The 2024 IFCA Worlds were a turning point for Sacha Fortune.
Across multiple eliminations, Fortune showed consistency, acceleration and control, outperforming the entire Youth Men fleet.
Key highlights:
Official race reports from IFCA describe him as “dominating the Youth Men division” during the event.
His CHS race setup played a clear role in stabilizing the sail in gusts and providing clean acceleration — critical elements in Youth Slalom competition.
Sail: CHS Aero Fin
Sizes: 7.0 / 6.2 (typical Youth Fin range – confirmable)
Board: Future Fly Slalom
Fin: Carbon race fin 36–40 cm
Wind range raced: 12–22 knots
Focus: Early planing + maximum control during the jibe exits
The Aero Fin’s stability and low-end acceleration allowed Fortune to maintain speed through the gybes — a key factor in his 2024 success.
“Youth racing is all about balance: the sail must be powerful enough to plane early, but stable enough so the rider never fights the rig.
For Sacha we tuned the Aero Fin with a controlled leech release and a very neutral pressure point.
This lets a lighter rider accelerate effortlessly and stay fast through the entire course.”
His performance leap is one of the clearest examples of how CHS engineering supports young athletes progressing to the elite level.
Sacha Fortune’s rise to Youth World Champion demonstrates what happens when raw talent meets precision equipment.
With CHS Aero Fin at his side, Sacha transformed consistency into dominance and achieved his biggest career milestone to date.
From youth world titles to a World Cup victory and two wingfoil world records, this has been the most successful season in CHS history.
Here is a quick recap of the milestones achieved by athletes competing with CHS sails and wings in 2024–2025.
In 2025, the CHS Ikaros S1 became the first CHS wing to power an athlete to two official WSSR world records:
the 500-meter wingfoil speed record and the nautical mile wingfoil speed record.
This article recaps how the Ikaros S1 was engineered for speed — and why it set a new benchmark in the sport.
