PENSACOLA
FEBRUARY 24-MARCH 2, 2025
FOILING SAILBOAT RACES
The boats: MOTH, WASZP, NACRA 15FCS, BIRDYFISH, A CLASS, SKEETA, F101, FLYING PHANTOM, WHISPER, IFLY, UFO
FOILING BOARD RACES
The Foiling Board disciplines: X-15, IQfoil, Open Kite, Open Wing, Pump, eFoil, Wake, Downwind, and Surf.
ON-WATER DEMOS
Are you itching to try the latest hydrofoiling sailboats, eboards, and the full range of foiling water toys? This is the place!
SYMPOSIA
Hydrofoiling for speed, energy economy, and job creation – these are a few of the topics to be presented!
SAILING FILM FESTIVAL
Foiling boats and flying sailors make for exciting video and Sail Pensacola will push it one step further into a juried short-film competition!
FOOD & FUN!
Food and musical entertainment throughout the foiling festival of North America – FOILING WEEK PENSACOLA!
Even if you were in Pensacola or at the Beach for Foiling Week Pensacola, you could not have possibly taken it all in, so here’s the seven days of recaps!
Foiling Week Pensacola wrapped up a historic week of racing, festivals, Mardi Gras, and community engagement in the largest foiling event in North America. Foiling Week Pensacola ran from February 24 to March 2, 2025. The Pensacola Bay, Gulf coast, and Santa Rosa Sound delivered wind, water and waves that captured athlete and industry attention as a true epicenter of foiling sports.
The event was notable for many ‘firsts”:
FIRST Foiling Boat and Board Festival in North America!
The first foiling festival in North America to host foiling board disciplines along with foiling sailboats. This combination of foiling boats and boards represents the unique state of North American foiling and distinguishes Pensacola as the perfect host venue for future foiling boat and board events. The event activated notable collaborations including the Surf Foil World Tour, the Foil Surf Race League, the eFoil Racing League, U.S. Sailing Association, and World Sailing.
FIRST Pensacola Festival to activate FIVE epicenters!
The first festival in Pensacola to simultaneously activate five epicenters of activity, including: Pensacola Yacht Club for launching, sailor briefings, youth engagement and women’s clinics; Pensacola Beach Yacht Club for the all-event welcome party; Pensacola’s Community Maritime Park and Marina, which hosted the public race village, pump, efoil and wing foil racing; Quietwater Beach (Pensacola Beach) for launching wing, kite, pump, efoil, and downwind foiling board races along with exhibitor booths; and Hilton Pensacola Beach which hosted the foil surf competition, exhibitor booths, and a historic surf therapy session in the Gulf surf!
FIRST Foiling Festival Collaboration with Mardi Gras!
The first time a foiling festival coincided with Mardi Gras, creating novel experiences for Foiling Week participants and a historic amalgamation of Pensacola Mardi Gras and foiling (thanks Mardi!).
FIRST Green Team Committee Assembled for Event Sustainability!
The first time local and regional sustainability experts joined forces to create a sustainability plan for a sailing event that established targets and methods for future events.
FIRST Sailing (Foiling) Film Festival in Pensacola (and North America!)
The first film festival in Pensacola (Foiling Film Festival) to focus on sailing and foiling film specifically, activating Phinneas Phogg’s as a film venue.
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FIRST U.S. Foiling Week Business Forum!
The first business forum to unite local economic development leaders with overseas executives to explore opportunities for U.S. expansion starting in Pensacola.
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