"should I try it?", particularly because my only obsession is carving/waves (the realm of para!).

What you should really try is dockstarting, it's such a good companion sport for any wind spot and gives you great access to surf waves.

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In general, the only area where parawing has a real advantage is pure downwind wave foiling. In all other disciplines, wing / kite have more advantages.

Personally I disagree (vs. wing), here's why:
- I like flying kites and winging did not scratch that itch at all, parawing totally does!
- I hate having that big stupid wing in my face constantly
- I hate stupid wing leashes, I've been hit in the eye twice by them and they are always in the way
- no pump!
- it's easy to paddle in/out of shore break
- I can park 400m from the beach and easily walk my gear there and back
- I can take 3 different sizes of PW and change on the water
- I like flying 1 handed, wings can but it's not ideal, parawings it's actually the ideal way to fly
- I like being harnessed in, wings can but it's not as common, parawings it's the standard
- it's much easier to damage a wing than a parawing

Personally I disagree (vs. kite), here's why:
- 1000x more launch options
- safely go out in LW and not have to swim back
- ability to stop and chat / hang out while on the water
- ability to swap gear with buddies on the water
- don't have to deal with beach regulations and restirctions
- less chance of serious injury

As soon as I started parawinging I sold all my wings. I still own all my kites but just never ride them anymore. I still think kiting has a lot to offer for non-foiling because wing and parawing require a foil. I've also always been fond of kiting in shallow water and shallow water and foiling don't go together.

What I find really annoying about wing (parawing): You have to get a set of "total beginner" equipment to learn the basics. As soon as you got the basics straigth, you want other equipment (smaller). So you have to sell the beginner stuff and buy advanced stuff.

I don't think this is correct at all, I use a +25L ML board as my 1 board PW quiver and that's what I would recommend to someone who is a beginner. Now my board is only 20" wide and I might suggest they go with 22" wide instead but it's hardly a reason to replace it.
The parawings aren't the kind of thing you replace once you get better either.
Foil choice might change, but I would recommend people learn parawing with a 9.5-13 AR foil in the first place so the only thing that would change is foil size and you'd still want your big foil you learned on when conditions are small / light.

Statistics: Posted by Slappysan — Fri Jun 05, 2026 12:02 am

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