Is this wing any good? Looking at the 4.5 for something with a tight canopy that going to behave well at the top end but I can't tell a GD thing from the marketing vids or what passes for reviews. Someone say something not nice about this wing to help me decide if it's the not nice thing I can deal with. I like a wing with a tight tight canopy and I'm poor so it'll cover a big range. Is this wing good for that? I don't do a lot of flagged out style riding I don't care about upwind angles i don't want any pushback and it needs to be well behaved in tacks(and that means tight right?)

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TooMuchEpoxy said..well behaved in tacks(and that means tight right?)

Small leading edge helps too

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hilly said..

TooMuchEpoxy said..well behaved in tacks(and that means tight right?)

Small leading edge helps too

I have no earthly idea. I wing a lot but I'm clueless about attributes.wings I've flow - Naish Matador(my first wings, baggy, much pushback, garbage) Cab Mantis (2nd quiver - tight canopy, good wing - I have a 2 year old wing that rides great). Currently on Takuma WK (garbage - baggy, pushback)

someone school me on this stuff please. What is baggy good for? I feel like tight is also nice because flappy sailcloth is degrading sailcloth(I raced sailboats long enough to know that)

I can deal with whatever handles also. Also I like doing that bit where you fly the front of it off the leash so a stable wing is nice.

No idea about the flysurfer. I ride Smik, only in waves so just interested in upwind and flagging. They have a tight canopy if you get the V4 and have a boom option now. They tack fine but there are better freestyle wings out there for jumping.

I haven,t tried them but one of my buddies uses them and is really raving about them. Before that he was on Armstrong XPS and rates these higher.
Regarding to the windrange, last weekend I was well powered in gusty side off with my 4m, while another dude (at least 15kg lighter) was ripping with his TAO 5.2 of last year. That guy was coming from Strikes V4 and love em as well.
In Europe you see them on sale, and If I was in need for a new wing, that would be my bet.