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Boris Jinvresse third in the downwind SUP foil race at the World SUP Festival
A podium at Santa Pola on the AXIS Fireball.

Toaura and Haunui Haumani go one-two at the Tahitian Foil Club reef contest
First surf foil contest on the reef, and the twins fill the top two steps.

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.

Haumani twins first and second at the opening surf foil contest of the 2026 Tahitian championship
A win, a tied second, and Raiarii Fadier third, all on AXIS: Surge 830 and ART Pro, Surf Skinny 280.

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.

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.

Luke Atkinson wins the surf foil competition at the Crozon Foil Festival 2025
The 2025 surf foil comp winner, on the Surge, at the Crozon Foil Festival in Brittany.

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.

Olivia Piana wins the women's SUP foil downwind at Les Ailes de Saint-Tropez 2025
First in the women's in very difficult light-wind conditions, on the Fireball 1160.

World record: Nicolas Iten pumps 20.13 km in one hour
On 24 August 2025 at Lake Sempach, Switzerland, Nicolas Iten set the one-hour pump foil distance record on an unreleased AXIS wing,...