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Paducah said..
Nico just dropped a new video

Same problem : he says you need a big wide board, specific sail, expensive top end foil... and that is true for race winDfoil. But also this leads those who never tried winDfoil to think it's the only way : cumbersome, expensive, and for high end top riders. VS winGing that is still somewhat easier. No doubt this will keep winDfoil a niche sport.

Though, as some have seen the potential with foilStyle windsurfing, and used gear being available (a lot of race gear, but also some more freeride stuff), I have seen some new winDfoil riders at my spot (very few though).
The only problem is that most informations available on winDfoiling only talks of racy gear, and if not, there's a lot of 'not very good advises'.

We all ride what we can depending on conditions and time available. Recently I have been more windsurfing than foiling as we had quite a few really hardcore windy days (over 40kt sometime 50). But windFoil is still my main usual game, and I don't feel like switching to winGing (though I am winging once in a while when no other gear is available). IMHO, the 'industry' is stalling on the windFoil gear because brand (and most rider as well) completly missed the easy going style opportunity. They focused on high end performance. So yeah PWA is only one thing. Now there is definitly another trend toward 'foilstyle' (and that can be simply carving flat water waveriding style curbs, lot of fun and feeling) led of course by Baltz and Grisley.

There is possibility that some riders realize how much fun windFoiling can be.