The field

20 international · 10 Turkish

Thirty riders. One course.

Confirmed

The names

2026 World Champion

Manel Arpa Zuriguel

2026 SFT E-Foil World Champion, crowned in Menton on 13 September. Four World Cup wins this season.

Title: SFT 2026
Board: Lift
Nation: ESP

@manelarpa →

2025 World Champion

Justin Chait

The first SFT E-Foil World Champion, in 2025. Lost the 2026 title by 30 points. Çeşme is the rematch.

Title: SFT 2025
Board: Flite
Nation: USA

@_justinchait_ →

League founder

Tom Court

A founder of the eFoil Racing League, and still racing in it. Before that, a decade at the top of kitesurfing.

Role: League founder
Board: Flite
Nation: GBR

@courtintheact →

Lake Garda runner-up

Alex Tete

Second at the Lake Garda World Cup in July, behind Manel Arpa Zuriguel. On the same board as the world champion.

Best: 2nd Lake Garda
Board: Lift
Nation: FRA

@alexandre_head →

Flite race engineer

Simon Axmann

German-born, Byron Bay-based, and one of the engineers behind Flite's race board. 2nd at Dubai 2024, 3rd in 2025.

Best: 2nd Dubai
Board: Flite
Nation: AUS

@xman.simon →

Shenzhen runner-up

Masha Lyanova

Runner-up at the Shenzhen World Cup in May, and 4th in the 2026 SFT women's standings.

Standing: 4th women
Board: Waydoo
Nation: RUS

Race organiser

Raf Claes

Belgian racer and the organiser behind the Belgian Grand Prix, the league's best event of 2025.

Role: Race organiser
Board: Flite
Nation: BEL

@efoilservice.be →

World No. 4, women

Selin Pişkiner

Fourth in the league's 2025 women's rankings, from 33 ranked riders. Won Bodrum round one in May.

Rank: World No. 4
Board: Flite
Nation: TUR

@selinonplay →

Home podium

Timuçin Çağlan Gülcan

On the podium in both 2026 Turkish championship rounds so far: 2nd in Bodrum, 3rd at İznik.

Podiums: 2 of 2
Board: Flite
Nation: TUR

@caglangt →

The rest of the field

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Your turn to explore

Discover the Turkish Aegean.

Three days of racing on the Aegean, and a whole peninsula around it: Alaçatı’s stone streets, Çeşme’s old harbour and a coastline made for October. Come for the race, stay for the coast.