FlyingPeew said..
In the early days Windsurfing was described as 'poor man's sailing'. Therefore, when wingfoiling arrived ($600 for a wing and you only needed 1) we called it 'poor man's windsurfing'. Now we have to find something that we can call 'poor man's wingfoiling'.
I don't mind if specialist racing equipment is expensive and requires careful handling, as long as there are decent, performance alternatives for the average joe and the weekend warrior.
Depending on your local conditions, you can get away with just one hand wing and 1 foil. This is what I did last summer (even though I had 2 wings, I didn't use the bigger wing). Sometimes I was a bit overpowered (probably would've been fine with a harness), other times a bit underpowered OTOH, had I been windsurfing, I could've gotten away with 1 sail, but at the cost of 50% less sessions, half of the rest being either badly underpowered or overpowered. So, in terms of wind range, TOW per $ wingfoiling works out to be cheaper than windsurfing.
