SUP Foil & Downwind Introduction

SUP foil combines paddling and foiling, opening the door to a sport where you can glide over the water for kilometres without stopping.

📅 Fri 5 June 2026 - Sun 7 June 2026

📍 Vattunokka / Marina, HSK, Vattuniemen puistotie 1, Helsinki

This is not the easiest way to start foiling, but it may be the most rewarding.

• Learn about the sport, equipment and technique on site
• Watch demos and talk with enthusiasts
• Possibility to try the sport during the weekend
• Part of a wider weekend of foiling

During the Maritime Helsinki weekend, you can discover SUP foiling, a sport that rewards patience and opens up a completely new way to move on water.

In SUP foiling, you start by paddling until the board rises onto the foil. The moment the glide begins is unlike anything else: quiet, smooth and surprisingly fast.

This is not the easiest foil sport to begin with, but that is exactly why it is attracting more and more people. Once learned, it opens the door to downwind foiling, where more experienced enthusiasts travel long distances on open water, at best even tens or hundreds of kilometres in a single session.

During the weekend, you can drop by at any time to learn about the sport, the equipment and how to get started. You will see the sport in practice and can talk with enthusiasts about what learning feels like and what it takes.

Try-outs may also be organised during the weekend, depending on conditions and availability. More detailed times and bookings will be published separately on the event page, linked at the end of the text.

SUP foil is part of the wider range of foil sports brought to the event by Lappis, including wingfoil, pumpfoil, e-foil and scootfoil. On one beach, you can see the different ways to move over water and discover which one appeals to you most.

The event takes place at HSK’s surf beach in cooperation with HSK, as part of a wider weekend of water sports.

Lappis brings the expertise and equipment to the event. We have everything you need to get started, along with practical experience of how progress develops from the first metres to longer glides.

We do not just sell gear, we help you progress in the sport.

Opening hours

Fri 5 June, 14:00–18:00
Sat 6 June, 12:00–16:00
Sun 7 June, 12:00–16:00

Come by to learn about the sport and see where it can take you:
👉 lappis.fi/merellinen-helsinki-2026

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