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The answer is no. The reason is that parawings / wings only work with the reduced surface area and additional lift of foils.

It all depends on the length of your gear and how much space you want between the end of your boards/rigs and your seat/cargo barrier. I have a LWB Vito and use the extra space for boxes, bags, foils etc. The cargo space is 2.9m. The van is long, 5.3m, but I've got used to it. A cargo barrier is really worthwhile.

Have you had your bone density checked recently. Breaking a rib in this manner shouldn't really happen.

Monofilm has been the go-to material for windsurfing sails since the early nineties when it replaced laminated dacron/mylar. Advantages over dacron/mylar were obvious, monofilm doesn't stretch or delaminate. The disadvantages are also obvious, monofilm is heavy, degrades with exposure to UV and is easily creased, cracked, torn and or locally deformed from impact. All my monofilm sails have had multiple panels either replaced or repaired with mylar tape. Scrim lamination partly solves the latter issue but adds weight and still subject to UV degradation.

This is all not a problem if you are lucky enough to be able to replace sails each season or two. But is monofilm a suitable material for long term use? Dingy and yatch sails are rarely made out of monofilm. Neither are wings. Does the windsurfing industry use monofilm because of it's inbuilt obsolescence?

Two years ago I replaced my Windfoil sails with North 3DI Wave sails. So far so good. What, if any, are the alternatives?

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ptsf1111 said..

Manawa said..

Honestly? If I were you, I'd wait.
The Gen 2 is an amazing sail, don't get me wrong it fixed the minor quirks of the first batch and it's already light years ahead of any monofilm sail. But the Gen 3 is the 'refined' masterpiece. It depends also on your budget of course. If you want to get on the water with North sails right now, buy the Gen 2. It's a fantastic sail and you'll love it from day one. But if you're the type of person who always wants the latest tech and can afford to wait a little longer for the absolute best, then hold out for Gen 3. Either way, you're leaving the 'stitched curtains' era behind, so you can't really lose! Do you like jumping or only wave riding?

Come on, cut the crap! Light years ahead, refined masterpiece, stitched curtains' era, seriously?!

If this is not AI generated it's merely marketing crap. Are you paid by North or otherwise a bot? I don't think posts like this sound very credible. Reminds me of the early days of this thread.

Have you used a gen 1 or 2 North wave sail? If not, on what do you base your disparaging remarks?

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objc said..
Had 4.2, 4.7, 5.2 (wave) for 2 years.
Downhaul point broke off all of them

Outhaul point broke off the 5.3 when it was a month old, and recently top of luff broke off the 5.3 , without doing anything radical.

Luff tube seems super thin.

Aside from that they are great sails. Have used very heavily. The black material seems super hard to break, if you land on your harness hook it wont explode like a normal sail. But the downhaul issue has happened to heaps of people

Gonna probably buy normal sails again

Anyone know if they reinforced the clew/downhaul/top of luff in recent version?

The 2024 models have a Dacron luff pocket. The connection of the clew, downhaul and luff plug look the same.

I've got the following wave models, 2022 5.3 (33 sessions), 2024 4.7 (37 sessions), 2024 4.2 (20 sessions) and 2024 3.7 (7 sessions). I use for windfoiling in 10 to 30 kts, chasing wind blown swell. Only about 10 sessions in breaking surf. No damage so far. My previous 6.0 and 5.0 Duotone Suppersessions fell apart with about the same use.

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thedoor said..
Mr Keen defeating my drone skills

Great video thedoor and sweet riding skills Jayson.

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mr love said..
Agree, love my freeride / swell chasing windfoil, such fun. Will I wing?, quite possibly but not at the moment.

Could not agree more. I will stick with windfoil. I think I have as much fun as the wingers

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Credit @ thedoor for the vid

Preaching to the converted. Windfoiling suits me, it reminds me of my wave sailing youth. Executing heelside cutbacks at the top of a swell in side shore wind feels fantastic.

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onshoreroy said..
I have a carbon boom which is amazing, but I like to carry a second boom for rigging a second sail or if my dad wants to borrow something. What is the best aluminum boom to get?

I have bought a few Unifibre bits recently which I have been impressed with, so I am looking at the Unifibre HD but the Neil Pride XFS one looks good. It would be a Wave 140 or 190.

would not bother....very hard to go back to using a ally boom after having a carbon one.
i tried but just ended up getting a good second hand carbon one.

I bought a 10 year old carbon NP X9 wave boom (140 - 190). Paid $300. I've had it now for 3 years, it's my go to boom for wave wind foiling. I use in 10 to 30 kts and have used in broken surf. I average over 100 sessions per year. It's much better (lighter, stiffer, stronger) than my Severne aluminium boom of the same length.

Gestalt, windfoiling would replace sailing your LT. You like sailing your LT, so it's understandable that you have no desire to windfoil