43 posts
Looking for depower tips for the PR V2 with the new Bow bar bridal system. It just doesn't depower like the V1 holding onto the front of the bar. In the V1, you locate the single point harness line most forward with the back hand tilting the bar down/up for on/off power. In the V2, the Bow Bar bridal is always loading the shape of the Parawing (B,C and D lines) with not the same depower as the V1. Since upgrading to V2, I am so exhausted fighting to depower. What do I need to do? The goal is to UW/DW laps and freeride.
NSW
711 posts
I'm not being intentionally facetious, but why are you trying to depower? It kinda changes the answer a little (both answers assuming you're riding hooked-in):
- If you've got room to move in front of you and you're just feeling overpowered, then I encourage you to just point harder upwind. It controls the speed better and you can bleed the power.
- If you're actually wanting to depower (let's say you need to avoid an obstacle or let someone on a different angle overtake), then you can gently bring the parawing more overhead (like you would with a kite).
NSW
467 posts
You are already setup correctly in my experience with the harness single point at the front of the bar. Next step is to channel your inner kite foil racer and point upwind hard when the power allows and just lean into the gusts and get comfortable with the speed it generates. The difference in how these wings fly is completely differently. If riding in particularly gusty winds you could survive a gust on a v1 by depowering to the front lines temporarily while your wing flapped its head off. On the V2 with harness line hooked in the depower potential is only small and unlike the V1's they love being really really powered. The V2 will evolve you into a ripping upwind foiler if you have the foil control to deal with the speed and bumps coming at you fast. If a gust hits you and causes you to bare off even just slightly the speed will overwhelm you fast so you need to train yourself to keep pointing hard upwind when you see the gusts coming.
I can't see riding toeside (hooked in or not) as feasible in the wind range where the V2's really perform.
464 posts
I never owned the V1 PR, but currently run PR2 and PPacks. Both like rear line tension even when loaded up at the top end. I actually move my harness line back 2-3" from the front of the bar to help keep rear line pressure. When a gust hits, I stay sheeted in and just point higher. Sheeting out/depowering just makes the wing unstable. I can ride overpowered this way toeside easily, but once I'm being lifted off my feet it's time to down size. Coming from a windsurfing slalom race background way back, I kind of enjoy the feeling of being quite loaded up in the harness and maching through gusts; sort of "S" turning higher in the guts, then bearing off to a faster angle .
WA
1268 posts
Never found much in the realm of actual de-power on the PRv2 vs other modern parawings. You can lean into it for a while but I was getting consistently lifted off my board. Sold em.
