Tragecally news: 8 wingfoil and kite wingfoil have died this morning in western england due to……

 

Most of us initially saw the potential on video. Personally it was Caneri and Drexler. Then the original, Marc Leblanc and some Nicholas Caillou in there too. Since then its some guy I don‘t even know the name of riding moses stuff in some compilation, looping and kick spinning like its nothing. And massive respect to all the Ketos content that keeps my imagination grinding away. I expect great things from the gorge. In fact the big air footage from Adam Withington is pretty legit and Fred Hope is incredible and the first of a younger generation. There are a bunch of styles to flesh out on foil, and of course, in the end, wave foiling will be ridiculously impressive.

 

Have hope that a decent 360 cam will help out those filming themselves. Nothing in the lines, thats for sure!!

there are certain things that you just cannot do with the lineless smallish kitelike thingy..

like sitting down, chilling and enjoying a cold one

There’s no way to predict the future or to assess what captures peoples imagination, but I would be surprised if wing foiling had a long lasting impact on kite foiling.

 

I have 70 hours of wing foiling and have reached a level of competence. It’s fun, sort of, but the benefits are hugely exaggerated. The negatives are many and greatly downplayed. Kite foiling is almost all upside with very little downside.

 

Almost every wing foiling session includes moments of “I hate this fucken sport”. Kite foiling is virtually pure unadulterated fun.

 

The simplest comparison would be driving a fat old van with an underpowered motor and no seats (wing foiling with no harness) vs driving a super hot hatchback with a fire breathing turbo and fitted racing seats (kite foiling and a carbon harness).

 

My feeling is the majority of wing foiling devotees are SUP and windsurf converts. People who are ignorant and/or afraid of kites.