With a 6m S-wing, Axis 1000 foil  at 73kg I can ride in 6-8 knots. The wind is never steady so I just wait for a small puff then pump hard to get up on foil. Once up you generate apparent wind and can stay going through the lulls pumping the board and the foil. I would only choose the wing over the kitefoil in light winds if it’s offshore conditions. Then there will always be a gust to catch. You just gotta wait for it. I can’t match the windfoilers who are on much bigger boards and 9m sails, but I can get close.

I have seen this light wind debate in wind foiling and one thing I noticed is it seems not all wind is the same.

Perhaps this has to do with wind meters not always being accurate depending on wind direction, or maybe land features speeding up the wind on the water, or slowing it down at the wind meter.

At some location kites will fly at a wind speed where other locations they will drop.

So, when you say you want to Wing Foil in 5 or 6 knots, I believe at some locations that is possible, at other locations it is not, and it might have to do with the way the wind meter reports the wind, or the chop on the water, or how steady the wind is, or something else.

At my location once the gust is under 10 knots no ones goes out. In a 12 knot gust my Swing 6 works on a large Infinity 84 foil. In an 11 knot gust it might work with a lot of pumping. Keep in mind these are the gusts, not the average.

Gunnar, could you share details about the board you use for the really light wind days?

I am also interested in going in the lightest winds possible.

Thanks