Mathis Ghio has won the Formula Wing World Championship five times. Then he finished 13th at the 2026 Europeans - his worst result ever - and had to figure out why.

In this episode we get into what actually went wrong in Naples, the mental reset process he went through with a performance psychologist, and how he came back to finish 3rd in Turkey just weeks later. We also cover the full technical picture: his current gear setup (Fusion V3, Levitaz R6, hollow board construction), the wing trim system he designed himself, the Formula Wing rule changes being discussed, and what a minimum foil size would actually do to the weight game in racing.

Topics covered:

• The French Federation telling him to quit studying or quit sailing
• Why the OpenClass and Formula Wing are more complementary than competitive
• V2 vs V3 Fusion: what actually changed and why
• Hollow board construction: real weight and stiffness gains or marketing?
• Thomas Proust's Hong Kong breakout and the Value wing question
• Wing quiver recommendations by body weight
• What reducing to 6.5m or introducing a minimum foil size would change

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00:00 Rapid fire questions

05:40 Life after Turkey

09:04 French Federation vs his studies

13:42 Defi Wing 2026

16:24 X15 vs open class

22:14 Hong Kong pressure

28:15 Thomas Proust's breakthrough

29:45 Europeans - 13th place

34:55 Mental reset process

41:06 Turkey comeback

44:13 Gear breakdown

46:24 Hollow board gains

49:02 Fusion V2 vs V3

53:19 Designing the trim system

54:24 Wing quiver advice

57:57 Formula Wing rule changes

1:00:16 Minimum foil size hypothetical

1:03:31 Wrap up