The Fg wing sup boards are so good that i'm wondering how Armie will come up with something better ??
A dealer supposedly close to the Armstrong team told me that the WING SUP should remain as-is for another year or so. I think that's probably true-I know of a few dealers who are just receiving their WING SUP orders. That being so, the more recent batches have had some improvements over earlier batches. I owned a 75L (#2XXX) and recently got a 60L (#6XXX). Apart from the obvious (black vent plug and black redesigned kick pad), the grip pad feels firmer and the board itself feels a lot stiffer, especially in the rails. It's possible that Armstrong will just make minor changes until they're ready to release the next gen. Just a thought.
One of the Armstrong riders was recently seen in Hood River riding a dedicated downwind SUP board. Also in testing is a dedicated wake/tow board. I think all of this can be found on the Armstrong Instagram page.
My guess is that Armstrong will eventually end up with four boards: SURF, WING, SUP, TOW. There's overlap between use cases (e.g., using a prone-style board for winging or a tow-style board for kiting) but I think it'll make more sense than WING SURF and WING SUP.
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A dealer supposedly close to the Armstrong team told me that the WING SUP should remain as-is for another year or so. I think that's probably true-I know of a few dealers who are just receiving their WING SUP orders. That being so, the more recent batches have had some improvements over earlier batches. I owned a 75L (#2XXX) and recently got a 60L (#6XXX). Apart from the obvious (black vent plug and black redesigned kick pad), the grip pad feels firmer and the board itself feels a lot stiffer, especially in the rails. It's possible that Armstrong will just make minor changes until they're ready to release the next gen. Just a thought.
This is exactly what they do. I've owned three V1 A-wings. Even though they were all V1, each newer wing had incremental changes in stitching and materials.
