{"id":101171,"date":"2022-10-18T15:20:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srokacompany.com\/2022\/10\/how-to-maintain-your-wing-foil-kites\/"},"modified":"2024-04-23T08:53:17","modified_gmt":"2024-04-23T08:53:17","slug":"how-to-maintain-your-wing-foil-kites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.srokafinal.lets-preprod.com\/en\/blog\/how-to-maintain-your-wing-foil-kites\/","title":{"rendered":"How to maintain your Wing Foil kites?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We explain how to maintain your wing foil wings<\/a> to ensure their maximum lifespan. These tips are also applicable to kite surfing kites. Here aresome good things to do to maintain your wingfoil<\/strong> or kite surf.<\/p>\n

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How to properly maintain your wing foil wings during the session? <\/h2>\n

Preserving your equipment requires a minimum of maintenance and logic. <\/p>\n

– Watch out for the sun:<\/strong> It’s great when the weather is nice and warm, but our friend the sun can be our enemy. Your wing foil equipment<\/a> is sensitive to the sun and in particular the sun’s UV rays. If you’re not sailing, don’t leave your gear in the sun unnecessarily. If you need to take a long break, store your gear to increase its lifespan.<\/p>\n

– Never let your wing hit on the beach:<\/strong> If you leave your wing windward on the beach for a long time, the trailing board of your wing will deteriorate quickly. If the trailing edge beats for a long time with a strong wind, you will have premature wear of the trailing edge. This will lead to a loss of rigidity, solidity and therefore the spinnaker will become porous and you will lose performance in the long term.<\/p>\n

– The third enemy is sand:<\/strong> Sand is one of the causes of material destruction. When the wind is strong, the sand flies and bang well on your spinnaker. Sand is abrasive so you will wear out your spinnaker prematurely for “sanding the spinnaker by the sand”<\/p>\n

1. Check your gear before going in the water<\/h3>\n

It is strongly advisable, even essential, to check your gear when you go in the water or at the end of the session. However, if you sail regularly, you can only do it once a week. What is important to check on your wing: <\/p>\n