Wing Tip Protection - Tips?

[John12121]

Hi people,

I'm new here and glad to be here

I use a Gong Wing with 5qm to do Longboarding/Wingskating. I do this on hard ground. Therefore, when the tips of the Wing touch the ground I'm worried about the material to get broken.
Do you know how I can protect the tips of my Wing? I saw someone with Duck Tape on the tips but I fear that I can't get the Duck tape off again.

Thanks!!

[Smeagle]

Hello, welcome

There was some discussion about that in this thread:

https://oaseforum.de/showthread.php?t=181789

In my opinion, you need to make sure NOT to touch the ground. I have only 2 ,long session on land, but starting from ~2 hours into the 2nd one I never touched the ground. I started to learn on grass to be sure not to break the wing when learning.

Key is, to keep the front arm high above head at all time, so the center strut always points upwards. I analyzed videos I did of myself and noticed, when I touched the ground it was ALWAYS after I pulled in the front arm too low. I did not really notice this before watching the videos.

- Oliver

[John12121]

Very cool! Thank you so much for this tip!
I guess I will go for Duck tape because I also let other peoples (beginners) fly my Wing