2024 GKA VICE WORLD CHAMPION
Francesca Maini
About Francesca
Francesca is redefining what’s possible in Big Air. With an Italian British background, she rewrote history in 2024 as the first woman ever to claim victory in the Red Bull King of the Air women’s division.
Francesca’s approach to riding is simple: Send it or break it. Her style shows raw power, explosiveness, and razor-sharp precision. Her power on the water is obvious, and the control she brings into every move keeps her among the strongest riders on the GKA Big Air World Tour, where she finished both 2024 and 2025 as runner-up.
Big Air is where she built her name, but she never stays locked into one discipline. When the swell is clean, she moves into waves. When the wind shifts, she jumps on a wingfoil. Changing disciplines clears her head and keeps her from getting stuck in one rhythm, and that variety keeps her hungry. Each switch gives her space to reset and come back to Big Air with even more drive.
Francesca's accomplishments
1st woman to win the King Of The Air 2024
Highest Women’s Score EVER at King Of The Air 2025
Mystic Move 2025 Winner at King Of The Air
2nd LORDS OF TRAM WOMEN 2025
1st BAKL 2022 Cape Town
2nd BAKL 2023 Cape Town
3rd Full Power Tarifa BAKL 2023
1st woman to ever land a double loop in competition at the BAKL
A Riders quote
“When I’m on the water, I just switch off everything else. I love that mix of focus and chaos - when the wind’s howling and you’re fully committed to a loop, nothing else matters. That’s the feeling I’m always chasing.”
Francesca Maini
“When I’m on the water, I just switch off everything else. I love that mix of focus and chaos - when the wind’s howling and you’re fully committed to a loop, nothing else matters. That’s the feeling I’m always chasing.”
FRANCESCA MAINI SETUP
