Wingfoil World Champions to be crowned in Wave discipline

GWA Wingfoil World Cup Cape Verde 2025 powered by Armstrong Foils

March 13th - 21st, 2025, Sal (CPV)

Athletes in the hugely popular wingfoil Wave discipline are to be allowed to use the power of the wing in the swell for the first time in a move that has been hailed as a “game-changer” for the discipline and the sport. The rule change will be unveiled at the season opener in Cape Verde in March, promising a spectacular departure for the pure surfing discipline. Previously riders had to keep their wing in “neutral” on the wave face. Yet even the rule change will not move the discipline too far from its pure surfing roots. The biggest scores will still be awarded for long, radical wave rides, with the new moves not expected to figure too highly in the judges reckoning. Reigning world champions, Berzolla and Spain’s Elena Moreno, are set to open the defence of their titles in the legendary break of Ponta Preta.