Wingfoil Wave reinvents itself: Cape Verde revels in new rules and world champions

Attention, wingfoil fans!

SUELTALABARRA.com brings bombshell news from Cape Verde 🇨🇻. The 2025 GWA Wingfoil World Cup has witnessed a radical change in the Wave discipline, with more spectacle to be harnessed by the power of wingfoil. So, what will this be? Freestyle or Wave?

What happened? Well, now riders can use the power of the wing in the waves. Yes, you heard right. Goodbye to the neutral position and simulating the surfing discipline that is so exciting and contributes to this sailing sport, hello to front-flips, back-flips, and stratospheric jumps, going from flow to whiplash and freestyle. Álvaro Onieva, GWA Head Judge, has said it clearly: "It's a huge, revolutionary change." Whether we agree or not, and above all, will the rest of the world competitions follow suit or will we see different rules?

And some riders have already spoken out. Elena Moreno: Selfishly, I think it's going to be quite difficult because all the younger girls do backflips and things like that. They do a lot of tricks that I can't do today.

Elena Moreno couldn't make it to Ponta Preta (Kite Beach) in time, but the other riders thrilled with their performances. Cash Berzolla and Nia Suardiaz were crowned champions, but the competition was heated with the new rule.

Final results.

Men's Division:

Cash Berzolla (USA)

Finn Spencer (CAN)

Malo Guenole (FRA)

Liam Coralle (United States)

Women's Division:

Nia Suardiaz (ESP)

Moona Whyte (United States)

Annie Reickert (United States)

Francesca Maini (GBR)

Images 📸 @lukas_k_stiller and information source GWA

@niasuardiaz 2025 Wingfoil Wave World Title 🏆 “I’ve been trying to win this event for three years. It’s an incredible feeling to win the world title here in Ponta Preta,” said Nia Suardiaz.

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