If you want to experience a nanny state come to Kansas - a wing board is supposed to be registered with the DMV and display registration like a boat. They also won’t sell you registration without some manufacturing number no board manufacturer has any reason to supply.
It’s less paperwork to shoot a wing board than to ride one.
“leaving sponsor” announcements idgaf neither do you just yeet that shit straight onto an “excited to announce” post. I proclaim no aura or karma or likes or love lost
-They have been like a family to me and given me sooo much. I will forever be grateful to_________, but all good things come to an end and its time for the next chapter in my stupid instagram life that nobody cares about, and I have no actual marketable skills outside of foiling. So wish me well! And my parents are cutting me off next week.
I know this isnʻt the post to be positive in, but thank F for foiling. I swore I was the only guy in my 40s on the planet that dgaf about watching sports, but is always down to play them. I finally have a sport that people are more interested in DOING than growing fat on a couch watching. All I need to put a grin on my face everyday is some time riding my hobby horse on the water.
Writing this I did wonder what the average number of days between a leaving X sponsor and a joining Y post. My bet would be on always leaving at least a weekend between
Designers claiming everyone is copying them. Just design your product and then design the next one. If it’s a good product, other people will also make good products. Same as comedian’s claiming someone stole their joke.
LOL, man this thread keeps delivering. Gav just hit a double bingo with this AB review which includes a reference to his Orange drone review right at the start
Calling foils “wings”, particularly during a conversation concerning wing foiling. It’s a Hydrofoil - foil is abbreviated- the wing is still on the airplane. They’ve been hydrofoiling since 1900.
But on that note, definitely downwind winging → 101 so it’s probably more a transitional thing until we start calling parawings “wings” which feels likely to save energy.
Edit qualified that a bit, wingers do your thing hah
Alternatively we go with wind-winging and para-wanging
(I hated “wind wing” which thankfully has gone the way of the wing)
No bait for the wing jokes? Anyone frothed on the the new Duotone D-unit hard or soft handles? I was surprised how many views the wings get on the North yt channel
FWIW I think this forum is not a very representative sample of the market. When-ever I pass the beginner spot back home I’m always amazed how many people are rigging up to mow the lawn. Theres a lot of people who still wing… North a big brand drops a new wing - those are the people who would be interested I assume.
On a side note, I don’t have a big channel but posting my own videos here and there - it seems people are hungry for info, not pretty visuals. An uncut hour long video talking to a camera on a downwinder that took 20 min to edit gets ~10K views with 850 hours of watch-time, but the 2 min sheddit you spend 5x as long putting together flops.