The men's Formula Kite competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the men's kiteboarding event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 14–20 August 2023. The entries were limited to 90 boards. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 20 races, followed by a medal series. The medal series was planned for 19 August.
The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic sailing competition with 8 out of 20 national quota being distributed at the event.
Summary.
Toni Vodišek of Slovenia was the reigning world champion, having won the 2022 Formula Kite World Championships in Cagliari, while Axel Mazella of France had won the Paris 2024 Test Event the month before. In the Sailing World Cup, Max Maeder of Singapore had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofia, while Mazella had won the Semaine Olympique Française and the Allianz Regatta.
Maeder and Vodišek both opened with three race wins in different fleets. No wind limited the possibility to sail on 18 August.
From the opening series results, Vodišek and Maeder qualified directly to the final; Vodišek carrying two wins forward and Maeder carrying one. 16-year-old Maeder won the championship title by winning the medal series ahead of Vodišek.
With the final results, national quotas were awarded Singapore, Slovenia, Austria, Great Britain, Cyprus, China, Croatia and Brazil.