MATTEO IACHINO
THE LOWDOWN
Born in Savona, Liguria, on the north west coast of Italy on the Mediterranean Sea in 1989. I started windsurfing at the age of 10.
2x PWA SLALOM WORLD CHAMPION, IFCA European Slalom Champion, 6x ITALIAN SLALOM CHAMPION.
I love wave sailing and surfing and I try to spend as much time in the ocean as possible.
RESULTS
2024: ISWC Speed Windfoil World Champion and, 4th ISWC Speed / 2nd Gran Canaria Pozo Izquierdo World Cup / 1st PWA Fuerteventura Slalom X, 4th PWA Fuerteventura Foil Slalom
2023: Slalom World Champion, 3rd Speed World Championships
2016: Slalom World Champion
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HYPER 7
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GALLERY
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Matteo Iachino wins the Slalom X in Fuerteventura after 5 days of nerve-wrecking race action
The PWA Fuerteventura Slalom event delivered a spectacular five-days of racing, where both Slalom X and Slalom Foil categories proved to be intense to say the least.
Pozo Gran Canaria World Cup 2024 – Philip brings back the triple and team Severne wins podiums all around
Philip Köster brought back the triple loop once again, Lina finished second overall and now leads world ranking, and Matteo Iachino finished second overall in the first-ever Slalom X contest. It seems as if the 2024 Pozo Gran Canaria World Cup had action from the very first minute until the end.
The 2024 Defi Wind recap
As we’re all headed back home after this year’s Defi Wind we’re looking back at four days of nonstop fun!
The wind didn’t serve up the typical Tramuntana conditions this year. But rather, it left space open for quiet sun-soaked days of hangouts on the beach, lots of gear talks, activities, and the occasional fun race.
Matteo Iachino claims second World Title – the interview
The recent PWA world tour stop in Japan brought the full spectrum to the table; good action, crashes, ups, and downs, drama, you name it.
The end result brought Severne rider Matteo Iachino his second PWA World Title, but the circumstances brought controversy and doubts.
TOP-OF-THE-LINE SLALOM AND FREESTYLE ACTION AT THE PWA FUERTEVENTURA WORLD CUP 2023
Ten days of solid wind combined with stunning, magazine-turquoise waters set the perfect scenario for the 48 fastest slalom windsurfers and the 40 best freestylers to battle their way towards a 2023 World Title.
PWA Gran Canaria World Cup 2023 – eight days of full on action
This year’s Gran Canaria world cup was a week-long windsurfing action reel covering wave, and slalom racing.
Not a single day was quiet during this year’s Gran Canaria World Cup. The first weekend delivered the near-perfect wave conditions we all see in magazine shots. Then followed three days of full-power slalom racing, only to have wave action return the following weekend to bookend an incredible event.
Nearly all podiums had Severne riders present. Amongst others, Daida Moreno won her 22nd Pozo title, and Blanca Alabau won her first-ever women’s slalom victory.
Severne team successful at PWA Croatia – Sara Wennekes takes the win, Matteo Iachino is third
The island of Bol in Croatia was the host of the first PWA slalom world cup of the year. The conditions switched on every day and provided for eight slalom eliminations in both women and men’s divisions.
For the Severne team, all riding on the new Mach 5 and HyperGlide 5 racing sails, it was successful, to say the least.
Defi Wind 2022 was one to remember
After years of no large scale events, the 2022 edition of the Defi Wind brought back all of the best elements of the past; lots of wind, lots of action, parties, and the reunion of 1200+ windsurfers from across the globe.
Amado Vrieswijk is 2021 PWA Freestyle World Champion, Maaike Huvermann is vice champion
The 2021 PWA world tour season has come to an end, and Amado Vrieswijk can call himself the 2021 freestyle World Champion. Maaike Huvermannn is vice world champion. But that’s not all.
Everything you need to know about your harness lines – Hang In There Part 2 Slalom & Freeride
Windwise coach and Severne Team Rider, Simon Bornhoft, continues his quest to help you get the most out of your precious time on the water and your kit. For this feature we continue our ‘Hang In There’ harness line series, looking at different disciplines and styles in windsurfing and draw on the speedy talents of Team Severne top riders.