{"id":101294,"date":"2024-03-12T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T15:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/srokacompany.com\/2024\/03\/new-light-wind-wing-foil-board-srokas-lw\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T10:07:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T10:07:05","slug":"new-light-wind-wing-foil-board-srokas-lw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.srokafinal.lets-preprod.com\/en\/blog\/new-light-wind-wing-foil-board-srokas-lw\/","title":{"rendered":"New Light Wind Wing Foil Board: SROKA’s LW"},"content":{"rendered":"

To be effective in Wing Foil<\/a> in the Light wind<\/strong>, you have to adapt your equipment to glide better and leave earlier. This requires an appropriate choice of board and foil to optimize the glide as much as possible. So let’s detail all the information you need to know to choose correctly the right board to sail in light wind or even ultra light in Wing foil<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The type of board to sail in light wind in Wing foil<\/h2>\n

To leave early, you should opt for a long and narrow board<\/strong>. Indeed, the wider the board, the more drag it generates. Reducing drag means increasing the length of the board and decreasing its width.<\/p>\n

If we take the example of paddle boards. The longer and thinner the paddle and the more the paddle will slide, conversely the shorter and wider the paddle will be and the more the paddle will turn but slide less.<\/p>\n

Based on this premise, if you want to start very early, you need to choose the right board: long and narrow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

But why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Drag in water is 800 times greater in water than in air. It is proportional to the frontal contact area of the board in the water. So the wider the board, the bigger the area of friction with the water will be. So basically, a wide and shorter board will glide less well than a long and narrow board. <\/p>\n

Drag is also proportional to velocity squared. So the more you want to accelerate, the more a wide board will increase its drag and consequently have difficulty accelerating.<\/p>\n

In our range, we have two types of boards that could allow you to sail in very light wind <\/strong>(between 5 and 10 knots). <\/p>\n

Firstly, the LW “light wind” range<\/strong><\/a> is a range predestined to sail in this very light wind. The LW will also excel in stronger winds in race or in long-distance freeride and surf wing in light winds.<\/p>\n

The 3 board sizes in the LW range<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n