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PART TWO THE WINGFOIL RACING BLUEPRINT At only 20 years of age, Mathis has reached incredible heights already in the world of Wingfoil racing. In the second part of the series, Mathis takes us through his personal aspirations for the future and shares what it takes if you are keen to up your wingfoiling game. He also gives us an insight into some of the exciting innovations coming up next from Ocean Rodeo.  > We hear you're using a special bladder from ALUULA on your struts...what is the difference you’ve noticed?  Since using the ALUULA bladder on my strut, I’ve...

PART ONE THE WINGFOIL RACING BLUEPRINT With an incredible number of wins under his belt already, Ocean Rodeo’s team rider Mathis Ghio is unquestionably one of the best wingfoil racers on the planet. He’s also, right now, the fastest… As the reigning World Wingfoil Race Champion, Mathis continues to bag gold at almost every race he attends. Having won the Wingfoil Racing World Cup in Abu Dhabi and the GWA Wingfoil World Cup FreeFly-Slalom in Leucate earlier this year, the Frenchman then claimed the European title at the inaugural WingFoil Racing Europeans, held in Athens. [podium image if it works]...

MATHIS GHIO WINS IN ABU DHABI After three days of intense racing in Abu Dhabi, Ocean Rodeo team rider and reigning Wingfoil World Cup Race Champion claimed 1st place once again. Mathis stamped his mark on the event from the outset with his incredible consistency, scoring a perfect six bullets out of six races on day 2 of the event. Day 3 brought some difficult light wind conditions, but the Frenchman scored six victories out of eight races, securing his lead position and the gold medal. Powered by in-stock A-Series Glide, Mathis hardly switched equipment during the race, proving the...

This year’s final stop in the GWA Wingfoil World Cup was in Brazil and we caught up with Mathis who tells us more about the event…  Tell us about the Surf-Slalom Championships in Brazil… The last stop of the GWA Wingfoil World Cup was in Taiba, Brazil and we had some great races. The conditions were extremely windy and extremely wavy for this competition, but at least we were in Brazil winging in board shorts at the end of November which is a cool feeling!  The format was great, with a mix of reaches, pumping downwind without the power of...

Ghio takes 1st place in the Surf-Slalom Ocean Rodeo team rider Mathis Ghio has once again blown away the competition, flying right to top of the podium in the Men’s Race at the Freestyle Cup held at Cavalaire in France. The French rider rode like a bullet, hitting almost 30 knots on his 4m ALUULA-powered A-Series Glide and left no doubt as to who was the fastest around the racetrack! With incredible speed, and in any wind conditions, Mathis has been dominating the race podiums this year. The highlight occurred earlier this summer where, in light conditions, he won the...