How old are you?
I'm in the 50-60 yrs old bracket < for those sensitive about their age.
I have a sneaking suspicion wing dingers are more mature, have already had years experience with other wind based board sports and now after a new challenge with something more chill.
That's my observation too, based on Northern Beaches Sydney.
I'm in the same age bracket.
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... and they can afford wing foiling gear 
Yep, that too!
I'm 52. I have no wind base experience but winging was the next step since I sup surf and sup foiling.
53. Ski. Snowboard. Skateboard. Surf. Longboard. Sup. Kite. Kite foil. Sup foil. Surf foil. Wing foil. Dang, I guess efoil really is next. And a one wheel.
50 here , most guys here are around that.
Some annoying youngsters that learn to jump and spin in no time at all.No respect :)
25-35 is my range, often the youngest at the beach here on the northern beaches, but I have a yacht racing background, so I've always been one of the younger guys.
That being said, most of the younger riders (<25) have parental or some other form of sponsorship, way too expensive otherwise.
The Axis SES and glass FOne foils should make for a great entry for the more financially conscious person.
58, spent 20yrs windsurfing 20yrs kiting and hoping I'm going to get 20yrs winging. I think our age group are the ones who can afford all the gear, it's not a cheap sport. Plus there's a large market of ex or current windsurfers and kites about 50 plus who want a new buzz. Not many young guys windsurf last 20yrs and most of the kites who started in their mid 20's and 40 plus now.
Mike
I'm 55. Racing Moths from mid teens, then windsurfing, surfing, kiting, kite foiling and now the wing. Kite foiling wasn't doing it for me exercise wise so made the move to the wing. Mostly seems like an older crew here in Western Australia (40+) but the young guys who wing are ripping. Haven't felt like launching a kite since I started winging. When there's no wind I go fly fishing.
52. There's a heap of windsurfers 40+ who are now foiling because it extends TOW. And we're a bit more cashed up than the younger gen. The bulk of the bell shaped curve sits over 40 and 50 year olds here I think.
There is a cohort of younger riders emerging here now. I reckon the bell shaped curve will flatten and extend from young teens up in a few more years. This being a sport that requires less brute strength and is more technique focussed than windsurfing - at an intermediate level, I reckon a lot more women will have a go too.
57. Windsurfered from 1985, kited from 1999, with a bit of surfing/sup along the way. got bored of wind/kitesurfing in usual crap conditions. wing has offered a new challenge (gybing esp) body is suffering (knees/back) but loving the journey. I think older guys are the ones with disposable cash to drop on the hugely expensive kit.
JD follow cam has some young rippers he films in Maui, but yeah, globally it seems the aged got with it early.
Turned 60 last week
you all realise that we are having this discussion on a FORUM
I wonder if we would see the same age demographic if this was a FB post? ??
I'm 38, spent quite a bit of time sailing keelboats and dinghies growing up. Took up windsurfing almost 6 years ago. Windfoiling 4 years ago. Played with winging last year but didn't like the gen 1 equipment. Plan to revisit it this summer.
I saw the Beatles live in 1966 when I was 16 years old so you do the math.
I learned to windsurf in 1977 and continued to do so until I saw Robby Naish on a wind foil board. I started foiling on a windsurf board, which was at least relatable and added the wing equipment (board and wings) a year later. I want to get reasonably good at winging so I've dropped windsurfing completely and dedicate all my water time to foiling -- my favourite sport ever!
33 and the youngest. Everyone else has $50k sprinter vans. Not many wind sports around here so not many young people used to dropping thousands on disposable gear.
Just my foils are worth 2x the vehicle I drive them around in.
Waiting for a new complete setup being under $2k before we see an explosion. Biggest question I get from beach goers is "how much?".
39.
Kited for 5 yrs with some kite foiling as well. Spent a lot of time on the water solo and got into some situations that spooked me a bit (self launching / landing). As soon as I got onto the wing I was hooked. Took away the risks that I found in kiting, opened up new spots, gave me a more direct connection to the wind, and depower allowed for a more free-feeling. Sold all of my kite gear within a few months and have been on the water with a wing for a year and a half since then.
I'm definitely on the younger side at my local. Most of the dedicated wing guys around me came from windsurfing or surfing and are in their mid 40s/50s, but a lot of the younger hotshot kiters will take a wing out every once and a while too. Most guys are just lawnmowing with some more advanced guys wave riding and downwinding. Not much freestyle in my neighborhood yet.
I'm 64 but feel like 16. No real wind sport background but started surfing & skiing at a young age. Skateboarded and snowboarded since they were invented. Moved to the mountains to rock climb and mountain bike and found wake foiling two years ago. I think it's the coolest sport I have ever done, totally life changing. Prone, wing and wake.
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Biggest question I get from beach goers is "how much?".
Funny thing is, foiling can be done pretty cheap, as long as you're willing to sacrifice top end. 8 years ago we were DIYing kite foils using aluminum tubing and carving G10, bolted onto wakeskates. 5 years ago we were building sup foils from plywood and retrofitting sups with golf club shaft through-hulls. Now, chasing an elusive pump-monkey downwinding dream, the $1000s quickly disappear in the new must-have foil over and over. BOAT (bring out another thousand) vs KISS (keep it simple stupid). If you give up that top-end, you can be on a $50 DIY foil on a free old giveaway board with $100 in DIY mounts, and it will work just fine, for 90% of conditions.
But back to age: my throwing $$ at the problem coincided with a little mini mid life crisis ... the realization at 53, there's maybe 10 years of going hard(ish), 10 years of cruising, then it gets increasingly iffy. Injuries get harder to recover, unrelated health issues can arise, at any time you get taken out of the water not by choice. The heavy bummer of realizing we face a finite number of sessions ahead comes with a positive: full-on carpe diem commitment, SPEND THE MONEY NOW and enjoy every minute of your (relative) youth TO THE MAX. Chase the fun and no regrets.
i'm 105 years old, my first pet's name was bouncy, i grew up in Montreal, my favorite color is pink, my first car was a Peugeot, etc... lol
I'm 57 this year - and feeling it
