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46 wingfoil racers from 12 countries and 5 continents
Shifty, gusty winds of 10 to 20 knots on Silvaplana, 1815 metres above sea level
Alessandro Tomasi wins both long distance races
Maddalena Spanu holds early lead in women’s fleet
 
Two long distance races made for a tough opening day for th riders competing on Lake Silvaplana at the Wingfoil Racing World Cup Ensis Engadinwing by Dakine 2023. In any surroundings the high-speed rabbit start is spectacular. But against the backdrop of the Swiss Alps, you couldn’t ask for a more beautiful way to start a wingfoil race

Wind fails to materialise for final day
Maddalena Spanu wins her first World Cup
World Champion Mathis Ghio continues his winning streak
Final qualifying spots decided for ANOC World Beach Games in Bali

Maddalena Spanu (ITA) and Mathis Ghio (FRA) were crowned champions after the breeze failed to materialise for the final day of the Pascucci WingFoil Racing World Cup Campione del Garda 2023.

One qualifying round completed for the men before the morning wind fades
Group wins for two French and two Italians
Fading breeze results in women’s race being abandoned
Tight qualifying battle for places at ANOC World Beach Games in Bali

Day three of the Pascucci WingFoil Racing World Cup Campione del Garda 2023 saw the 77 riders get up early again to catch the best of the Pelèr morning breeze.

77 riders compete off one moving start line for the long distance race
World Champion Mathis Ghio wins the race
Maddalena Spanu is first woman, while her brother Nicolo is second in the men
A second long distance race is started but later abandoned as wind fails

Day two of the Pascucci WingFoil Racing World Cup Campione del Garda 2023 was one for the Spanu family to remember. With all 77 riders starting from one rabbit start for the 30-minute long distance race, Maddalena Spanu won the women’s fleet and her brother Nicolo was second across the line in the men’s competition.

After a day of very little breeze on Lake Garda, the fleet will have to wait another day to begin the long distance race in the Pascucci WingFoil Racing World Cup Campione del Garda 2023.

The 77 riders woke up not long after dawn to catch the best of the morning breeze from the north of the lake, the Pelèr. This was the breeze that delivered four hours of good winging on the previous morning, but day one of competition was not blessed with the same strength or consistency of wind, neither from the Pelèr or the afternoon Ora.

4 days of long-distance and short-course racing out of Campione Univela on the western shore of Lake Garda
A vital qualifying event for the ANOC World Beach Games in Bali this summer
Open competition with a huge array of different equipment
77 competitors from 20 countries representing 6 continents
Some have come from as far as Venezuela, Thailand and New Zealand

The Pascucci WingFoil Racing World Cup Campione del Garda 2023 is about to begin, with four days of high speed action from 1 to 4 June.