World Champions to be crowned in Freefly-Slalom, SFT World Tour with World Cups in two disciplines

GWA Wingfoil World Cup Abu Dhabi 2025

SFT E-Foil World Cup Abu Dhabi 2025

October 25th - November 2nd, 2025, Abu Dhabi (UAE)

Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will make history this autumn as it hosts the GWA Wingfoil World Cup for the first time, marking the grand finale of the 2025 FreeFly-Slalom season. Leading the charge are two-time defending world champions, Nia Suardiaz, of Spain, and Francesco Cappuzzo, of Italy, who head to Abu Dhabi leading the rankings. With the season’s final stop still wide open, both athletes will need flawless performances to secure their third consecutive titles. Cappuzzo has the French pair of Bastien Escofet and Julien Rattotti, ranked second and third respectively, breathing down his neck. Similarly, Suardiaz has a good lead after winning two events from two. But France’s Kylie Belloeuvre is close behind in the rankings after taking two second places. Belloeuvre has shown she has the pace to beat Suardiaz and was frustrated that she could not make it stick in the final in Fuerteventura. Others like Spain’s Mar de Arce and Austria’s Viola Lippitsch, who are ranked three and four, are also within touching distance of Suardiaz ready to pounce on any mistake the teenager might make.

The SFT Surf Foil World Tour will stage its SFT Wake Foil and E-Foil World Cups for the first time in the Middle East at the Fahid Island Watersports Festival. The final stop of the 2025 SFT E-Foil season will decide the world tour title. E-Foil racing demands speed, technique, and finesse, with tight courses testing the best. Justin Chait (USA) leads, with Jacob Ranney (USA), Corey Merlot (USA), Christophe Ballois (FRA), and Ben Miller (USA) all still in contention. The SFT Wake Foil World Cup is a single decisive event to crown the first Wake Foil World Tour Champion. Athletes will perform behind the boat, judged on technique, style, and power.