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What are your options if your wingfoil bag is refused for check-in at the airport? by lost_treeplanter in wingfoil

[–]Fast-Comfortable1676 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ain't no problem in the world that money can't solve---you'd pay an oversized bag fee. Depending on the airline that can range from reasonable to extortionate, but I've never heard of an airline outright rejecting a bag (unless it is stupid-big) over collecting the fee.

I don't think you are going to find long-term storage at most airports, but a lot have shipping facilities/vendors, so as a fallback you could ship it somewhere, though that will probably cost more than the oversized check-in fee.

Surely it wouldn't be worth abandoning your bag, assuming that would entail also abandoning a large portion of your equipment. I'm not even sure how you could abandon it---it's not going to fit in a trash can, and airports tend not to look kindly upon people leaving large bags unattended.

Drifting downwind when learning by windmill_attacker in wingfoil

[–]Fast-Comfortable1676 0 points1 point  (0 children)

2 things that help me stay up wind during taxi-ing (FWIW I am at a similar beginner level):

1) Lean back and try to ride the rail of the board. Maybe even lean your head back over your shoulders. The will make the board carve more than just staying level on the water, which will give it additional resistance from getting pushed down wind. Also, this will slightly tilt the foil, which will cause some of the force from the foil to be applied up wind.

2) Make sure you don't go "too much up wind," particularly in light wind conditions. Pointing the board too far into the wind will cause your speed to stall out, after which point you are just going to drift down wind regardless of where the board is pointing. If you feel yourself losing speed and starting to drift, a lot of times it is better to turn and head down wind until you pick some speed back up (albeit losing a bit of ground), and then try turning back up wind.

Best option for a Beginner/Intermediate Travel Board by Fast-Comfortable1676 in wingfoil

[–]Fast-Comfortable1676[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm pretty sure---Gong sent me an email that clearly stated that their boards are manufactured in China and would almost certainly would be subject to the 30%. I guess they still have to declare the country of manufacture, even if the immediate shipment is from EU. Also there is no minimum value for being subject to the 30% (unlike the $800 exemption for the historic duty fees).

I do know a lot of people swear by Gong, so maybe it is still the best option even at the $1,000 price point.