Hi!

My name is Cindy Robert-Mauron,
I'm 27 and I'm a Swiss wingfoil athlete.

In real life, I'm an instrument technician in the surgical unit. But once I'm out of the hospital, all I can think about is wingfoiling.

It was in August 2021 that I met the sport that would change my life. As a family, my parents and I embarked on this challenging discipline which involves flying over water, powered by the wind. This magical sport is practiced on a board, to which is attached a fin that looks like a small plane and generates lift underwater. In your hands: a wing, an inflatable sail at the crossroads of kitesurfing and windsurfing.

Totally hooked on the feeling of lightness and freedom that wingfoil brings, I started riding on my Swiss lakes in all weathers, all seasons. Then, in 2022, I discovered that a GWA Wingfoil World Cup was being prepared in Silvaplana, in the Swiss Alps. Although I knew I didn't yet have the level of international athletes, I took the plunge. It was a fantastic first experience! I repeated the adventure the following year, at the Mondial du Vent in Leucate, France. Since then, competition has become part of my life, and I've had the opportunity to write about my early days in the world of racing in the specialist webzine TotalWing, as well as in the local press.