News: downwind
Tahiti Foil Festival: Kai Thompson first and Raiarii Fadier second in downwind
AXIS takes the top two steps of the downwind SUP podium at the SFT Tour stop in Tahiti.
KAIWI: the mast built for glide
Our lowest-drag mast, what it was designed for, and an honest word on its published limits.
Trent Gordon third in the GBROC, Yorkeys Knob to Port Douglas
45 km of Far North Queensland downwind on the Tempo 1020, and a podium.
Boris Jinvresse third in the downwind SUP foil race at the World SUP Festival
A podium at Santa Pola on the AXIS Fireball.
Kai Thompson wins the Northern Beaches downwind foil race, Trent Gordon third
No wind and confused swell on Sydney's Northern Beaches, and an AXIS win and third place.
Kai Thompson wins Ze Caribbean Race in Guadeloupe
35 km of downwind along the clearest water, in 1 hour 11 minutes on the Tempo 960.
Kai Thompson wins the Sunset Surfski Series downwinder at WA Race Week
11 km from Port Beach to City Beach in weed and tricky wind, and the win.
Kai Thompson third at the Molokai 2 Oahu 2025
A podium in the Ka'iwi Channel for Kai Thompson in his first season with AXIS, told in his own words.
The Family You Choose: the AXIS team in Hawaii
Olivia Piana on what makes the AXIS team a family, with Kai Thompson, Gabrielle Bella and Luke Atkinson on the Hawaiian channel...
Kai Thompson third in the West Coast Downwinder, WA Race Week 2025
Too much west wind and weed, an intense finish, and a podium on a borrowed Fireball 1250.
Kai Thompson wins the downwind SUP foil at the Crozon Foil Festival 2025
Two races, combined time, 16 km of bay bumps then 30 km of big swell, on the Tempo 1090 and 1020.
Kai Thompson wins Les Ailes de Saint-Tropez 2025, downwind and flat-water pump
First place in Europe's most prestigious SUP downwind foil event, and the flat-water SUP pump race too.
Frank Dart and Mini Dart
A shorter, more playful SUP for bumps and waves, and a mid-length built with parawinging in mind.