Windfoiling

Windfoiling (or foil windsurfing) is a surface water sport that is the hydrofoiling evolution of windsurfing, as well as typical sailing boats and sailing hydrofoils. It uses similar equipment to windsurfing with a normal or slightly evolved rig on a normal or specialist foil board.

Mechanics

The board has a hydrofoil mounted in the fin box. The hydrofoil lifts the board off the water and enables the rider to achieve improved speeds in light winds due to the reduced drag.^[1]^{[better source needed]}

The foil transmits a hydrodynamic lift force to the board, capable of lifting it out of the water. The goal is to reduce drag and increase performance.^{[need quotation to verify]}

Olympic event debut

Windfoiling debuted as an Olympic event in 2024.^[2]^[3] They used the Starboard IQFoil gear.^[4]^[5]

Events involving foiling

Event^[6]^[3]^[7]	Foiling Model
Men's Windsurfer Women's Windsurfer	IQFoil
Men's and Women's Kite	Formula Kite
Mixed Two Person Multihull	Nacra 17

References

↑ Jourdan, Romain (21 January 2021). "Windfoiling vs Windsurfing – Is Foil is the Future?". Wind Foil Zone. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
↑ O'connor, Philip (8 August 2021). "Olympics-Sailing-Old classes wave goodbye as sailing set for changes". Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
1 2 "Windfoiling included for 2024 Paris Olympics | Yachting New Zealand". www.yachtingnz.org.nz. 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
↑ Smith, Daniel (7 December 2020). "Paris 2024 decisions made by the International Olympic Committee". World Sailing. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
↑ Museler, Chris (25 February 2020). "Windfoiling: Meet the New Olympic Discipline". Sailing World. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
↑ "Paris 2024: IOC confirms Mixed Keelboat event is dropped from 2024 Olympic regatta". www.sail-world.com.
↑ "Olympic Sailing boats: Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing events explained". Yachting World. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

[1] Jourdan, Romain (21 January 2021). "Windfoiling vs Windsurfing – Is Foil is the Future?". Wind Foil Zone. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[2] O'connor, Philip (8 August 2021). "Olympics-Sailing-Old classes wave goodbye as sailing set for changes". Reuters. Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2023.

[:0-3] 1 2 "Windfoiling included for 2024 Paris Olympics | Yachting New Zealand". www.yachtingnz.org.nz. 4 November 2019. Archived from the original on 2022-01-22. Retrieved 2022-01-22.

[4] Smith, Daniel (7 December 2020). "Paris 2024 decisions made by the International Olympic Committee". World Sailing. Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[5] Museler, Chris (25 February 2020). "Windfoiling: Meet the New Olympic Discipline". Sailing World. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 18 March 2021.

[6] "Paris 2024: IOC confirms Mixed Keelboat event is dropped from 2024 Olympic regatta". www.sail-world.com.

[7] "Olympic Sailing boats: Paris 2024 Olympic Sailing events explained". Yachting World. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2025.

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Windfoiling

Contents

Mechanics

Olympic event debut

Events involving foiling

See also

References