing Foil Tour in Sicily…
In this action-packed clip, Maui waterman Zane Schweitzer tows himself into some incredibly massive waves with the Starboard FreeWing Air on his foil surfboard. Zane Schweitzer is a true waterman of Hawaii. He pushes the limits on all of his chosen craft. It was in early December 2020, however, that he did what we…
“The top end is phenomenal on this wing. In terms of feel, the shape is awesome. It’s a compact design so, the 5m really feels like a 4m while working it. The construction is industry standard and frankly, Starboard x Airush has killed it. Two big thumbs up!” – MACKiteboarding Who is…
The Starboard x Airush FreeWing Air wins the 2021 Best Getting Started Wing award from SUPBoarder magazine’s Head to Head test on SUPboarder PRO. This is the most in-depth test done by the experienced testers from the paddle boarding industry. To enjoy the full test video head to SUPboarder here and sign up for…
The Development of Starboard FreeWing Air and Wing Foiling “The FreeWing Air development started back in 2012 at our Airush development center in Cape Town. In 2015, we decided to put the development on ice as we felt that a windsurfing rig was still functioning better. Then came SUP foiling, changing the game and now…
Pioneering Wingfoiling with Alvaro Onieva – the Man Behind the FreeWing tells the story of the evolution from Kiteboarding to Wingfoiling. Rider: Alvaro Onieva Videographer And Editor: Samuel Cárdenas Learn more about the FreeWing Air here. A project collab by Starboard x Airush
On a flat summer day on Maui, Zane Schweitzer and Adam Klevin were hungry for action and decided to get creative in the trade winds on the west side of Maui. Adam had a new camera and warehousing to go with it that he was excited to test and Zane was stoked as always to…
Lord of the Wings – One Wing to Rule Them All On the days when the swell was down, and waves were not rolling in, the foil crew from Tarifa were eager to go out and play ~ armed with the FreeWing Air the team hit the streets. It turned out to be a great…
Whilst lockdown measures in Spain meant we couldn’t get out on the water, land was not off-limits and that we could fly. The FreeWing’s R&D product manager Alvaro Onieva takes the FreeWing Air to the streets for a fun sunset FreeWing x Skate with friends near home. *Note: Please exercise extreme caution when using your…
Ding! Please fasten your seatbelts and return your tray table to its full upright and locked position as we prepare for take-off. Get into the cockpit with Captain Zane Schweitzer as he gets set to take off with the NEW Starboard X Airush FreeWing.
It’s been a year since wing foiling has taken off globally. You probably first noticed when you were scrolling down your Instagram feed watching several professional windsurfers and kitesurfers, on different sides of the world, up and flying with the these new ‘wings’ on big paddleboards. It all looked very inaccessible and very technical, only…
Before you start handling the FreeWing, please read the user guide carefully and follow the instructions & recommendations. Try to get yourself as familiar as possible with the Wing and all its components, what they are made for and how to set it up correctly. Setting Up: It’s important to rig up your wing…
