Wing Droid Aramid X - Aramid X 4,5 m² / Black Second Hand 12892
Program
The ultimate wing for surf-freestyle and big air: ultra-rigid and strong, ultra-precise and uncompromising, to push all performance limits.
Presentation
The Droid Aramid X 2026 is the reference wing for surf-freestyle and big air. It’s a world championship winning wing, chosen by Benji and the team riders to push all boundaries. Spin, hangtime, radical moves: it embodies the ultimate level of performance while remaining perfectly reliable and solid.
The 2026 shape integrates major range evolutions: a more curved leading edge slightly set back near the tips, an elongated chord (+3 cm on a 4.5), and refined work on the tips that become more segmented and rounder. These adjustments boost rotation, make handling ultra-precise, and allow maximum use of the wing’s traction. For pops, for example, the precision is such that you jump higher with less effort.
Compact, extremely rigid, and ultra-maneuverable, the Droid Aramid X is made for the most extreme moves. It turns quickly, reacts instantly, and remains perfectly locked in during critical moments. It’s a wing designed to launch you sky-high, to chain together the most committed tricks with ruthless efficiency.
The deep and perfectly balanced profile delivers massive power, essential for accelerating, re-popping, or throwing radical jumps up to 1440s and other committed moves. Its behavior is consistent: the wing responds exactly as commanded, positions itself on demand, and provides millimetric precision. You always know where the power is and how to use it.
The Aramid X advantage is its Code 95 canopy. A bit less lightweight than triple ripstop, but infinitely more rigid and resistant thanks to its reinforced weave. This fabric completely locks the shape, offering instant response and unmatched reactivity. Every gust is transformed into energy, acceleration, and lift. This material gives the X its unique character, its efficiency, and its infinite freestyle potential.
On the water, this reactivity translates into a unique ability to convert power into height and speed. In big air, it catapults higher and for longer. In freestyle, it spins faster, harder, with total control. In surfing, its compactness makes tight turns easier, and its maneuverability lets you throw tricks in the wave with incredible ease.
But the Droid Aramid X isn’t just the champions’ wing. It’s also the ultimate wing for those who want to do it all in a performance register. From freeride to freefly, waves to tricks, all the way to freerace and slalom, it excels everywhere. A solid, versatile, ultra-high-performance wing, able to combine power and extreme maneuverability, without ever limiting its program.
The boom plays a central role in this precision. Rigid and lightweight, it ensures perfect grip, enables effortless one-handed control, and frees the body to commit to more radical tricks. Its protected tips add daily comfort and durability.
Construction-wise, this is a wing built to last. Laminated UPE Aramid leading edge and central strut, Code 95 canopy, reinforced seams, Kevlar patches, 80-micron doubled and extended bladders, thermo-welded reinforcements: everything is designed to resist breakage, deformation, and wear. No other model is as solid and reliable.
In summary, the Droid Aramid X 2026 is the holy grail of freestyle surf wings. Ultra-rigid, ultra-reactive, ultra-precise, it delivers absolute reliability and piloting precision. A no-compromise wing, able to perform at the world’s highest level, designed for those who want to extract the maximum of what wingfoil can offer today.
Technical sheet
Wing Droid Aramid X - Aramid X 4,5 m² / Black Second Hand 12892 Aramid X / 4,5 m² / Black
Bord d’attaque en UPE Aramid 85g/m2.
Latte centrale en UPE Aramid 85g/m2.
Canopy Code-X 81gr/m2.
Bladder de latte renforcé.
Renforts insigna sur les coutures pour une meilleure durabilité.
Tips saver en Nylon 1680D pour protéger des frottements sur les tips.
Renforts kevlar sous les fixations de poignées / boom sur la latte.
Boom à ajouter au panier car vendu séparément.
Une poignée textile semi rigide de Downwind sur le bord d’attaque.
Micro lattes en fibre de verre anti-flappement avec embout moulé pour une finition irréprochable.
Système de One pump pour un gonflage rapide.
Une valve de gonflage et une valve dégonflage rapide.
Camera safety loop aux tips et proche de la strut.
Attache de leash sous la poignée de Downwind.
Buying guide
For whom?
Freestylers, freeriders, and thrill-seekers, this wing is for you!
The Droid is designed for those who want a compact, powerful, and ultra-responsive wing. Accessible for motivated beginners yet crafted for experienced riders seeking high performance, it adapts to your skill level while driving you to improve.
Powerful and undeniably high-performing, it’s designed for those who want to push their potential to the fullest. The Droid delivers strong acceleration and demands an assertive physical presence, making it ideal for riders eager to push their limits. While its intensity is a major asset for freestyle and jumps, it can be softened for freeriding by using a harness, especially on longer runs.
With its boom the Droid offers immediate reactivity and pinpoint control, ideal for sharp piloting and dynamic maneuvers. While it requires dedication, it propels you into a world of unmatched performance.
For what?
The Droid is an ultra-versatile wing that excels in demanding disciplines while remaining accessible. Here are its key strengths:
- Freestyle and flatwater: designed for modern and complex maneuvers, it provides instant acceleration and explosive pop, perfect for chaining the most advanced tricks with fluidity.
- Early take off: with its compact design and focused power, it lets you take off early, even when underpowered. Ideal for making the most of your sessions without staying stuck on the water, no matter the conditions.
- Engaged surf: responsive and agile, it perfectly adapts to multi-peak waves, where being opportunistic and reactive is key, with precise control to push hard.
- Transitions and rotations: thanks to its low aspect ratio, it makes jibes, tacks, and 360s easier, while minimizing the risk of catching the water.
- Slalom and fast freeride: with its forward pull and power, it delivers dynamic performance, allowing you to ride at top speed while maintaining perfect control.
The carbon boom strengthens the profile's rigidity, ensuring consistent performance and an immediate response in any condition. Whatever the situation, your hands instinctively settle on the boom. The Droid is a true powerhouse, built to push your boundaries and enhance your glide.
Droid OR Neutra?
- Droid: Built for those who want to push their limits. With its focused power and explosive handling, it’s the ultimate wing for surf, freestyle, and flat-water tricks. While it excels in surf, its main goal is to elevate your performance to new heights.
- Neutra: Tailored for riders who focus on fluid glide and precise control in surfing. With its carbon boom, lighter than the handles, it offers exceptional maneuverability, making it perfect for endless turns in freefly or wave riding.
Each model has its own personality, but they all share a common goal: to provide you with the best experience on the water, with style and performance.
Understanding the GONG range
- Plus: a versatile, accessible wing designed for progression.
- Droid: a surf/freestyle wing with explosive power. It's also a top choice for lightwind conditions.
- Neutra: the smooth wing for surf, freefly, and endless carves.
- Pulse: the ultimate racing wing with incredible upwind ability and speed.
The Droid is your ultimate companion for thrilling, seamless sessions. With its compact design, agility, and exceptional performance, it transforms each ride into a flawless experience.
Understanding our wing range:
Which size?
Don’t overestimate the power of wings. A rider weighing 85kg will need 15-20 knots with a 5m² wing to fly at first. After about fifteen sessions, they will be able to fly at 15 knots with a 5m². And if they are athletic, they will pump hard and lift off at 12 knots in 5m² to get through lulls at 8 knots. This is a learning process and takes time. Month by month, as you explore more specialized gear, flying in winds under 10 knots will become easy.
Which material?
The choice of leading edge material depends mainly on your program and goals. If you prefer cruising in freeride, are just starting tricks, or enjoy surf and freefly, a Dacron leading edge and central strut will be ideal.
If, on the other hand, you love riding hard with a wing that pulls powerfully and will fly sky high, don’t hesitate! The UPE Aramid will provide absolute stiffness with undeniable advantages. The performance gap is significant—it goes faster, higher, and turns incredibly well thanks to its thinner diameters.
Finally, to push even further into the performance realm, combine the UPE Aramid structure with the ultra-rigid Code X canopy fabric. You’ll boost your performance by 15%, reaching the pinnacle of high-level wing performance.
And since things evolve quickly, our team asked us to develop an even stiffer wing: the Aramid CZ technology is therefore born this year, with performance simply out of this world. Stiffer, faster, and stronger. Reserved only for Pro riders and highly experienced amateurs ready to be pushed to the limit.
Which quiver?
The Droid wing works with everything but pairs especially well with a compact, lightweight board—or a Cruzader for light wind.
Here are the typical pairings:
Cruzader for light wind
Mint for freeride
Hyperloop or Stunt for freestyle
Mint, a short Cruzader, or a Lethal for freefly
Lethal for surf
Naturally, it’s best matched with a performance-oriented foil, with an 85cm mast. Ideal foil pairings:
Veloce HDW or Sirus for light wind
Fluid for freeride
Ypra Surf-Freestyle for freestyle
Veloce for freefly
Curve or Fluid for surf
To complete the setup, you can (and should) add a SUP or a surf foil for no-wind days, a kite to get airborne and probably a quiver of surfboards for those perfect waves. But if you’re venturing into wing foiling, chances are you already have some of these toys in your garage.
What leash?
A wing leash from 5'5" to 8' is ideal. Preferably one designed specifically for winging, and of the coiled-type leash style. A short leash makes it easier to grab the wing quickly. A long leash keeps the wing further away from foil drops in the sail, giving it more space to move.
Always check its condition before each session and replace it every year. It’s your life vest.
Don’t let your wing flap around in the wind at the end of the leash, it’s not indestructible! Also, in the waves, don’t hold onto the wing with the leash, it will break or you may injure yourself.
Harness or not?
The Droid doesn't require a harness for surf/freestyle as the reaches are short. However, it's a powerful and responsive wing that will be much more effective with a harness in a race program or even freeride, for those who want to fully exploit its capabilities.
Riding without a harness feels liberating as you have full freedom of movement. It’s a very pleasant feeling.
That being said, you’ll need to use a smaller wing and do shorter reaches to avoid tiring out your arms. This also means you'll have to pump frequently to take off again.
Therefore, if you prefer to ride powered up, using a harness is almost essential if you don’t want your sessions to be cut short after an hour. Setting up the harness lines is very easy (refer to our tutorials on the forum). We suggest using the least rigid and most minimal harness, with either a small hook or a windsurf-style hook for better comfort.
A range of harness lines specially designed for winging is available in several sizes:
So it’s up to you to decide if the sensation and aesthetics take priority over performance. But more and more riders are using harnesses, as the trend is towards more powerful wings and higher performance.
Windows or full canopy?
Wings without windows are less expensive, 200g lighter, and more compact for storage.
Wings with windows are safer, more rigid, and offer quicker responsiveness.
For beginners, a wing with windows is essential because safety takes priority over the few grams you might lose. The windows are not for sightseeing: they are designed to let you see a silhouette to prevent executing a dangerous turn that could cause a collision.
Equipments
Harness lines that can be fixed directly onto the boom and are fully compatible.
Our harness lines have been specially designed for this boom, allowing you to attach your GONG harness line and ride for hours without getting tired.
Semi-rigid textile Downwind handle
Almost rigid, but not completely to avoid damaging the board, it greatly enhances the control of the wing in both freefly and surfing.
The new oval stitching and reinforcements on the downwind handle anchor points help distribute the forces more evenly across the leading edge, ensuring long-lasting durability.
The Dyneema leash attachment is now located on the intrados side of the DW handle, preventing the leash from getting in the way while freeflying.
A carbon boom
Team Series and Pro Team Series wings are available only with a boom, as the benefits of this GONG innovation are manifold:
- lighter
- less drag
- more grip
- more comfort
- improved performance
The boom has become essential for performing at the highest level. Indeed, one-handed tricks have become a must. And what a boost in freedom! Our wings feature the most ergonomic, lightweight, durable, and rigid boom on the market.
Our prepreg carbon boom offers a significant weight reduction compared to rigid handles, as it eliminates two fixations, saving over 200 grams. This is further complemented by an additional 30 grams saved thanks to the thinner strut.
This weight saving is crucial for surfing and freefly, as it ensures the wing remains perfectly neutral and balanced.
Zero flex in the strut thanks to the carbon boom, which absorbs the forces. A strut that doesn't bend means a taut trailing edge, resulting in a powerful wing that doesn't flutter and offers perfect glide.
The boom features a pistol grip at the front, allowing you to maintain and adjust the power as needed. This eliminates the risk of flapping, which can slow you down in waves, particularly when surfing in offshore winds.
The strut’s shape and the boom’s angle are carefully engineered to trim the wing naturally, eliminating the need to constantly bend your back arm. This not only balances the traction in your arms but also allows you to generate maximum power with minimal effort, perfect for jumps and other maneuvers.
This is also highly useful when you’re overpowered: gone is the feeling of being yanked, as the wing stays really controllable, ensuring maximum comfort.
Quick inflation with the One Pump system
The leading edge and central strut are connected by the One Pump system for quick inflation in one go. The clip then locks the airflow between the bladders to ensure the wing’s buoyancy in case of a leak in the strut or leading edge. This feature is vital for safety.
The inflation valve on the leading edge is doubled on the strut for immediate deflation and compact storage. Using One Pump, you inflate through the leading edge only in a few seconds and deflate just as quickly by unscrewing both valves.
Always deflate the strut at the same time as the leading edge. Wings don’t like to stay inflated with just the strut pressurized.
Fiberglass micro-battens
Micro fiberglass battens on the trailing edge: light and very effective in preventing flapping. They maintain the profile all the way to the trailing edge for optimal airflow.
Lightweight and strong, they are easily replaceable to keep your wing in top condition year after year.
Camera safety loops
To capture your wing sessions, we’ve added a discreet nylon leash attachment on each tip and near the strut to secure your camera mounted on the leading edge or strut with a Flymount, allowing you to ride without stress. The leash attachment is strategically placed so it doesn’t interfere with your camera’s field of view! You’ll be able to create stunning shots and share them without the risk of losing your camera!
Repair kit
A repair kit, including bladder patches and fabric, is included with your wing.
Carry bag
A durable and practical shoulder bag comes with your wing. It’s perfectly designed with a large U-shaped zipper for easy storage, a ventilation grid, comfortable padding, compression straps, and straps for the pump (not provided).
Don't forget to bring a pump!
10 years of spare parts availability
GONG creates durable wings: this is at the core of our specifications. Never let you down.
GONG extends the lifespan of its durable wings: providing all the parts for our products for 10 years is a challenge we embrace with pride. We’re convinced that a great wing today will still be great in 5 years with proper care. And this care is beneficial to the planet, as it makes it possible for many young riders to purchase used wings at affordable prices.
To guarantee your wing’s longevity, regular maintenance is essential.
We can handle it for you in our workshop. Our team of specialists is available to diagnose and fix any problems.
We keep the necessary spare parts in stock, including fabric. Just place an order online, or ask your preferred repair shop to do so.
If the part is unfortunately out of stock, we will order it and get it to you as quickly as possible.
Delivery
Delivery
Orders are prepared and shipped quickly: most are dispatched within 24 to 48 business hours.
The delivery time, meaning the transit of the parcel to your address, then depends on the delivery location and the carrier.
Shipping costs are transparent and calculated based on weight, volume, and delivery address.
Exchanges & Returns
You have a 14-day right of withdrawal to return or exchange a new product that does not suit you.
Eco-Responsible Packaging
We prioritize sustainable, recyclable, and reusable packaging solutions, minimizing single-use plastic as much as possible while ensuring optimal protection for products, including large items.
Wing Wrist Bungee Leash
Harness Line For Wing With Boom
Wing Leash Coiled Wrist - 6mm
Change Bucket Comfort 68L
Headguard + Helmet
Impact Vest
Cotton Poncho
Key Lock Box
