DWF forum posts in last 60 days

Let me explain in a way that makes more sense to the non board builder.

With PVC sandwich construction, you put one thin layer of glass or carbon under the PVC and one layer over the PVC. Making it a sandwich. This makes it strong because it’s a sandwich and light because due to sandwich being strong,………you need less layers of fiberglass or carbon. But, this thin layer of glass or carbon on the outside of the PVC, being thin, makes it puncture prone. The upside, if the puncture isn’t deep enough to penetrate through the sandwich, the board remains water tight.

For non sandwich boards. These are actually cheaper to make. To make non sandwich strong, you need more layers of carbon and fiberglass on the skin to create strength. So a more puncture resistance skin. But when punctured, they take on water fast and board is quickly ruined if owner says, I’ll deal with it later and ride today with this leak.

Harness line length is greatly affected by how much “strap slack” you ride with on your stash bag/harness. I see a lot of people riding will that strapped stretched out 6 inches from their belly. So hard to advise based on that.

After day three, getting to my feet feels easier than with a hand wing. All because the S3 pulls overhead strong, unlike a hand wing. Plus, the parawing only requires one hand to fly, allowing my free hand to push off the deck helping me stand. I now have a new hip. I tried 2 years ago with a bad hip and quit after 2 attempts with the Flow D-wing. Sold them immediately. Thought I’d never be able to parawing. Better flying parawings and new hip made me try again. I now believe senior citizens are better off riding parawings, over hand wings into our sunset years. I let my 76 year old buddy try it today. He also got to his feet. My wife struggled on day one of hand winging with new fresh knee replacement. She also believes parawinging will be easier to get to her feet after watching me. So she will be the next parawinger in town. This is 5.3m with F4 Orca 1050. I-windsurf sensor “average” 13-16 mph (range 10-20) on day 2 and 3. Weight 195 lbs.