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What's your current quiver with foils and wings?

Hola, gracias por tus videos. Enhorabuena! Estoy pensando en pasarme a la Gong cruzader con wing ( sin remo) para lightwind y alguna ola. Peso 85 kgs y uso veloce v2 XXL 1500. He pensado en cruzader 6'0 XL (107 L) Que opinas?

I came up with exactly the same method some time ago and I use it when I feel the chop is too big and the board is too small.

Great breakdown on the pros and cons of both sports. While windsurfing and winging are both super fun adrenaline sports, they each have their merits and downsides. Having done both, I have found kiteboarding was harder to learn initially than windsurfing (I started windsurfing in the 80s off Vancouver). I moved from windsurfing to kiting a few years ago... kiting required more skills and a larger beach and launch, and was like learning 2 sports at once (wakeboarding and flying a kite). But once kite skills and safety was learned, it was easier on the arms and felt like flying across the water weightless. I then even progressed from a twin tip board to a surfboard which adds a whole new dimension with waves and more! Winging however had a steeper initial learning curve to get up on foil vs wind surfing I think, but once you are up, able to go upwind and in control of your speed and turning, its all you will ever want to do. Also windsurfing and winging does not require as much space to launch as kiting, and high or low wind can be handled with the right gear choices. Here's a video I did of the comparison of kiting vs foiling too. th-cam.com/video/LvN836ICnFo/w-d-xo.html

A very long time ago, all of my windsurfing gear was stolen. Despite being addicted to the sport, I couldn't afford to get new gear. Also, the lack of "good" conditions and the countless hours and days I spent on the beach just hoping the wind to pick up are innumerable. At the start of my career, I just didn't have that time anymore. But you can't imagine how much I missed the sea and the waves. I'm 60 years old now, and I think Wing Foiling might be the ideal sport for me. I don't expect to get the same thrill as Windsurfing gave me, but that's okay; I'm older and way more relaxed.

I looove windsurfing and kitesurfing as well. Both very much in contact with the water. I love the sensation of the water in both. Wingfoiling still haven't caught me completely (about 10 times out and foiling well). I really miss the sensation of contact with the water. It frustrates me somehow, and even when fully powered feels SO boring compared to wind/kite-surfing. Wingfoiling feels disconnected from the water somehow. Almost like gliding through thin air. I mean it is fascinating to try. BUT the sensation seemed to change radically when I suddenly surfed a soft wave with my foil. Finally I got a biiig fat smile on my face, what I have been missing so far. Wingfoiling for me seems all about the waves. Windsurfing and kitesurfing needs no waves to be fun, and both always makes smile (when the wind is enough of course) There's just something magic about windsurfing especially.. that sensation of leaning back and accellerating like a rocket just over the water, always brings a big crazy smile on the face... That's my real passion. Even after mostly kiting for 14 years. No matter what we are privileged to be able to go do what we love out in the big blue. 🙂🤙

Awesome thx.

Hey, I noticed you are using Cruzader board. Im eyeing for my second board and Im trying to decide between 7'0 and 7'6 with my weight being 94kg. Any recommendations on this board?

Do-it-yourself systems by 500€. Could you please send me info about a kit with that price? Cheers

Hi Claudio, thank you for your interesting videos. I am 75 years old and I started wing foiling at 73. The learning progression is of course much more longer but it allows you to stay fit and is a lot of fun. In France, many wingfoilers consider that wingfoiling is the "medicine walker" of water sports and I confirm it. What is possible in wingfoiling is more difficult and more dangerous for example in kitefoiling even if I know 80 years old kitefoilers ! Carry on and take care.

me 82kg and tried 80 liter board today, Kanaha. Very windy with chop. I just could not get up! But I will try this tomorrow

Congratulations and great vid, always inspiring and interesting to hear a “normal” person’s perspective. I think you should be proud of your accomplishments and get those starts sorted🤙🏻💪🏻

Amazing event. Congratulations for completing all the races. Love the Ozone Fusion

Thanks for a great Race report! -And I'm looking forward to upcoming episodes regarding how to ride for 90 minutes without a break!

You remind me on my first WS race experience! Great review!

Nice report! Last year was survival, this year was pure fun! See you next year!

This is on my goals list! Thank you for sharing this. Very inspiring to see you take this on.

This is very inspiring. I'm only just getting on the foil, haven't had one clean jybe yet, but now I know I'm doing all this so I can give myself all the chances of participating in such an event. Hopefully meet you there one day! Congrats and thanks for sharing.

Regarding your remark about ventilation due to mast thickness. Your HM86 mast has a thickness of 17mm. That is the same thickness as the normal carbon V2 Gong mast. Me and my 3 homies all have Gong alu masts V2 which were also made 17mm thick to be more stiff than the shaky V1's. We have never experienced ventilation of the mast. Is it possible that your frontwing initiated the ventilation, which crept up the mast so that you get the idea from topview that only the mast ventilated? The mast angle of attack is small so it will not stall or ventilate quickly, except in a quick turn.

Gratuliere! I admire your participation and overall you left behind quite some other wingfoilers. Regarding your remark about the stabilizer. Ofcourse a smaller stab can give more speed. But I think it is more important what you feel in your legs. Especially on longer streches you want to have the same load in both legs. For example: If the position of the mast is already maxed out to the front and you still feel too much back foot pressure, than the stab gives too little downforce and should be bigger or thicker or shimmed at a bigger angle.

Thanks for sharing. Got me motivated to go there.

Big balls!!!! Congrats!!!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻

Just amazing to see so many wing foilers at once.

wing was lucky, for ours days was no wind we get only one funny race after wings

50km/h average speed is ridiculously fast. I would have to do some serious gear upgrades.

Placement is not important, participation definitely is...

Great to have your live witness on these races which many people would like to come at least once in life! Congratulations and thanks for your video.

That would be a wild experience. After I’ve learnt to jibe, I might consider entering a race. I’m a 3 month noob.

Thanks for sharing your experience and more importantly setting expectations with us semi intermediates considering taking part in the next Defi

Thank you for sharing your experience! It was very interesting to watch it and gave me motivation to visit one of those events one day!

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing ! What gear winners rode ? What new gear did you see ? Cool protos ? Trends ?

There’s no shame in messing your foot switches up! 🤙 As long as you finished, you’re a winner!💪🏼

congrats.🌊

Congratulations! Really interesting to hear your experience. Following the Defi online it looked amazing. Pity it's a touch far from Australia!

Good expérience for next year 😊

My Dad is 70 and is thinking of taking up foiling, but he is busy with big air kiteboarding right now. I am 42 and will definitely give it a crack... one day. The only thing stopping us both is time and the commitment to another sport. I feel that foiling is a generation behind kiting in terms of design progression, but it is catching up fast. Might wait for the next gen Foildrive.

I ride small foil(550cm2) and big wing

I'm 56 with 40 years of surfing experience. I have been foil surfing for 2 years and learning to wing foil now. I find foiling to be challenging and it brought back the stoke of learning new things. As for why the foiling demographics favor the older enthusiasts, I think it's because the entry to foiling is quite a big investment in gear. More than most teenagers or twenty year olds budgets allow.

i feel like the median age for wingers is 60+!

Congratulations quite an accomplishment 🎉

What foil and size por race day?

Kids now a days are too busy on their phones; they don't have time to wing foil. Us old guys don't know how to use a phone and prefer to wing foil to get away from the wife, LOL. Happy Days

With your Dw board eh??

Wicked man!!

Most of my wingfoil buddies are over 60! In fact I only know one person younger than me who wingfoils, he's just started and is 31. Winging is an old man sport for sure. It's likely because it's soooo expensive

Longtime windsurfer, tried kite and didn't like it. The idea of being away from my power source never much convinced me. The easy of carrying gear was not enough to compensate the feeling, so I went straight back to windsurfing and never looked back. Then wingfoiling came up and I started seeing some nice points. Like windsurfing, it keeps my gear compactly within range, like kiting it allows for fun with much less wind and it's easy to carry. Like neither of the two, it allows you to stop sailing, depower and find the occasional long wave to just surf. I'm into wingfoiling, but I'll always have my windsurfing kit ready.

I've started wingfoiling 2 years ago at the age of 61, after more than 40 years of windsurfing and 15 years of sailing. I definitely recommend using a Wingman harness. My arms appreciate the relaxation after some extended pumping a lot.

Most of the group here on the Costa Daurada are 40yrs + coming from Kite foiling and windsurfing, I think it is easy access, quick rig up time, less material to carry. Most have gone trough the route of smaller, less litres and now going back up longer and skinner boards for Dw's. 👍👍

2 main reasons why wingers are old: 1) gear price and 2) most of them are ex-windsurfers, others are ex-kiters, so still not accessible for youngsters. the average ages in your channel is way higher than other channels.... and this is because of the contend, not for teens ;)

I just teached a 74 year old guy how to get on foil 🎉