Framelite Construction:
Utilized throughout the SlingWing V5’s airframe, this high-tenacity polyester features biaxial gridding and extensive emulsion coating, eliminating stretch in all directions while providing a more balanced feel, better power control, and stable, effortless luffing while surfing. The stiffness of FrameLite’s unique 2x2 weave structure significantly reduces elongation of the airframe and increases multi-season durability. At 160 grams per square meter, FrameLite uncompromisingly offers the optimum balance of flex, strength, stiffness, and weight.
TPU Rigid Handle:
The new TPU Rigid LE Handle was designed to give the rider the most control over their wing by increasing the leverage they have. When in free-fly and changing directions while riding downwind, wings have a tendency to roll from side to side. With the TPU handle, the rider can prevent this before it starts, giving them a smoother ride and allowing them to focus on improving their other skills.
Tapered T-Grip Canopy Layout:
The SlingWing V5 utilizes the new Tapered T-Grid canopy layout which strategically places seems in the paneling to prevent canopy stretch. It also eliminates catastrophic blowouts or rips if your foil goes through your wing or gets thrown up onto the beach in the surf.
Sling-Grip Uni Handle:
The SlingGrip Uni Handle is a new favourite way to hold the wing. Instead of two individual handles, the UNI Handle is one long handle that spans the entire wing. This means the rider can slide their hand back for more power, ride one handed, have more control and ease of use, and avoid the constant search for their handles when coming out of a tack or jibe.
Diheadral Leading Edge:
This gives you more surface area directly angled against the wind and self- balances the wing when in free fly for less oscillation in the roll.
Forward Windows:
The forward window concept gives the rider the ideal location to view obstacles downwind of them. With a tapered design towards the wing tips, stretch is averted while views are enhanced.
True Tension Airframe Design:
A strategically calculated taper from the centre of the LE wing to the wing tips, the True Tension Airframe delivers our new revolutionary high-tension canopy medium-span wing design. Offering superior balance and handling with best- in-class flex characteristics. Stiff in the front and transitioning to softer at the wing tips, the TrueTaper Airframe keeps the first third of the canopy structure smooth and rigid for on-demand power while allowing wing tip twist-off in gusty conditions or flag out and surf with total control.
Verastrut Geometry:
With its hybrid canted strut design, VersaStrut works in conjunction with HGrid Rigid Canopy Construction to control high-tension canopy profile. It allows for less in-fill wall connection in the mid-section and direct strut-to-canopy connection toward the trailing edge. The canted forward section of the strut moves the wing further from the rider, which creates significant dampening and takes any slack out of rider input. Connecting the strut directly to the rear of the canopy yields a more direct and rapid response when pumping and distributing loads uniformly into the canopy.
Code 95 Trailing Edge:
The Code 95 material is the strongest canopy material we have put in a wing. It was strategically placed along the trailing edge to prevent canopy blowout and help balance the SlingWing V5. You will notice a more direct response in power and a wing that free-flies effortlessly when gliding down a swell. In the event your foil hits this material, or the wing gets caught in the surf, the chances of a catastrophic failure are much lower.
