Just a Kit Kat break - finding a recent massive uptake at our local - great vibe - lots of sharing of ideas and gear. plenty of wingers at all levels.
hows it going at your local ?

Winging seems more social than kiting, more like the old days of windsurfing. It's much easier to come in and have a break/chat with winging, not so with kiting.
Massive uptake here at Queens Beach, Brisbane, easily outnumbering kites and windsurfers most days with decent wind.

I meet lots of people from windsurfing at the river (melville) curious about winging and giving it a go. Most are enjoying being a beginner again.

It's coming to the end of the winter for me and numbers definitely dropped , it has been hard staying motivated but the conditions and wind are generally better this time of year so worth while.

I think more of the local windsurfers would of taken up winging if they hadn't of recently bought windfoiling kit and there's still some of the die hard windsurfers still struggling to even accept the wing ! It's definitely slowly taking over and even some of my non water sports friends are going to get some lessons.
Its going to be interesting to see how many are winging this summer .

It's gone mental on the Gold Coast , such a cool vibe & turns into beer o'clock most arvos.

UK South Coast. Getting popular very rapidly here, but you still see more kites/windsurfers out on a 15-20kt summer day. It's probably seen more takeup from people that already do a variety of watersports. Most of the local wavesailors are interested, but haven't got around to it yet.

Cost is still a large barrier. Also, a lot of people are set in their ways and do other stuff on the lighter days. Because windsurfing on the flat is boring to a lot of people, they also think winging will be.

Sunday...12-22 mph breeze.
4 Course race foils, 6.2-7.8 meter sails.
7 freestyle windsurfers, mostly 5 meter sails.
7 wingers, 4.5-5.5 wings.
4 freeride windfoilers.
8 beginner windsurfers.
O slalom sailors.
0 freeride windsurfers.