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AXIS Dock 880 carbon pump board
DOCK 880: the most direct pump board we have made
Shorter, 300 g lighter than the Dock Carbon 899, flatter rocker, no deck pad: the Dock 880 in detail. Read more...
The 2026 AXIS black aluminium mast range
The 2026 AXIS Black aluminium mast system: masts, base plate and Doodads
The stiffest aluminium mast on the market gets a re-engineered base plate and Doodad, all in black. What changed, what fits what, and what is backwards compatible. Read more...
AXIS Foil Drive Pocket Trench 60L
Pocket Trench 50 and 60: the AXIS Foil Drive board for every rider
Two new sizes of the Pocket Trench, a sizing guide by rider weight, and the Foil Drive compatibility notes you need before ordering. Read more...
AXIS Frank Mako 2 downwind foilboard
MAKO 2: everything you liked about the Mako, easier, faster and more capable
The nose, the rocker and the deck: what changed on the Mako 2 and why it matters with today's smaller, faster foils. Read more...
AXIS Power Carbon FATTY Integrated E-Foil Mast 800
Power Carbon FATTY Integrated E-Foil Mast: built for the loads of powered foiling
The FATTY platform comes to e-foiling: why the loads are different, and what the integrated cable changes. Read more...
AXIS Surge 1240
SURGE 1240: big wing lift, downwind glide, SURGE carving
The biggest SURGE yet: why we grew the aspect ratio with the size, how it compares with the Fireball 1350, Spitfire 1180 and PNG v2 1300, and where it fits. Read more...
AXIS Surge 1240
New from AXIS: everything we launched at AWSI 2026
Surge 1240, the FATTY integrated e-foil mast, Mako 2, Dock 880, Pocket Trench 50 and 60, the black aluminium mast system and the Ultrashort Ti Link adapter: the full AWSI... Read more...
Marnie Bertram on the Surf Foil World Tour pump foil world champions podium, 2026
Marnie Bertram is the 2026 SFT Pump Foil World Champion
Three event wins and a second place across the Surf Foil World Tour season: at 16, Marnie Bertram takes the pump foil world title on the Surge. Read more...
AXIS Foil Drive Pocket Trench 40L
Pocket Trench 40L: the foil-assist quiver killer
Why the pocket and the trench make such a difference to starts and touchdowns, with a video walkthrough of the technology and the dos and don'ts. Read more...
AXIS Progressive rear wing
Stab in the dark: which AXIS stabiliser is right for you?
Progressive, Skinny or Surf Skinny: the cheapest change you can make to your foil, and how to pick the right one. Read more...
Luke Atkinson boosting an air on the AXIS Surge 830, Western Australia. Photo Shannon Stent
Hype Man: Luke Atkinson and the Surge 830 in Western Australia
A Foiling Magazine Red Letter Day feature: Luke Atkinson, Shannon Stent and a perfect day on the AXIS Surge 830 in Western Australia. Read more...
Matt Davies on a speed run behind the ski at Akuna Bay, Sydney, on the AXIS Tempo
The Need for Speed: 81.4 km/h on the AXIS Tempo
Matt Davies tells Foiling Magazine how he set the foil speed record at Akuna Bay on an AXIS Tempo, Ti Link and Skinny Link. Read more...
The AXIS Surge range, from the 740 up to the 1240
Inbound: the AXIS Surge, in the words of the design team
Foiling Magazine quizzes the AXIS team on the Surge: the high-camber profile, the gross moustache, roll, and which rear wing to pair it with. Read more...
AXIS Foil Drive integrated carbon masts, Ultra High Modulus and High Modulus
Tested: AXIS Foil Drive Integrated Carbon Masts
Foiling Magazine's test team on the AXIS UHM and HM integrated Foil Drive masts: pod position, assembly, and which carbon grade to choose. Read more...
AXIS Tempo 890
Hawaii downwind season: the Koa Kai roundup
M2M in fierce conditions, an M2O where 37 of 123 did not finish, ten AXIS riders in the top 20, and what trickles down from racing to your gear. Read more...
Kai Thompson at the finish, Koa Kai Triple Crown 2026
Kai Thompson second overall in the Koa Kai Triple Crown 2026
Fourth at the Molokai 2 Oahu, second overall across the three races, and a Maliko run record on stock gear. Read more...
The AXIS crew in Hawaii, 2026
Trent Gordon wins the Maui to Molokai over-40s, 2026
A division win in the fierce conditions of the 2026 Pailolo Channel crossing. Read more...
The AXIS crew in Hawaii, 2026
Kaiwi Loui second in the Maui to Molokai under-18s, 2026
A youth podium in the Pailolo Channel for one of the next generation of AXIS downwind racers. Read more...
The AXIS crew in Hawaii, 2026
Dave Kissane wins the Maui to Molokai over-50s, 2026
Second in 2024, first in 2026: Dave Kissane tops the over-50s in the Pailolo Channel. Read more...
Raiarii Fadier off Diamond Head, Molokai 2 Oahu 2026
Raiarii Fadier second overall at the Molokai 2 Oahu 2026
Second across the Ka'iwi Channel in a year when 37 of 123 starters did not finish. Read more...
The U19 podium at the 2026 US Wing Foil Nationals, St. Francis Yacht Club
Holland Vierling second in the under-19s at the 2026 US Wing Foil Nationals
Second U19 and ninth overall on San Francisco Bay in his first big wing foil class race, on AXIS foils. Read more...
Livio Menelau with the winner's lei after the Molokai 2 Oahu 2026
Livio Menelau takes the Molokai 2 Oahu 2026
Something Livio has chased for years: the win in the Channel of Bones, in a glassy year where line choice was everything. Read more...
Kai Thompson racing the Pailolo Channel, Maui to Molokai 2026. Photo Larry Foiler
Kai Thompson third in the Maui to Molokai 2026
Race one of the Triple Crown: an awesome battle through the Pailolo Channel and a podium to start the journey to Oahu. Read more...
Kai Thompson
Kai Thompson third at the Paddle Imua 2026
Another podium on the Maliko run, the short, intense opener of Maui race week. Read more...
Michael Scholes on the top step of the Paddle Imua wing foil podium, 2026
Michael Scholes wins the wing foil division at the Paddle Imua 2026
First place in wing foil on the Maliko run for the New Zealander, on AXIS foils. Read more...
Marnie Bertram racing at the SFT World Cup, Lake Garda
Marnie Bertram wins pump foil and downwind at the SFT World Cup, Lake Garda
Top step in the dock-start pump race, then the downwind SUP foil win too, beating nearly all the men in the process. Read more...
Jurij Scheibler, third in the men's dock-start pump foil, SFT World Cup Lake Garda
Jurij Scheibler third in men's dock-start pump at the SFT World Cup, Lake Garda
A pump foil podium on the Tempo 960: probably the first time the world's fastest downwind foil has been raced in a pump event. Read more...
Dmitry Evseev on the top step, Masters parawing, SFT World Cup Cabarete 2026
Dmitry Evseev wins the Masters and is SFT Parawing Vice World Champion 2026
Mauritius local Dmitry Evseev takes first in the Masters division and second overall in the inaugural SFT Parawing World Tour. Read more...
Brian Tallarico
Brian Tallarico wins the Oahu Foil race series over-40s
Nineteen races, best six counting, and a division win in the longest of them: Turtle Bay to Mokuleia, roughly 20 miles. Read more...
AXIS at the King of the Bay event in Rewa, Poland
First place at King of the Bay, Rewa, on the Surge 740
AXIS arrives in Poland and wins the long-distance race, inflatable kitefoil category, on the Surge 740. Read more...