NEWS: THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS OF OUR WINGS !!!

In wing more than in any other watersports, it‘s the program that should guide the choice of your wing. The main programs in wing today are Allround, Free Race, Light Wind, Freestyle and Waveriding.

To meet these programs, each wing plays on the following qualities:

• Power: power base, torque.
• Vmax: ability to go fast easily.
• Simplicity: simplicity of piloting.
• Agility: easy to handle the Wing on the water.
• Control: stability in high range.
• Neutrality: depower when the Wing is totally sheeted, flat in surfing for example.

First the beginner who wants to progress, the Allround rider. He needs simplicity above all. But he wants beautiful gear, of quality and developed for his progression. He doesn’t want to look like a beginner with bad equipment and he’s right. He needs a clever, well thought-out set that simplifies his life without being simplistic & cheap.

Then the Freerace rider, because cranking out speed with the boys is always enjoyable. And not everyone has a fabulous wave riding spot in front of their house, nor does everyone want to be ripped apart in the waves. So, challenging ourselves and each amongst friends remains a major pleasure of our sports.

When the wind is limited, not very clean, we get frustrated ! Watching chumps out there playing while we are stuck on shore is surely one of the most frustrating experiences. So, we equip ourselves in LightWind, so we don’t miss out on a single session. It is often the addiction for equipment lovers because this tendency leads quickly to an arms race.

And we know that some of you have twisted ideas, rebellion in your blood, a desire to search and destroy everything ahahah ? Well these riders like Freestyle. What’s better than tearing it up on the flat? More seriously, these people basically want to reproduce, on the flat, some wave riding moves. And quickly gets out of hand then it ends up in a tail spin, if can get complicated and very elitist, but there’s a real freestyle subdivision.

Finally comes the Holy Grail: Waveriding. Original essence of our passions, riding the waves is in us. So yes, it’s the ultimate, the aspiration and objective, and a lot of you devote yourselves to it without limits, celebrating the ocean more than the wind, exploiting the wave more than the gust. And it’s beautiful.

The program of each wing

The Wing Plus : Allround !

• Its role is to make your first year of Wing flying easier.
• Light, easy, powerful, it has all the qualities to help you arrive to a good level.

The Wing SuperPower : full Power !

• Your water surface exposes you to capricious, irregular, gusty winds? It is THE Wing that’s unbeatable in the light and for the heavier riders: power to spare and furious acceleration.

The Wing Pulse : Freeride attitude !

• Dominate the others in speed and heading, holds up easily in gusts, and when launching.
• It kills it on all levels, and propels the Wing into new realms of performance.

The Wing Droïd : Freestyle machine !

• Maximum compactness to link tricks and rotations.
• Its torque delivers an incredible boost for ever more pop.

The Wing Neutra : ultimate Waveriding !

• Absolute smoothness with this Wing 100% surf/jumps/transitions.
• We get back to the essence of the flow and driven the dream for the last century and to flourish with a Wing in hand.

What styles of wing?

Do you all have a style in mind that speaks to you, several perhaps?

At GONG we have developed specific answers for each style so that everyone can find not only performance, but also what most resembles them or what they want to identify with.

You want to surf with a Droïd because you like its style, its compactness, its voltage? Nothing prevents you from doing so, on the contrary.

You are a beginner and you like the look of the Neutra? Go for it! It will be less perfect than a Plus but the important thing is that you like it.