Learn to Fly – Pumpfoiling
Learning pumpfoiling
Pumpfoiling is a new watersport trend, executed on a skateboard like board with a hydrofoil underneath. It is movement that transforms you. You fly seemingly weightlessly above the water – and at the same time, dive deep into…
Balance + Coordination Exercise
Challenging Experiences
Outdoor Physical Activity
Trust-Building Activity
Workshop
Description
Pumpfoiling is a new watersport trend, executed on a skateboard like board with a hydrofoil underneath. It is movement that transforms you. You fly seemingly weightlessly above the water – and at the same time, dive deep into yourself. What seems like "just" a trendy sport quickly is indeed a physical, mental, and emotional learning experience from the first moment you jump on the board.
Anyone can learn pumpfoiling, regardless of age, height, weight or fitness levels. All you need to bring is swimming skills. This makes pumpfoiling a joy both on and off the water from the very first moment.
Benefits
As a Team
- Teambuilding, Risk Management, Getting things done, build trust, learn to fail and get on your feet again, have fun, learn something totally new, be challenged
Individually
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You train patience, self-confidence and perseverance.
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You face your doubts, blockages, old patterns – and overcome them: JUST DO IT!
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You learn to learn – and grow through challenges.
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You are in nature and learn to read water, wind and weather phenomena
- Pumpfoiling empowers, encourages and energizes
Hosted by Katrin Kolo
About the Host
Born in Munich and having traveled extensively since then, I constantly dance between worlds: between structure and intuition, between body and mind, between art and business, between individual development and collective responsibility. My passion is transition – those moments in which something changes, opens up, recomposes, transforms.
What sets me apart is my diversity and the ability to draw essence from it: I combine dance intelligence with strategic thinking, cultural sensitivity with economic clarity, body knowledge with systemic analysis.
I combine experience in art, coaching, leadership, and organizational development. I studied economics and transdisciplinarity, performed on major stages as an artist , realized my own projects, managed cultural institutions, and consulted for IT teams. I developed my own method – Choreographic Thinking – to harmonize body intelligence, group awareness, and strategic clarity.
And then came the pumpfoil.
During a challenging time both professionally and personally, I broke my ankle. What began as rehab turned into a profound movement experience. Pumpfoiling is far more than a sport. It embodies everything I teach in my mentoring and consulting work: how body, mind, and environment interact, how change happens when we embody it – literally.
Today, I work as an artist, moderator, speaker, mentor, trainer, and strategist. My offerings are mutually enriching – they are the expression of my creative mindset:
The body is a thinking organ.
Movement brings us to resources that mere thought does not make accessible.
Transformation takes time, micro-steps – and sometimes a leap into the cold water.
Equality, diversity and collective intelligence are not an ideal, but the prerequisite for future viability.
And: You are not alone.
I'm happy to accompany you with the conviction that the potential is already there. It just wants to get moving.
Certifications & Credentials
Diploma in Economics (Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich)
Master in Transdisciplinarity (Zurich University of the arts)
Dance Education at Stockholm Ballettakademien
Vice World Champion in Pumpfoiling 2025
Vice Swiss Champion in Pumpfoiling 2025
Lifeguard certificates issued in Switzerland for Swimming Pools and Lakes (SLRG Pool+ & See)
Focus Areas
Creative/CultureWell-being/HealthDevelopment/Coaching
Location
Zürich, Schweiz
Languages
German, English, French
Travel Locations
Europe, but also worldwide possible
Corporate Experience
Significant
Session Types Offered
Interactive (eg. improv, group-art, yoga etc.)
Past Experience Doing Sessions
Yes - Interactive
Client Requirements
Choreographic Thinking: Empty Space size depending on nr of participants (minimum approx 50 sqm); Pumpfoiling: Access to water with a dock
Past Clients
MunichRe, University St. Gallen, Zurich University of Applied Science
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