Triple Seven Hybrid powers Thomas Goyard to Cabarete podium

Thomas Goyard rode the Triple Seven Hybrid to second place at the Parawing World Cup in Cabarete, a result that put the brand’s hybrid concept under real race pressure instead of in a lab or a product clip. Triple Seven’s June 23 recap treated the podium as a proof point, not just a result line, because Cabarete, Dominican Republic, delivered the kind of changing conditions that can expose whether a parawing is truly balanced.

The finish came in only the second edition of the competition, which gave the podium extra weight in a class still finding its competitive shape. Triple Seven said the Hybrid showed the qualities it has been selling from the start: efficient low-end power, stable handling, strong top-end control and a wide wind range. In Cabarete, that combination mattered because it let Goyard stay composed through the heats instead of fighting the wing as the breeze shifted.

Goyard is a recognizable name for anyone following modern foil racing. Olympics.com lists him as a French Olympic medalist born in 1992, and official Olympic sailing results show he won silver in men’s RS:X at Tokyo 2020. That background helps explain why Triple Seven keeps pointing to the athlete and the equipment as a package. The company’s message from Cabarete was simple: a serious rider can only extract so much from a design unless the board and wing hold together under elite race tempo.

The result also fits the wider arc of parawing’s rapid development. Triple Seven said the Hybrid’s first independent review appeared in March 2026 through Matt on Foil, and later said MacKite’s review of the P.T. Hybrid highlighted the blend of double-skin-style efficiency, stable ride characteristics, simplicity and stability. The company also says it remains the only brand offering large-size parawings above 7m, a claim that underlines how new the category still is and how quickly the performance ceiling is moving.

Triple Seven framed the Chase Project partnership as a natural fit because both sides are chasing foil and board performance rather than novelty. Cabarete gave that pitch a tangible result: a podium in a world-class setting, with Goyard carrying the Hybrid into second and giving the design a result that reads like early confirmation that it belongs among the fastest race tools in the class.