Kamil Manowiecki

A few really well spent days in Sopot, lots of riding, testing gear and most importantly an amazing crew. Thanks to everyone for the time together and great vibes. Big thanks to @surf.people for providing equipment @fonepolska we managed to test the new Wing 6.0, Parawing 5.0 and pumpfoil. Also thanks to Max Wójcik for helping organize the whole camp at SKŻ. See you on the water. 🌊

Meantime in Sopot! ??? Had an amazing few days of training with my friends. Conditions definitely delivered, great team, a lot of banana faces, it was really special to share this passion with you!! We had a lot of equipment to play with, test wings from @fonepolska, the Strike QuadX which surprised everyone with how stiff it feels. Boys on pumpfoil had their first tries, see yourself how good they were !! @kriskimbler was rocking with the parawing on his first try!! Baltic Wingfoil Camp 2026 in the books, lets call it we a success ??

This could have ended very differently… Much better or worse.. I’m extremely grateful I’m alive with no damage or injury?? Less than 10 seconds before the start of my World Championship semifinal, I was coming into the line at almost 30 knots, more than twice the speed of some of the riders around me. Just as I was about to head up for the start, the rider directly in front of me suddenly bore away, which was a very dangerous move, as I was going directly into him… Pure instinct told me to jump to avoid the collision and suddenly found myself flying straight towards the race committee boat? Everything happened within fractions of a second. Somehow, while still in the air, I managed to change my trajectory enough to just miss the boat And the boat whose cockpit I almost landed in, from which the whole moment was captured by @sadamjodelski i, with balls of steel, didn’t even flinch I was flying straight towards him.. And of course @r_hajduk was once again in exactly the right place at the right time, while @shotbyarian it all from above? The jury later found the other rider at fault. But at that moment, none of that mattered. In this format, only the top 2 would advance to the Grand Final, and not finishing the race would have dropped me all the way to 7th overall… So I turned around and went hunting. I started more than 200 metres behind the fleet, but I knew I had the speed. By the first mark, I had already fought my way back to 3rd and was chasing the top two again. I gave absolutely everything until the very last metre. Unfortunately, I simply ran out of racecourse to finish the comeback. 3rd in the semifinal. P5 in the World. ??? And never gave up. Special thanks to @janiakcoaching for the coaching support, it was just pure professionalism and commitment on the water! Was it worth all the work and sacrifice? You tell me ???? @fly.pl @ppcfoiling @chubanga.foil @attack_boards @glovii_stay_warm @grupa_pge @adriaticapolska @adriaticaofficial @manerapolska @polskizwiazekzeglarski @ministerstwo_sportuiturystyki @miasto_sopot @rehasportclinic #PZ? #AmbasadorPGE #MOCwiatru #GOPOL72