NEWS: YPRA S FOR SLALOM!

Making speed and control come together is the amazing feat of the new Ypra S!

This moderately high aspect front wing is ultra fast and efficient in maneuvers, allowing you to shift into higher gear on crosswind speed runs and confirm your lead with full control jibes!

2022 World Champion in U19 Slalom under the feet of Malo Guénolé, this front wing is at the top of the program. The glide of this wing is a game changer in the wing foiling world. You feel like being pulled forward at crazy speeds without any restraint. It’s breathtaking and easy at the same time. Its thin thickness, its thin leading edge, and its moderate high aspect ratio are the magic combo to set new speed records and master full speed jibes and tacks.

More accessible than the Ypra, it’s easier to take off with and maneuver. For a racing front wing, it’s great because this comfort allows you to choose a smaller size and therefore go even faster.

Traditionally speaking, all you need to go fast is a tiny front wing and hope for the best. But with the Ypra S, we have a profile that glides even in large sizes. It’s perfectly stable even on rough water, without ever lifting too much. The wing is healthy and ultra stable at high speed, like on rails. And yet it is easy to maneuver! From then on, high speeds are maintained in all situations and the average speed is significantly increased: by almost 5 knots. You can sail full speed for miles without breaking a sweat. With the Ypra S, we ride close to 30 knots with the same intensity that we would ride at 22/25 knots with a classic performance wing.

Wing foiler: Malo, GONG team rider, with the Ypra S, HM 92 mast, Lethal FSP Pro and Pulse 2023.

For the first time in wing foiling, thanks to the Ypra S, the gear is not limiting in a Slalom type of practice. We can challenge all other foil sports without any feeling of inferiority.

Because it’s developed in 5 sizes, its main assets in a Slalom practice, which are speed and control, can match different programs on different types of foil boards. Mainly programs in which you want to fly over the spot with a high average speed, and confidence:

• In surf foiling, it’s great for downwinders, for example in fast bumps in the Pacific or to tow-in in solid waves for those who have the level for it!
• In wing foiling, unprecedented speed on a crosswind gait that will drop your friends on the spot.
• In kite foiling, perfect to go full speed with the small sizes.

Discover the new Ypra S without delay in our shop!

Construction

The highest ratios in our range contain a large number of high modulus carbon layers.

Its high modulus carbon construction is super rigid and responsive. It maintains a formidable dynamic despite the lower thicknesses. This technology is the very best in high pressure, high temperature molded carbon construction

TORAY M40J high modulus carbon offers incredible stiffness. It is a high-end carbon that delivers high mechanical properties while remaining resistant. A carbon popular in aeronautics as well as for high-end sports equipment. Its mechanical characteristics such as its superior tensile strength and Young’s modulus translate to exceptional performance in navigation.

The other layers of these front wings are made of 3K and 12K Prepreg carbon, with a total of over 15 fiber layers on the profile, and many more in the fitting areas.

High stress points such as fittings and connections are reinforced with Kevlar to resist tearing and fiberglass for tolerance. It is essential to place specific fibers according to the different types of stress in addition to the carbon which will produce dynamism.

On the high aspect wings, we have added a central stringer made of full prepreg carbon, which runs from one tip to the other. This acts as a solid beam to boost rigidity, namely by the extreme dynamic connection it provides between the intrado and the extrado.

Molded at high pressure and high temperature on a foam core, our wings are almost indestructible. It is the perfect balance between low weight and “infinite” durability/repairability.

Wing tips are a potential source of danger. We take care not to produce an intrinsically dangerous design, within the limits of efficient hydrodynamics. We invite you to be extremely careful though because these parts remain sharp and dangerous by nature. Stay away, wear the proper protections, and never sharpen them. Systematically repair the slightest hitch in the outline because it represents a danger for you and others if it were to cut your leash for example. In all situations, the greatest caution is required. If in doubt, abstain (waves, strong wind, etc.). The foil is by nature a dangerous object in the same way as a knife or a chainsaw for example. Never sail alone and without any protection. Do not approach others. And be careful even on land when handling your foil.