Because this video is the dream and you'd be hard pressed to do it on a 120L wide/long SUP! But even 1/10th of this dream, for us mere mortals, the hope for wing foil surfing is to use the wing to propel into waves, then surf them with the wing luffed. Smaller boards allow for tighter faster turning and for more effective pumping, both of which will help to maintain speed, link sections, and stay up on foil. So basically the same reason why people prefer as small a board as they can paddle for surf foiling. My dream is to use the same board I surf foil on (5'x21"x2.75" 30-35ishL), but the realities of water starting it are still unknown. A friend has the Fanatic 5.0, which seems to be working and may be as small as realistic for middle aged punters.FLandOBX wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:09 pmWhat is the advantage of using a low volume "sinker" in wingfoiling? The disadvantage of low volume when waterstarting is clear. And low volume definitely has advantages for a sport requiring the board to remain in contact with the surface of the water (e.g., high wind windsurfing). But for wingfoiling, this is not the case, and board volume seems almost irrelevant except during the waterstart. So, why use a low volume wingfoiling board (or why not use a high volume wingfoiling board)?
Inspiring video. Thanks for that one, juandesooka.juandesooka wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:42 pmBecause this video is the dream and you'd be hard pressed to do it on a 120L wide/long SUP! But even 1/10th of this dream, for us mere mortals, the hope for wing foil surfing is to use the wing to propel into waves, then surf them with the wing luffed. Smaller boards allow for tighter faster turning and for more effective pumping, both of which will help to maintain speed, link sections, and stay up on foil. So basically the same reason why people prefer as small a board as they can paddle for surf foiling. My dream is to use the same board I surf foil on (5'x21"x2.75" 30-35ishL), but the realities of water starting it are still unknown. A friend has the Fanatic 5.0, which seems to be working and may be as small as realistic for middle aged punters.FLandOBX wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 7:09 pmWhat is the advantage of using a low volume "sinker" in wingfoiling? The disadvantage of low volume when waterstarting is clear. And low volume definitely has advantages for a sport requiring the board to remain in contact with the surface of the water (e.g., high wind windsurfing). But for wingfoiling, this is not the case, and board volume seems almost irrelevant except during the waterstart. So, why use a low volume wingfoiling board (or why not use a high volume wingfoiling board)?
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That is the new generation of wingboards. EG the fanatic one is 5x24x4.5, 75L. So knee starting supposed to be mildly challenging, tippy, but doable.FLandOBX wrote: ↑Fri Aug 07, 2020 10:51 pmInspiring video. Thanks for that one, juandesooka.
I understand why a wingfoiler would want to use a small nimble board (same as kitefoiling), but a small nimble board doesn't always mean less volume. I am not a wingfoiler but if I was, I think I'd want to use a small nimble board with a combination of rocker, volume and "foil" (i.e., placement of foam) that makes it easy to waterstart, but doesn't impede the flight characteristics of the hydrofoil. Maybe wingfoil boards aren't there yet? What am I missing?
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