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Kai Thompson third at the Paddle Imua 2026
Another podium on the Maliko run, the short, intense opener of Maui race week.
First place at King of the Bay, Rewa, on the Surge 740
AXIS arrives in Poland and wins the long-distance race, inflatable kitefoil category, on the Surge 740.
Brian Tallarico wins the Oahu Foil race series over-40s
Nineteen races, best six counting, and a division win in the longest of them: Turtle Bay to Mokuleia, roughly 20 miles.
Dmitry Evseev wins the Masters and is SFT Parawing Vice World Champion 2026
Mauritius local Dmitry Evseev takes first in the Masters division and second overall in the inaugural SFT Parawing World Tour.
Jurij Scheibler third in men's dock-start pump at the SFT World Cup, Lake Garda
A pump foil podium on the Tempo 960: probably the first time the world's fastest downwind foil has been raced in a...
Marnie Bertram wins pump foil and downwind at the SFT World Cup, Lake Garda
Top step in the dock-start pump race, then the downwind SUP foil win too, beating nearly all the men in the process.
July news: Surge 1080 and 1150, a month of podiums, and AXIS arrives in Poland
The plus-sized Surges launch, AXIS riders on the podium from Lake Garda to Oahu, King of the Bay in Rewa, and 66...
Kai Thompson second at the Voyager-Wetfeet downwind challenge 2026
A violent first half in big south swell, wind and current, and a podium to open the Hawaiian season on Oahu.
Marnie Bertram wins women's pump foil at the SFT Tour event in Munich
Sixteen-year-old Marnie Bertram takes first place in women's pump foil at the SFT Tour stop in Munich, 12 to 14 June, and...
June 2026: three new rears, and a season of records
Skinny 250/20, Surf Skinny 340/50 and Skinny Link 300/22.5 launch, plus a world speed record, a surf pump record and 78 km...
World record: Nicolas Iten pumps 78 km in 5 hours 3 minutes
Nicolas Iten beats his own long-distance pump foil record on a production Fireball 1750, the last 45 km with a piece of...
World record: Liam Walton, 4 hours 7 minutes on foil in the surf
On 2 May 2026 at Boulder Bay, New Zealand, Liam Walton broke the surf pump foil world record on a stock Fireball...
World record: Matt Davies, 81.4 km/h, the fastest a foil has ever gone
On 26 May 2026 at Akuna Bay, NSW, Matt Davies set a new outright foil speed record on a Tempo 890, Ti...