FEMALE SAILOR
For the best female foiling sailor of a single-handed boat or board.
PRESENTING PARTNER
FOILING AWARDS WINNERS
Explore each category to reveal this year’s winners.
- Female sailor
- Male sailor
- Sailing team
- Innovation technology
- Sustainability
- Project
- Foiling event
- Foiling pathway
- Production motor boat
- Commercial project
- Commercial vessel
- One-off sailing or powered yacht
- Production sailing boat
- Boards and water-toys
- Special prize
- Future Impact Award
- Forlanini Award
Victoria Schultheis
Moth Female World Champion, Switch Female Global Champion
Enzo Balanger
Moth World Champion
MALE SAILOR
For the best male foiling sailor of a single-handed boat or board.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Emirates Great Britain SailGP Team
SailGP 2025 Season Champions
SAILING TEAM
For the best foiling achievement of a crew.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Evolo
INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY
For the best foiling technical advancement and/or solution (hull excluded), applicable on sailing and/or powered vessels or boards.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Avel'MiniLab sustainable hydrofoils: LMPAEKtm innovation
SUSTAINABILITY
For the best foiling idea, invention, design and/or initiative, significantly reducing environmental impact.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Ferrari Hypersail
PROJECT
For the best project of a sailing or powered vessel still in the design phase.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Defi Wind – Gruissan
FOILING EVENT
For the best foiling event (if a series of events in multiple locations, only single events are considered).
PRESENTING PARTNER
FOILING BASE CADIZ POWERED BY SAILGP INSPIRE
FOILING PATHWAY
For the National Federation or Organization that realized the best foiling development and accessibility initiative.
PRESENTING PARTNERS
Blue Game – BGF45
PRODUCTION MOTOR BOAT
For the best foiling engine powered craft already in production and being sailed (prototype or boat 1 built at minimum).
PRESENTING PARTNER
Penguin Princess Fast Crew Boat
COMMERCIAL VESSEL
For the best foiling vessel, already launched and sailing, intended for Public transportation, SAR, pilot or other professional or work use.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Gitana 18
ONE-OFF SAILING OR POWERED YACHT
For the best foiling vessel not intended for commercial production, already in a prototype or testing/commissioning phase.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Flyte
PRODUCTION SAILING BOAT
For the best foiling sailing craft already in production and being sailed (prototype or boat 1 built at minimum).
PRESENTING PARTNER
Fliteboard RACE
BOARDS AND WATER-TOYS
For the best foiling board or water-toy powered by human, wind or motor.
PRESENTING PARTNER
Nikolas Plytas
For landing the first ever double loop on a foiling board
SPECIAL PRIZE
The Special Prize is awarded to an individual, team or project that has made an extraordinary contribution to the progression of foiling, recognizing unique achievements, innovation or milestones that push the boundaries of the sport.
Gitana 18
FUTURE IMPACT AWARD
Assigned by an independent panel of foiling and sailing journalists and editors.
This award recognises the Foiling Awards nominee with the strongest potential to shape the next phase of foiling, through a step-change in performance, accessibility, safety, sustainability or commercial viability, showing clear signals of scalability and long-term impact beyond a single season.
Enzo Balanger
FORLANINI AWARD
The overall prize awarded to the best winner of the current editon by a jury composed by past award winners Sam Street, Antonio Alquezar – CEO Los Gallos SailGP Team, Mathias Heinonen – Foilone, Ferdinand Van West – Morrelli Melvin, Pierre Rhimbault – Birdyfish
Previous winners
2025 – Erwan Jauffroy
2024 – WASZP Class
2023 – SailGP