Comment in the latest Mario Kumpel video and not surprised. He's always been a reluctant windfoiler it feels like.
Just when I thought this was another crackpot who shared my feelings, the video below came up on my youtube feed - other than a Robby Swift profile, the most recent PWA video. Does it feel like Patrik's dominance (plus the Phantom implosion) has done a number on the performance side of windfoiling? I've got nothing against fins and the healthiest ecosystem would have both fin and foil racing. If nothing else, no one wants to return to the days of competitors sitting on a beach waiting for 15 kts.
(As an aside, after the dreadful Sail GP races in Sydney, some pundits even mentioned using electric drives to get the boats going. We aren't the only branch of sailing where a lack of wind plays a big role in the success of the sport.)
i started windfoiling 2019, stopped SL-windsurfing completely 2020/21, tryed and learnt (but stopped) winging 2022 - and now I own the AEON set (almost complete) with FMX and PD Foil-Sl Boards, powerd by PD HA-Race and GT3-Foil-sails.
Do I care, what happens in the PWA racing regarding the big "Foil-backlash"? No, not at all.
Do I care, that now 2026 these very large freerace or some very wide SL-boards boards are presented to be again the hottest **** on the market? No, not at all.
But one thing, I know for sure. After so many many days on the beach's (i started 1983) waiting for the breeze, for the gust, for my 30 minutes of enough wind to glide with my SL-Boards - i will never return from Windfoiling back to the fin at low- oder medium windrange conditions.
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i started windfoiling 2019, stopped SL-windsurfing completely 2020/21, tryed and learnt (but stopped) winging 2022 - and now I own the AEON set (almost complete) with FMX and PD Foil-Sl Boards, powerd by PD HA-Race and GT3-Foil-sails.
Do I care, what happens in the PWA racing regarding the big "Foil-backlash"? No, not at all.
Do I care, that now 2026 these very large freerace or some very wide SL-boards boards are presented to be again the hottest **** on the market? No, not at all.
But one thing, I know for sure. After so many many days on the beach's (i started 1983) waiting for the breeze, for the gust, for my 30 minutes of enough wind to glide with my SL-Boards - i will never return from Windfoiling back to the fin at low- oder medium windrange conditions.
Our paths are very similar. I'm more just amused by what appear to be efforts to rewrite the narrative. Plus, I'm waiting for gear optimized for "jumping the sausage". 
