It opens up many days on the water
The downwind board for light wind winging is like, I was just starting to use it at the very end of last summer. And now this past season in the gorge, which is where I live, on light days, it was comical how light of winds you can go on. My friends are out there on inflatable SUPs with beers paddling around, and I’m out there winging on a downwind board. You can go in single digits, super easy, like lulling four or five knots, maxing out at nine knots, on a four meter wing, and on a thousand foil, and you can have a blast!
Light wind or gusty spots
It’s really quite comical. And it really opens up so many days on the water for people that don’t live in a place like, you know, Maui or the Gorge. Like lakes and places that just aren’t as windy. You really get out in the water so much more.
Easy to paddle in
It also has the added benefit of if the wind does die, which if you’re going out in sort of marginal conditions, there’s definitely that possibility. A downwind board shape is easy to paddle in, or even just stand on and slog in without being on foil. You’re gonna get home with that downwind shape.
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