The Wild Wind Film Festival
Promoting US windsports through an annual film competition
Open to wingers, foilers, downwind SUPers, kiters, windsurfers, landboarders, and anyone else playing in the wind.
2025 Award Winners
- Grand Prize $1000 : Thin Air
- Runner Up $500 : Winds of Vitality
- Under 18 $500 : Chapters 1-3 of Winging It With Zoe
- Audience Choice $500 : Thin Air
2025 Finalists
Thin Air featuring Michaela Pilkenton
Chapters 1-3 of Winging It With Zoe featuring Zoe Trudeau
Winds of Vitality featuring Adam Locke, Debby Jackson, Shaun Jackson, Tracey Kurilla, Julie Zahnister
2024 Award Winners
- Grand Prize $1000 : Rugged Roots
- Runner Up $500 : WILD
- All Female $500 : Rugged Roots
- Under 18 $500 : WILD
- Audience Choice $500 : Rugged Roots
2024 Finalists
The River featuring Ewan Jaspan
CASH South Africa featuring Cash Berzolla (exhibition only)
Wind Bound: Charleston’s Women Kiteboarders Featuring Syd Meyer, Jenny Amram, Natalie Coleman
The Next Gen Maui Watermen featuring Robby Naish, Austin Kalama, Koa Fabbio
How to Enter
Are you a filmmaker? Rider?
Wild Wind Film Festival proudly accepts entries on FilmFreeway, the world's #1 way to enter film festivals and creative contests.
Attend a Screening
Check out where you can see a screening of the selected films.