Lachie heads to Ricketts Point for a solo deep dive into the complete wing foil gear progression, from your very first session all the way to race kit.

Whether you are just thinking about getting into wing foiling or you are already riding and wondering what the path to racing actually looks like, this episode maps out the full journey: boards, foils, wings, harness lines, and mast lengths.

Topics covered:

Boards: why 30 litres above body weight is the starting sweet spot, and how body-weight volume becomes the target as you move toward racing.

Foils: the case for stepping down in 200 to 400 cm2 increments, why span matters just as much as surface area, and Lachie's own progression from the Axis 910 all the way to the Chubanga V3 570.

Wings: starting on a 5m single skin, when and why to introduce a harness line (longer is better early on), and maybe controversial advice to skip straight to a full dual skin race wing.

Mast length: why 80cm is a solid entry point, how longer masts unlock forgiveness in chop, and when to make the jump to 105cm for racing.

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0:00 Intro and Industry Trends

5:57 Beginner Board and Foil

13:33 Progressing Through Foil Sizes

22:40 Wings and Harness Lines

35:55 Mast Length for Racing

Henry Myers is one of Australia's fastest wing foil racers. He's currently racing Formula Wing internationally while also being one of the first Australians to race the X15 one-design class, competing at the Portimao event.

In this episode Henry breaks down what it was like to jump on X15 gear for the first time, how the two formats actually compare from a racing and athlete development perspective, and why he thinks the gear cost problem in Formula Wing is the sport's biggest challenge right now.

He also shares what it's like to train and race while studying Aeronautical Engineering and Commerce at the University of Sydney, how aeronautical theory has changed the way he looks at foil design, and why he thinks the Levitaz R6 and Chubanga aren't as different as people claim.

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00:00 Intro

00:31 Henry's background

01:42 Sydney Harbour training

02:53 Engineering and racing

04:47 Why foilers are engineers

05:56 Current gear

07:34 Board design

08:05 Levitaz vs Chubanga

10:17 Portimao X15 event

12:07 Dialling in X15 gear

13:36 Harness hook height

16:02 Velcro shoulder hack

18:55 X15 racing formats

20:28 Sharing equipment

21:49 X15 in Australia

23:53 X15 in 30 knots

25:50 Formula vs X15

26:14 World Cup experience

28:32 Gear cost problem

31:27 X15 as a pathway

32:42 2026 race calendar

33:32 Top speed and follow

34:27 Shoutouts

The 2026 Silvaplana World Cup wrapped with one of the wildest medal series finishes of the season. Kamil jumped from 3rd to 1st to take the win, the first person to pull that off in the medal series format. Maddalena did almost the same thing in the women's fleet, jumping from 2nd to 1st after Vaina held a strong lead going in.

Also in this one: a shoutout to Connor Radford on his World Cup debut, a breakdown of a port/starboard incident that ended in a DSQ despite the rider doing everything possible to avoid a collision, the visibility problem that's becoming harder to ignore in wing foil racing, and Kamil's foil damage that didn't qualify for redress.

Next week: a chat with Henry Myers off the back of his Formula Wing background, giving an honest read on the X-15.

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0:00 Intro and final day recap
0:22 Kamil and Maddalena's post race reactions
2:22 Kamil's 3rd to 1st breakdown
2:55 Maddalena's women's fleet win
4:04 Connor Radford's World Cup debut
6:12 The Thomas DSQ incident and rules debate
12:45 Wing foil racing's visibility problem
15:09 Kamil's foil damage and the redress call
19:41 Next week preview: Henry Myers on the X-15

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

Ernesto De Amicis returns to the show. This time we actually get into the wings. Ernesto is one of the few Elite World Tour racers riding Zaoli, and he's had a direct hand in shaping the design direction of the wings he competes on. We get into why span matters more than most people realise, what Aramid does for stiffness, why they're not touching trim systems, and the full story of how he pushed for a design change that made the wing more rideable at the highest level.

We also cover the Italian Championships format, strategy mistakes at Giteria, how he handles the weight gap in strong breeze, and a detailed breakdown of his harness setup after a full season of trial and error.

Topics covered:

• Italian Championships structure and the Giteria event
• Racing in 25-40 knots and weight vs power tradeoffs
• Strategy debrief: when your coastal instincts are wrong
• Zaoli wing quiver: 7, 6.5, and 5m
• Wingspan and what it means for real-world performance
• Aramida bladder and canopy stiffness
• Trim systems: why Zaoli is steering clear
• Harness height and line length: the full journey
• Wing pressure: training vs race day

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

01:39 Italian Champs format

03:13 Course formats used

05:49 Double skin takes over

06:27 Conditions at Giteria

07:12 Weight in strong breeze

08:24 Strategy debrief

10:13 Zaoli quiver breakdown

11:36 Two wings vs three

13:03 Real wind range

14:10 Wingspan and rideability

17:33 Stiffness and materials

19:53 One setup, all conditions

22:00 Harness setup journey

26:59 Wing pressure explained

28:55 Why no trim system

32:24 Outro

Emma joins the debrief to talk about her journey from competitive dinghy sailing into wing foil racing, and what it's actually like switching from a single skin to a double skin race wing. We cover foil progression on AXIS, training habits, and what gear she's eyeing next.

Emma's background spans Open Bic, Nacras, and the Youth World Championships before picking up a wing in 2023. She's now racing on the Ozone Fusion and AXIS ArtPro, and shares an honest take on what changes and what doesn't when you make the jump to race equipment.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Emma's sailing background

4:05 Foil progression on AXIS

9:15 Jumping to a race wing

16:55 Training approach

21:30 Gear plans

The 2026 Wing Foil World Cup Türkiye just wrapped up and there is a lot to unpack. Kamil Manowiecki took the win with a bold solo split in the final race, Vaina Picot claimed the women's title despite pollution in the water, and Mathis Ghio delivered a serious redemption result with a third place on the new V3.

We break down the gear strategy driving the fleet right now, including the insight that is quietly reshaping how the top riders think about foil and wing selection. It is not biggest wing, smallest foil. It is minimum wing to unlock your smallest foil, and the difference matters more than you think.

Clips and interviews featuring Francesco Capuzzo, Ernesto De Amicis, Sean Herbert, Kamil Manowiecki, and Vaina Picot.

Topics covered:

• Gong holding the line on semi-dual skin design while the rest of the fleet moves to full dual skin
• Ernesto's 9-knot threshold for foil selection and what happens if the wing limit drops to 6.5m
• Sean Herbert choosing between three foil options and why he ended up on the 424
• The "minimum wing to unlock smallest foil" insight and why it changes how you build your quiver
• Long distance racing day one: varied conditions around an island, wing changes between races
• Women's fleet: Vaina and Maddalena trading wins, plastic bags in the water
• The pumping battle vs muscular racing shift as the breeze builds
• Start line aggression and why your engine matters as much as your position
• Mathis Ghio's redemption arc on the new Ozone V3
• The mark rounding that shows just how tight the front pack has become
• Kamil's final race split and why committing to it was the difference
• Equipment stats: foil and wing brand breakdown across the men's top 20 and women's top 10

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TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 Intro: Kamil's winning split

0:41 Francesco Capuzzo: Gong wing design

2:31 Ernesto: foil selection strategy

5:39 Sean Herbert: three foil options

7:35 Minimum wing, smallest foil insight

9:29 Day 1 racing begins

11:47 Kamil: long distance course

12:45 Women's fleet recap

14:38 Lighter wind days

15:24 Ernesto: pumping vs muscular racing

17:32 Start line aggression

18:41 Mathis Ghio redemption arc

21:44 The level is rising 22:16 Kamil's final race split

23:46 Equipment stats

26:35 Outro

Ava Hider is the X15 Class Manager at Starboard, and she's been at the center of one of the most ambitious development programs in wing foiling right now. We cover everything from how the class chose its equipment, to the racing format they're still refining, to why one design might be the key to getting wing foiling into the Olympics.

If you've been following the Formula Wing side of racing and wondering what's happening on the one design front, this one fills in a lot of gaps.

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TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Ava's Background

04:34 X15 Class Gear

17:03 Racing Format

20:20 Gear at Events

27:29 Squads and Pathway

31:23 Olympic Potential

Ernesto De Amicis finished second overall at the Wing Foil European Championships in Naples, on home waters, in his last year of high school. In this episode we get into how he got there: his windsurfing roots, a pump foiling world record, the custom board he helped design, and why strategy is the one thing still separating him from the very top.

We also break down the gear landscape at the Europeans, which wings stood out, how the gap between brands has closed, and why 2025 might be the most open world title race yet.

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Timestamps:

00:00 Introduction

00:45 Background in water sports

01:40 Training habits and rise through the ranks

03:42 Balancing school and foiling

04:43 Plans after school

05:06 Pump foiling world record

07:47 Pump foiling as race cross-training

09:17 Board design for the Europeans

11:01 Board volume selection

13:27 Rounded rocker explained

15:27 Wing size selection

16:58 Foil selection

19:08 Conditions at the Europeans

21:16 What went well

22:58 Areas to improve

25:16 The brand convergence in wing foiling

29:41 World title contenders

30:21 What's next

31:25 Shoutouts

Julien Rattotti just won the Formula Wing European Championship in Naples, and he's here to break down exactly how he did it.

We get into his winter training block with the French team, developing the Zaoli wing alongside engineers from Turin University, his Levitaz R6 V1 setup for light wind racing, and why he's pushing for a 6.5m wing limit under IWSA Class Rules.

Julien also opens up about competing across racing, big air and free fly slalom, what it's like to drop off foil in 8 knots when you're not sure you'll get back up, and what he's gunning for at DEFI, where 800 riders line up on the same start line.