The Wing Foil Debrief

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...

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 perspectiv...

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,...

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 p...

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...

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...

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...

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 w...

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 Europe...

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 comp...

Dante Olivieri is the coach behind some of Australia's most exciting young wing foil racers, and this episode is exactly the energy injection the show needed. We cover his journey from flying ants and 16-foot skiffs through to becoming the default wing foil coach for New South Wales - and why he thinks the psychological side of racing is 95% of the job. Dante breaks down the order every racer shou...

Josh Bull, athlete manager at PPC, joins the show to talk about the brand's approach to building race-winning gear and what they actually look for when supporting athletes. We cover the full dual skin trimming technique most riders get wrong, board sizing and construction including some air-inside prototypes in development, and Josh's take on where wing foiling is heading as a competitive class. J...

Jeremiah McDonald, the guy who keeps coming to Australia and winning the Aussie Nationals, sits down fresh off the New Zealand Nationals to talk about his approach to racing at the top level. We cover his philosophy of chasing the performance edge in his gear choices regardless of the trade-offs, the details behind the steel mast he was running at the Nationals, and why he made the jump from frees...

Kamil Manowiecki, Vice World Champion in wing foiling, sits down fresh off winning the New Zealand Nationals to talk about what it actually takes to compete at the top of the sport. We cover the mentality shift that turned his event around after a rough start, his journey from Optimist sailing through windsurfing and IQ Foil to wing foiling, and the decision to walk away from a fully funded Olympi...

A deep dive into the gear shaping the front of wing foil racing fleets right now. This episode breaks down the wings, foils, and board setups dominating at the elite level - including the full dual skin vs semi-dual skin battle, why yaw stability is the defining factor in race foil design, and the emerging metal mast technology that Jeremiah McDonald and Sean Herbert were both running at a recent...

Welcome to The Wing Foil Debrief, a new format exploring high performance wing foiling from a racing perspective. Expect insights from world class riders, honest gear discussion, and real talk about technique and technology that applies to every level of foiler. In this episode I introduce the show and preview what's coming at the 2026 NZ Nationals, the gear, the riders, and what to watch for. New...