Well girls,
The arrival of kiteboarding as an Olympic discipline will go a long way to settling the inflatable vs ram air debate once & for all.
The LIES of ram lovers will be exposed for all the world to see.
Ram lovers have exaggerated their kites’ aerodynamic credentials & light wind abilities for years.
Ram airs WILL crash at the Olympic Games in Rio in 2016. NO riders will use ram airs, especially Flysurfer. Why? Ram airs are too slow, too heavy, & too inefficient. The LIE that they perform better in light winds will be exposed too. More often than not, Olympic sailing is performed in very light winds. If, indeed, ram airs (esp Flysurfer), held any sort of advantage in light winds, Olympic competitors, forever looking for an edge over their opponents, would have chosen/choose them. It won’t happen. NO OLYMPIANS will ride ram airs, not even in ultra-light winds. Ram airs are simply TOO inefficient & aerodynamically INFERIOR compared to inflatables.
Bring on Rio 2016. And keep a close eye on race results (& the dearth of ram airs) until then.
Pumpy