Hmmm,
The hecklers are still here!
The air slows somewhat and its pressure increases. Forces between this lower airstream and the wing's undersurface provide some of the lift that supports the wing.
Oh really? I thought the air was already stationary. Air does not flow past a wing, a wing moves through the air.
What is containing the miraculous increase in the pressure of the "static" air?
If there was an increase in pressure it would need to be contained by something and then react against the lower surface of the wing to lift it.
Part of that container would have to be the surface. The surface in the above photograph of the Ekranoplane is water which you would think would react in some way to the increase in "pressure". How heavy do you think this aircraft is and your theory expounds that it is somehow supported by the surface. Clearly it doesn't.