If you ask me why I started Bullet, the answer is not “because I wanted to build windsurfing boards.” It started with a question: What if a brand was built around racing first? My name is Matteo Baruchello. I am the founder of Bullet — but I didn’t come from the windsurfing industry. For more
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With the only Slalom X event held in Fuerteventura, the 2026 PWA season for fin racing has come to an end. The entire Bullet team congratulates Matteo Iachino on his victory and on winning the 2026 title. A result that once again confirms the extraordinary level reached by the best sailors in the discipline. Unfortunately,
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Today, we don’t have answers. We have one question. Running a brand often means being expected to have the answers. Which board to choose. What’s new this season. Where the market is heading. It’s almost as if a company’s role is to speak, while everyone else’s role is to listen. But there’s a limit to
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Last Sunday, Italy’s historic One Hour Classic came to an end. This year, however, the event was renamed “Garda Trentino Foil Days”, a change that already says a lot about the direction our sport is taking. The original format was simple: a two-mark course and a one-hour long-distance race dedicated to the Fin class. This
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When most people think about innovation in windsurfing, they think about products. New shapes.New constructions.New materials. For decades, that has been the main direction of progress. Every brand tries to build faster boards, lighter boards, more efficient boards. There is nothing wrong with that. But at some point we started asking ourselves a different question.
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Before a race begins, there’s a phase that says more than the race itself. Riders go on the water to fine-tune their setup, check the trim, feel the board one last time. There is no pressure yet, no ranking, no result attached to what they’re doing. And in that exact moment, something becomes very clear:
Why Does Your Speed Disappear When the Race Starts? Leggi tutto »
There’s a reality that many in our industry avoid stating openly: the race for the “best gear” is no longer the decisive factor. For years, windsurf slalom has been built on the idea that the difference was in the board, in technical details, in the most advanced materials. Today, that narrative holds less and less
Everyone Has Fast Boards. Now What? Leggi tutto »
Racing Team Fully Dedicated In windsurf slalom, there is a long-standing dynamic: the brand develops the equipment, the rider uses it, and the result depends almost entirely on what happens on the water. The system stops there. Outside windsurf, in more structured competitive contexts, this logic does not exist. Equipment is only one element. The
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Where performance is really decided In modern slalom windsurfing, a lot of attention is placed on board and sail combinations, as if that’s where performance is defined. In a true racing context, however, the element that makes the biggest difference in trimming is the fin. This comes down to physics. The fin is where aerodynamic
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In windsurf slalom, conversations about equipment often focus on shapes, fins, sail sizes, or mast tracks. But one variable always comes up in the background: board weight. Riders often assume lighter automatically means faster. But how much does board weight actually affect performance on the water? Let’s start with the numbers. The Real Weight of
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