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19 WINNERS CROWNED AT FOILING WEEK PENSACOLA 2025
March 4th, 2025
19 winners have been crowned and the inaugural Foiling Week Pensacola has come to a close after seven days of racing, community events, and social engagements.
HALFWAY POINT FOR INAUGURAL FOILING WEEK PENSACOLA, USA’S GIVEN WINS KITE FOIL REGATTA
February 28th, 2025
The kite foil regatta officially hit the books as the first regatta of Foiling Week Pensacola and was joined by a host of other special events to complete an impressive opening program for the inaugural week of festivities.
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FOILING WEEK FLOCKS TO PENSACOLA WITH HIGH-SPEED RACING AND COMMUNITY EVENTS
February 24th, 2025
The world-renowned Foiling Week is set to make a splash for the first time in Pensacola, Florida in an exciting expansion following 11 successful editions in Lake Garda, Italy. Running February 24 – March 2, the event is the first and only global event of its kind dedicated to a range of foiling boats and boards, bringing together athletes, designers, and manufacturers from across the globe.
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FOILING WEEK PENSACOLA – LESS THAN THREE MONTHS TO THE START
December 10th, 2024
Excitement is building for the first-ever Foiling Week Pensacola 2025, the premier international foiling regatta and World Sailing Special Event, taking place in less than three months in Florida’s Panhandle (24 February – 2 March).
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NEW FAST FOILING BOARD CLASSES ADDED TO FOILING WEEK PENSACOLA 2025 LINE-UP
November 11th, 2024
Foiling Week Pensacola 2025’s line-up has been bolstered with the addition of three fast-foiling boards and an ‘open’ class discipline, taking it to fourteen classes participating so far. Registrations are now open at www.foilingweek.com.
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ENTRIES OPEN FOR FOILING WEEK PENSACOLA 2025
October 24th, 2024
With four months to go, entries are now open for Foiling Week Pensacola 2025, the multi-class “World Sailing Special Event” to be held in Florida from February 24th to March 2nd 2025.
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RAISING FUNDS FOR YOUNG SAILORS OF THE AZORES
August 26th, 2024
Over the past few months, we have been working to support young sailors of the Azores Islands. The aim is to set up courses in nautical construction techniques, with the goal of promoting the ancient whaling culture in a sustainable way and creating a whale sanctuary in the Atlantic archipelago, capable of attracting tourism and creating jobs.
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FOILING WEEK MALCESINE 2024 – ENZO BALANGER WINS MOTH CLASS
June 30th, 2024
The eleventh edition of Foiling Week ended today, more than 380 sailors traveled to Lake Garda to participate to the first and unique global event committed to the amazingly fast foiling boats and boards, their sailors, designers, manufacturers and followers.
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A RECORD NUMBER OF BOATS AT FOILING WEEK MALCESINE
June 27th, 2024
Foiling Week 2024 opened its doors and immediately set new records as the most participated event of 2024 of the International Moth Class with 100 boats, and the second-highest participation of the year (after Worlds) in a WASZP event (107 boats and registrations sold out less than two hours after their opening in May).
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THE GLOBAL EVENT DEDICATED TO FOILING IS READY TO GO ON STAGE
June 12th, 2024
From June 24th to 30th, the racing show will be granted by some of the hottest foiling classes, gathering more than 500 sailors from all over the world in Malcesine. On June 28th an epic Downwind Race, open to any foiling board with any motor propulsion, will be run from Arco to Malcesine.
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SETTING SAIL FOR SUCCESS, PENSACOLA WELCOMES “FOILING WEEK” TO AMERICAN WATERS
May 3rd, 2024
Pensacola is set to make waves in the world of hydro foiling as it prepares to host the first Foiling Week Pensacola, a seven-day celebration of the future of watercraft mobility. This international sailing event will make its debut from February 24 to March 2, 2025, marking a significant milestone for the maritime community.
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THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF FOILING WEEK IS A WRAP – A NEW RECORD OF PARTICIPANTS IS SET
July 5th, 2023
With the 10th anniversary of Foiling Week having come to an end, sailors, organizers and partners are looking back at ten beautiful competition days in eight exciting classes, as the Waszp, Moth, ETF26, 69F, Flying Phantom, Wingfoil, IQFoil and SuMoth teams foiled on the Lake Garda in front of Fraglia Vela Malcesine.
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FOILING WEEK GIVES BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH EDUCATION, INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABILITY EFFORTS
July 4th, 2023
Giving back to the community through education, innovation and sustainability, is an important aspect for Foiling Week and is implemented in different ways with the support of many of its partners and exhibitors.
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FOILING CELEBRITIES CJ PEREZ, GILES SCOTT, EMILY NAGEL AND SIMONE SALVÀ AT THE STARTING LINE OF THE ANNIVERSARY EDITION
July 2nd, 2023
The second half of the 10th edition of Foiling Week started today with 76 Moths on Lake Garda. While already being treated to Olympic, Ocean Race and SailGP talent this past week in the ETF26, Waszp and 69F classes, there are definitely more sailing celebrities to impress us on the race course in the next few days.
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FIRST WEEK OF RACING CONCLUDES AT 2023 FOILING WEEK – NOT JUST RACING AT LAKE GARDA
July 1st, 2023
As the first half of Foiling Week is wrapping up, organizers look back at great racing in the Waszp, ETF26, 69F and IQFoil classes with their final day of racing taking place today. With more racing in the Moth, Wing and Flying Phantom classes starting tomorrow, the 2023 Foiling Week continues to offer fierce competition, lots of camaraderie and a lot of community efforts.
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HANNAH MILLS AND FRANCK CAMMAS ON THE STARTING LINE OF THE 10TH EDITION
June 28th, 2023
The 10th anniversary edition of Foiling Week kicked off racing with the Waszp and ETF26 classes on Lake Garda this Tuesday afternoon. With many familiar and famous faces participating in previous editions of Foiling Week, this year some of the rock stars of sailing have made their way to Malcesine to be part of this unique event.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOILING WEEK
June 15th, 2023
On the shores of the Garda Lake near the town of Malcesine, on June 23rd 2014, the future global reference event for foiling enthusiasts from all over the world took its first steps. Since then, nine editions have been held in Italy, two in Australia and two in the United States, plus a Special Event lasting almost two months in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) last year.
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A RECORD BREAKING FOILING WEEK
July 4th, 2022
The ninth Italian edition of FOILING WEEK has come to an end. 175 registered boats divided into five racing classes and more than two thousand people visiting the Fraglia Vela Malcesine between athletes, coaches and guests. Perfect weather conditions allowed spectacular challenges in the waters in front of Fraglia Vela Malcesine and an average of five races per day per class, thus completing the program.
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SPRINT ENTRIES – RECORD NUMBER OF ENTRIES FOR THE NINTH EDITION
June 29th, 2022
Foiling Week 2022 regattas begin tomorrow, June 30, and until Sunday, July 3, Fraglia Vela Malcesine will host more than 200 foilers from 21 nations around the world. For the first time in nine editions, the organizers found themselves forced to impose a maximum limit on entries, confirming the growing attention this kermesse continues to receive from flying boat enthusiasts around the world.
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FOILING WEEK 2022 – ON GARDA IN LATE JUNE, THE WEEK OF THE FLYING BOATS
June 15th, 2022
From June 30 to July 3, Malcesine on Lake Garda will host the FOILING WEEK, the premier event for sailors, technicians, and sailing 3.0 enthusiasts from around the world.
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