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Gruntiest wimd wing for it's size (2022)?

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Created by stevet73 > 9 months ago, 24 Oct 2021
stevet73
NSW, 241 posts
24 Oct 2021 6:34PM
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I've just ordered a Cabrinha 2022 Mantis (5m) and, after purchasing, I watched one of the reviews and he noted it was a great wing but he felt it didn't have as much 'pull/grunt' as some other wings out there.

I don't care, those long 'boom like' handles sold it to me, BUT the smaller wing you can get away with the better so it got me thinking....what's got (currently) or looking to have (2022) a wing that allows you to use the smallest wing possible?

Example, just from looking online, the Naish Matador is supposedly designed just for this purpose?

hilly
WA, 7876 posts
24 Oct 2021 6:18PM
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PPC

marco
WA, 328 posts
24 Oct 2021 6:43PM
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ENSIS

spartacus
NSW, 121 posts
24 Oct 2021 10:53PM
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Naish Matador

stroppo
WA, 747 posts
24 Oct 2021 9:06PM
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Cabrinha cross v3 will be up there

Grantmac
2317 posts
25 Oct 2021 12:58AM
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With handles like that possibly BRM or the newest Unit?

stevet73
NSW, 241 posts
25 Oct 2021 7:13AM
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Some diverse responses.....but that helps narrow it down to steer someone towards a particular one based on other personal preferences

Alysum
NSW, 1030 posts
25 Oct 2021 8:48AM
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PPC, Ensis Takuma WR are all from the same designer and are very grunty powerful wings.

It's a personal thing whether you like them or not and whether your arms/shoulders can cope with it.

eppo
WA, 9688 posts
25 Oct 2021 6:16AM
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Not sure grunty is the right description when it comes to say the PPC wings I use. Compared to say the armstrong (V1 mind you not sure of the V2) I've ridden. The PC frame is rigid but it's also a fairly flat profile - so it just starts easy and rips upwind easy. The duotone units I had I would call "grunty" which meant they back winded hard in their top third of the wind range and yeh that can pull on the shoulders. PPC doesn't do that.

Windoc
442 posts
25 Oct 2021 7:06AM
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Takuma WK is the gruntiest wing I've tried (ridden OR, Ozone, Reedin, Cab. Mantis, Cab. X-wing, Armstrong, and Konrad). The Takuma will get backwinded heavily at the top of its range though, so you need to ride one size smaller M2 for a given wind strength.

MidAtlanticFoil
818 posts
25 Oct 2021 8:52PM
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I've heard a good review on the forthcoming slingwing V3. The guy who just won the World Cup was flying one too.

marco
WA, 328 posts
26 Oct 2021 12:31AM
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MidAtlanticFoil said..
I've heard a good review on the forthcoming slingwing V3. The guy who just won the World Cup was flying one too.



Are you talking about the Wing WingFoil World Games at Lake Garda?If yes the guy how won was on a ENSIS Score as most other fast riders






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