bjw said...... So advantages?
No lines. No mast. Compact. Light. Fast setup. No need for a harness. Much less beach space needed for launching and landing. You don't need a quiver of them.
You can easily relaunch it in little wind. SUP is badly affected by not all that much wind. Wingsurfer makes that annoying wind an advantage.
SUP foil needs surf or shedloads of wind for a downwinder. Wingsurfer gets it going in less wind, doesn't need surf.
Arguably kiteboarding is better than windsurfing, and kite foiling is better than both of them. Each one makes the earlier sport obsolete to an extent. I can't see wingsurfing replacing any of the existing sports. I can see it making SUP and SUP foil a bit more versatile and useful.
Using the 80/20 rule, 80% of the time you're going to be fine riding whatever you normally ride. Kites and foils expand the 80% and give you more time and better quality time on the water. Wingsurfers won't impact the 80% for the bulk of us, but they might let us make the 20% bit smaller.
