Your crew. Your rules. Your leaderboard
Not every challenge has to feel like a championship.
Sometimes it’s just your local crew keeping things interesting through winter. Sometimes it’s a school tracking student progress over a clinic. Sometimes it’s a federation creating a seasonal challenge to keep the community active. And sometimes it’s just a group of friends who want a shared leaderboard instead of endless “I think I was faster” conversations.
That’s exactly what Group Challenges on Waterspeed are built for.
You can create a private challenge for your training group, a public one for your club, or a structured program for your school or association. Set the goal — total distance, speed, number of sessions — define the duration, invite participants, and let the app handle the tracking.
Everyone sees the same leaderboard and progress becomes something shared — not just personal.
Why create your own challenge?
A Group Challenge isn’t just about beating someone else’s numbers. It’s about having a shared goal — whether that’s with your friends, your training group, your school, or your club.
With a Group Challenge, you can:
Create a private challenge for your crew or open one for your community
Define what matters (Distance, Speed, Time, Sessions…)
Run it for a weekend, a training block, a full season — or keep it open long term
Track everyone’s progress automatically
Bring students, riders, or members into the same leaderboard
And if you want to keep it simple? You can make it open-ended. No fixed finish line. Just a shared space where every session logged counts toward something bigger than a single day on the water.
This is already happening worldwide
From local crews to national federations, Group Challenges are already in motion.
🇦🇹 Austrian Sailing Federation – Die Eisvogel Challenge
Instead of hibernating through winter, Austrian wingfoilers are stacking kilometers from December to February. Lakes frozen? No problem. Some riders switch to ice sailing and keep logging sessions anyway.
The Austrian Sailing Federation kept it simple: accumulate as much distance as possible over the winter.
It turns the off-season into something shared, visible, and surprisingly fun.
🌬 TWS El Médano – 3 Skills. 3 Challenges.
At TWS – Tenerife Windsurf Solution, Group Challenges are part of the winter program. For Winter 2026, they’re launching three different challenges — each focused on a specific skill — endurance, speed, and skills — and each one gives participants the chance to win three days of free windsurf rental + 1 year - Waterspeed ULTRA subscription.
Riders can join one or all three. So if you’re heading to El Médano this winter… you already know what to do.
🇳🇿 New Zealand Wingfoil Nationals – Train Before You Race
In the lead-up to the New Zealand Wingfoil Nationals at Worser Bay Boating Club, riders aren’t just waiting for race week. They’re already logging sessions together through a dedicated Group Challenge.
The idea is simple: accumulate as much distance as possible before Nationals kick off. Every session counts — early mornings, quick after-work rides, windy weekends. It’s less about a single standout run and more about showing up consistently.
The shared leaderboard adds a bit of friendly pressure and plenty of banter, while riders still compete within their own categories. It keeps the build-up fun, visible, and connected.
By the time everyone lines up at Nationals, they’ve already been riding side by side for weeks.
❄️ Ice & Snow Sailing World Championships
During the Ice & Snow Sailing World Championships, riders compete on the ice — and their sessions are reflected live inside Waterspeed.
The Group Challenge creates a shared leaderboard that everyone can check throughout the event, adding visibility without changing the competition itself.
How to create your group challenge
Open Waterspeed
Go to the Community tab
Tap +Create your Challenge
Choose:
Challenge Type (Distance, Speed, Sessions, Time…)
Start and End date
Public or Private
Accept the Terms
Tap Create Challenge
Share the invite link with friends
That’s it.
