Exploring Wingboarding: Real Sport or Just an Experiment?

After more or less accidentally discovering wingboarding for the first time, the idea stayed in my mind and raised a lot of questions. The short clips I shared in my latest vlog only showed part of the experience. This setup sits somewhere between windsurfing, wingfoiling, and kitesurfing.

To take a closer look, my filmer Jan and I treated it as a small experiment. We used no special equipment — just a Carved Imperator 139 cm twintip and a 4 m Halo Pro wing — to see if this unusual combination actually works on the water and how it compares to established wind sports.

The sessions quickly showed that wingboarding strongly depends on wind conditions. During our test, wind speeds reached more than 50 knots. Getting started required some adjustment, especially when coming from familiar disciplines. With time, control improved, beach starts became more consistent, and riding upwind became easier to maintain.

Instead of drawing firm conclusions, the experience mainly showed how flexible modern wind sport equipment has become. Progress felt relatively quick, which raises an interesting question: could wingboarding develop into its own discipline, or is it simply another creative way to use existing gear?

This project is not about promoting a new sport, but about exploring an idea — where experimentation ends and a new style of riding might begin. The film documents this process and gives a closer look at what riding a twintip with a wing actually involves.