It is quiet, can be fast with the right foil, takes a lot of balance and is strange while gybing. I do foiling on light wind days with a larger foil. Great fun when it's up on foil.
Not likely , my tires are fine, I drive mostly on mad-max when on FSD, and the majority of my 20k-ish driving is on Beast Mode, and when I drive it makes Mad-Max look like granny-going-to-chrurch mode.MAD MAX setting
I commend you for venturing out and doing something new and different. I tell you there were so many after work days I'd be out on the water thinking just five more knots of wind is all I want. Then came the formula boards with those really long fins that made light wind planing possible. But in the windsurfing community about half were formula board haters, just like..... you know, with EV cars and trucks.
“ Normal “ is relative. If you drive extremely aggressively, pushing the traction limits on a daily basis, you can expect very rapid tire wear. You can deduce this logically by going to a track day where people can burn through an entire new set of tires in under a few hours. Thus the time it takes to wear out a tire is a function of how aggressively you drive.