Category: Jumps
Level of difficulty: Level 4 (from 4)

Special characteristics

  • this trick is a jump

Description

The backflip is a jumped backward rotation when wing foiling. In this flip, you jump a roll backwards over the wing.

These videos and tutorials show the jump in detail:

Videos

February 22, 2026
Backflip - Malo Guénolé
Close-up of the move — Malo Guenole performs a backflip. This watershot from the Wingfoil World Cup in Fuerteventura...
February 17, 2026
Backflip - Nia Suardiaz
No other wingfoiler on the GWA tour can still do backflips as well as Nia. Here you can see a watershot of the Spaniard...
December 16, 2024
Backflip - Nia Suardiaz
A backflip could hardly be more stylish. Nia Suardiaz jumps off with her body stretched as far back as possible and...
April 1, 2024
Backflip - Noé Cuyala
In this video you can see Noé Cuyala's technique for the backflip. As always, in slow motion and prepared for...
September 16, 2023
Backflip - Vinnicius Martins
Backflip over the wing - that's how you do the backflip when wing foiling. Vinnicius Martins demonstrates the jump...
October 3, 2022
Backflip - Titouan Galea
A stylish backflip by Titouan Galea, captured by a drone flying alongside. You rarely see the backflip from this...
May 29, 2022
Backflip - Camille Bouyer
A perfect captured wing foil back flip by Camille Bouyer, which the Frenchman jumped right in front of the water...
May 22, 2022
Backflip - Titouan Galea
Titouan Galea shows the wing foil backflip, a slow motion shot from the Mondial du Vent in France. The perspective is...
May 14, 2022
Backflip - Zane Schweitzer
Zane Schweitzer shows the backflip. This move is a jumped backward roll while wing foiling, shown here in slow motion...


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