Wing foil: pros and cons compared to windsurfing, surfing and kite.

The pros and cons of wing foiling.

We have seen that the wing foil takes inspiration from three great disciplines: surfing, windsurfing, and kite.

The Surf. In this new sport there is a surfing component: the most central position, pumping to catch the air or the wave.

Windsurfing. Then there is a large windsurfing component: the management of the wing and the wind is similar, there are, if desired, the straps, you float before taking off.

The Kite. Finally, there is also a small kite component, relating both to the shape of the wing itself and to the fact that the wing lifts you out of the water allowing you to jump much higher, to "float" in the air and land much more softly.

On an emotional and adrenaline level, the wing foil is second to none of the three "parents" mentioned, and is, in my opinion, on the same level.
In terms of simplicity, if I had to draw up a ranking from the simplest to the most difficult, I would say Kitesurfing, Wingfoil just below, then Windsurfing and Surfing.

But if we talk about accessibility and range of use, we make a killing. Wingfoiling is a fun sport from 8 knots upwards, which means you can do an incalculable amount of sessions.
There will no longer be bad days, those with gusty, crooked, too light winds, with little wave, with an annoying chop. Every wingfoil ride will be magnificent. It's not magic, it's foil combined with the freedom of having a wing lift you up. You don't need a trapeze, you don't need to have calluses on your hands, you don't need to have 3 boards and 5 sails to do maybe 50 sessions a year. A board, a foil and two wings are enough to make 100 wing sessions a year, in the spot "near the house", even in the summer among the umbrellas.

And the negatives? Perhaps, at the moment, the only conditions we have found ourselves less comfortable with are precisely those rare days with 35 knots, rough seas, foam everywhere or shorebreaks. In this case, to have fun with foil you have to be really good at it. But I repeat, these are rare conditions, and, importantly, the right spot must be found. Already today new spots are emerging, considered ugly by windsurfers or inaccessible to kiters, who are fabulous with the wing. Every sport must be practiced in the right place, and wingfoil is no exception.