Ha haa, sorry for the headline "crap" - but there were absolutely no life on this forum, only advertisements and video
Changed crap with tricky now, more correct.
I've found two things, many might disagree, but here are my takes:
Too little volume makes no sense, unless in high or steady winds if you are a radical freestyler.
You can almost not, or you cant, stand up on the board and slog back to land, if wind drops
Swingweight difference is small almost non-existent on really light good boards.
Pumping the board up in marginal winds, when not sinking, is easier too.
Too short boards also seem a lot harder to handle in wind just on the edge when chop waves and starting.
Not volume, but length, oddly but true.
So too thick short boards does not always work as well as a bit more outlined thinner boards, for some reason.
That was my second point, not too thick - does not seem as nice for some reason.
I've seen so many going to small sinkers, as it must be the holy grail - but when wind drops they are in trouble, and have to sit or swim ashore veeeeery slowly
Wingfoil is already a horror sport when wind is just a tad too low, and becomes even worse when boards are TOO small IMO.
Like windsurfing when wind too light, just a lot worse...
Especially if you also kitefoil where you can always get up foiling even when wind drops, and if not, you can drag yourself ashore easy and fast, so you hate this "too low wind for consistent wingfoil"
Just start ranting - but this is what I found for freeride and surf (not extreme freestyle), having had many sizes of boards.
So few litres and size can make a he.. of a difference if you got fickle winds
By too short I mean not a lot shorter than 5 feet if average weight.
Peter