"Lightwind" for wingfoiling for me is about 15knots with big gear. I just find the low-end in the sport is not very low compared to other foiling disciplines such as kitefoiling and windfoiling.

CG, your harness pad looks great! I'm mostly using my windsurf/kite harness, this looks like the perfect midway between a belt and a full harness. I look forward to seeing you out there winging with it this fall when we get the winds back!

Adam

0-10 knots - Mountain bike
10-20 knots windfoil
15-35 knots wingfoil (overlaps with windfoiling)
Super low tide or too many weeds? Twintip kite

I have struggled through this same thing. I can kitefoil upwind like it's nothing and make great progress windfoiling upwind, but winging has been a much greater challenge, it's a bit better than kiting a twintip, but not much. What has helped for is using a harness. With a properly setup harness li...

Which one would I rather be stuck a kilometer off shore with when the wind dies, a wingfoil or kitefoil setup? I'll take the wingfoil any day which is pretty much why I don't kite that much anymore unless it's too shallow to wingfoil. I am finding that wing foilers are doing super long runs out to ...

If you are worried about dings and cracks it's worth considering an inflatable. I bumped mine on the rocks while landing the other day and would have been seriously ticked if it was a hard board. Inflatables don't have a refined base with chined rails and tail steps, but it's a tradeoff I am willing...

Which one would I rather be stuck a kilometer off shore with when the wind dies, a wingfoil or kitefoil setup? I'll take the wingfoil any day which is pretty much why I don't kite that much anymore unless it's too shallow to wingfoil.

jumptheshark wrote: ↑

Fri May 21, 2021 8:44 pm

Kinda makes good sense there. Isn't there only a few spots in the gorge to put up a kite?

Yup, winging has way more launch options in the Gorge.

As a windfoiler one of my favorite things about wingfoiling is the easy wing "spin" in jibes.

I bought a Hipe recently and it is top notch quality-wise, now I want to eventually consider one of their foils to go with it when I am done with my current foil. When I had shipping questions they responded quickly the following business day by email.