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Thanks for this video. Do you think practicing foiling upwind with the wing and then practicing going downwind with the wing disengaged would make sense as a first step before learning to paddle up? I am a below average winger.
@@petercook7798 hundred percent! I actually did this in my next session and will be in next week’s episode (spoiler alert 😂).Another good thing to do with the wing is practice pumping the board up onto foil with absolute minimum wing assist
@@petercook6570yeah, maybe even slightly less. Not sure how that stacks up with most people but I think balance from low wind winging on smaller boards really helped. The paddling side of things has been the main handbrake. Understanding how to paddle efficiently and at high cadence has taken me a little bit
No mater how hard it is to learn, those are some of the best memories of learning any sport but especially wind/foil sports like kiting, winging and prone foiling. Larry
@@Alfonso_111 thanks!! About 7 paddling sessions total. Will be episode 8 or 9 of the longer videos that I’ve been putting out. I think low wind winging really helped me going into it. Balance on the board is significantly underrated and low wind winging when the board starts to sink in the water helps a lot!
@@jamesoof1522legend! Appreciate the support! If any time speed is your friend, it’s in light winds. Enter the gybe after doing a few foot pumps and a few pumps of the wing at the same time. Everything is more critical in light wind so you want as much speed as you can get. Aim for at least 70-80% of your light wind top speed. After that, the technique mentioned in this video will help a lot. Hold onto the wing in the old position as you carve through the first part of the gybe, then transition the wing through quickly once you get through dead downwind. Transitioning the wing from the old position to the new position will prevent the wing getting backwinded and stop it from dropping onto the nose of the board where it will get in the way of the turn. Your other option is to learn the heineken gybe which I have some videos on. It will keep the wing above your head where it won’t backwind anywhere near as often
And what foil are on now? Also, once you reach medium small size such as 700/800 I find not so much convenient on further reducing area, as you start to loose angle to the wind and sometimes also speed. How do you think?
@@lodovicobernardi if you are keeping everything else the same then I agree. I start on a bigger wing to access smaller foils and stay on that wing for longer. Benefit being, more speed, agility and pushes me to be very precise with tacking and gybing which I like! If you don’t drop too far down in aspect ratio and you carry a big enough wing, upwind is not an issue! Helps to use a harness line too
@@lodovicobernardidepends on the wing and personal preference. I use my 550 in 10-12 knots+ with a 5.5m and find it doesn’t affect the agility of the foil
For me with the kite race foil 550 with light wind I’m slow and 0 vmg.. if I put 750 wing foil so much faster. But sure a more efficient wing might improve the situation
Apreciate your videos and tips, inspiring, thank you! After 4 years I’m at switching feet stage, still with some trouble but in the mean time with a very solid heel side ability 😅. Last year, anyway, I broke my knee completely sailing with front straps only (at that time looks normal to my stay hours with only front in footstraps). My tips here is to use front tight footstraps only with small boards and try to stay in both straps avoid spinning when sailing (you would practice snowboarding with only front foot?), and go strapless with bigger boards (little bit more difficult but believe me you can manage). Now after 6 months of hard rehab I am back on my board, I love this sport cannot quit.
@@giavaxve great point! I have always run my straps wide and low so that I only really poke my toes under the straps. Sorry to hear you figured that one out the hard way. Glad to hear you are back at it though!!!
@@markusrapke7390 have a play with it and let me know. I prefer to exit with my hand in overhand grip because if I want to roll into a tack after the gybe I don’t have to switch my grip around. Tacking with underhand grip is a little tricky
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