I think a lot of it is conditions based and yeah, I think for the gorge that’s the play. Be massively overpowered, stow the wing, surf your face off strapped.
For my conditions, I just don’t see where the parawing slots into my program - part of why I want it to work with my prone board - so it’s not a $2k investment.
What I WANT is a replacement for winging. I’d love to get rid of my wing board and all my inflatables, and just have my prone setup and some parawings. That’s my dream really!
FD doesn’t work well when the wind approaches 20 knots, too hard to get back upwind. 16 knots is my maximum comfortable wind speed for going upwind in chop.
It gets better once you get used to how it pulls. Goes up wind as well as an average wing when you ride in the appropriate wind for the size. Small sweet spot for sure though.
In line with this thread, Patrice(gong) recently posted some tech talks. Apparently the double skins pull like a truck and you could definitely use a sinker(he does). Too bad you can’t pack those down while riding. For the single skins he confirmed the consensus guidance that a stable mid length close to neutral vol is recommended.
Thanks for the flag! Sounds interesting. I think this is the link for others - but it’s in french, have to rely on Youtube subtitles if you don’t speak it.