The SFT World Tour is closing. Season in Mauritius is finally starting. It is getting warmer!
New world champions just got crowned in Menton. Below: the race film, the boards behind those titles, and an easy entry if you (or a friend) are starting out.
Watch the Menton stop
Spain’s Manel Arpa is the 2026 SFT E-Foil World Champion. He sealed it at Menton by winning Men Pro ahead of 2025 champion Justin Chait. Women’s title: Agnes Wicander.
Follow them: Manel · Justin · Agnes
Hit play for Menton / French Riviera finale footage: buoy lines, high-speed heats, and the last stop of the season.
Official highlights from the SFT YouTube channel are not online yet. This is the Menton / Riviera event film currently available.
Manel’s LIFTX 4’3 with LIFT5 power
Manel is Team Lift. He races a red LIFTX 4’3. Instead of the standard LIFTX mast with the 55 mm propulsion built for wave riding, he ran the more powerful 68 mm LIFT5 propulsion on that board.
That is the awesome part of the Lift Connect System: it is modular. Put a LIFT5 mast on a LIFTX for more power, or run the lightweight LIFTX battery with an adapter in a LIFT5. Mix what you need for the session.
LIFT5 F: easier entry, same LCS feel
New to efoiling? LIFT5 F Sport is the friendlier door into Lift: fibreglass board, aluminium mast, same electronics and LCS experience, from Rs 549,000.
Fliteboard RACE: Justin’s weapon
Justin Chait pushed Manel to the wire on Flite’s RACE: carbon, custom impeller, up to 55 km/h. From Rs 899,000 at OceanFly if you want the start-line board.
AIR: first flights, boat days, friends
Recommend efoiling to someone new? Fliteboard AIR is the inflatable entry: tough, packable, from Rs 479,000. ICON stays the all-rounder if they want a hardboard.
Warm season = best time to fly
Water is getting warmer. Best window to upgrade your setup, or recommend efoiling to a friend who has been watching from the beach.
This page is the web archive of the September 2026 OceanFly email newsletter.
