From April 7 to 14, the best international Wingfoil athletes will compete on the waves of the Mediterranean during the Mondial du Vent in Leucate La Franqui. [Partenariat]
The international board sports elite is expected at Leucate La Franqui in Aude from April 7 to 14, 2024 for the Mondial du Vent! Founded in 1996, the Mondial du Vent is the first wingfoil, kitesurfing, kitefoil and windsurfing event in France and has established itself as the reference event in these disciplines.
On the program for this 27th edition: the only French stage of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup with a freestyle event and a slalom event, a Game WINDSURF, the Sliding Village (11 to 14 April) with all its activities and activities and the test honestly…!
What is Wing Foil?
Wingfoil is the newest board sport, this sport consists of sliding on a board with a foil while it is propelled by an inflatable wing that is held directly in the hands.
Wingfoil is a daring fusion between windsurfing, kitesurfing, stand-up paddle and surffoil. Wingfoil has been in development for five years and continues to evolve thanks to technological advances and the democratization of foils.
The Mondial du Vent organizes the GWA Wingfoil World Cup in thejar of Leucate-La Franqui. The GWA is the association that will promote all aspects of wing foil and all sports that use a wing. This GWA Wingfoil World Cup will feature the best in the world for the disciplines of Surf-Freestyle and Freefly-Slalom.
Freestyle surfing : It is an expression discipline in which riders perform aerial figures. Thanks to the combined action of the foil and the wing, the rider can free himself from gravity by propelling himself several meters high to perform his figures. The front and back rotations (rear loop, front loop) are the most impressive, as the rider is upside down above the wing.
Freefly slalom : The participants set off together on a course with a starting line and a finish line, and must combine speed, strategy, water reading, jumps, tacking, pumping the kite and surfing without the ‘wing’.
A new windsurfing competition format : WINDSURF game
From April 12 to 14, in parallel with the Wingfoil events, the Game of WINDSURF will be held, inspired by the famous “Game of Skate des Berrics” in the USA. The Mondial du Vent team is reshaping this original competition format of fashion skateboarding. windsurfing.
The principle is simple: one rider proposes a trick that he must perform on the first attempt, the others must then take turns performing it. Anyone who falls will be penalized with a letter, first “W”, until WINDSURF is written. When this word is written, the rider is eliminated.
Strategy, courage and calm will be needed to achieve victory… the winner will be the one who has not used all his letters.
The Mondial du Vent is also a family event with fun activities, initiations and demonstrations of skateboarding, BMX and mountain bike trials.
A multitude of activities (pump track, skate, skimboard, face painting, elasto trampoline, baptisms of Polynesian canoes, sand sculptures, etc.) and shows (skateboarding, BMX, etc.) can be discovered at Village de la Glisse from April 11 to 14 .
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France 3 Occitanie is a partner of this event.
