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SailGP: How the Season Works and What It Looks Like From Trackside
SailGP launched in 2019 with a format designed to make professional sailing comprehensible and watchable from shore: nation-versus-nation fleet racing on identical F50 hydrofoiling catamarans at speeds exceeding 50 knots. The season visits a rotating set of city harbours, and the racing — fast, loud, and occasionally spectacular in its drama — is among the most accessible high-level sailing events to attend in person. Here is how the series is structured and what you actually see when you show up.
By ZealZag TeamWingfoil Equipment Explained: What the Wing, Board, and Foil Actually Do
Wingfoiling combines a handheld inflatable wing, a hydrofoil mast and fuselage, and a board designed to get the foil into the water. Each component makes specific compromises. Understanding what the numbers on a wing canopy, a foil's aspect ratio, and a board's volume rating mean in practice helps you avoid buying the wrong equipment for where you are in your progression.
By ZealZag TeamHow Wing Foiling Reinvented Wind-Powered Sport in Five Years
Wing foiling appeared as a commercial product in 2019. By 2022 it had arguably the highest growth rate of any water sport in the world. The reasons why it spread so fast — and where it sits now in the broader ecology of foil sports — illuminate something about how equipment-dependent disciplines evolve and who drives adoption.
By ZealZag Team