How to FOIL dock start | Pump Foiling Technique 

Gwen gives just masterful tutorials and this one is exemplary of his dedication to the craft. Thanks for the great tips, now to see if I can follow them in practice.

1000x thanks ! These tips brings me hope . They all makes a lot of sens 👍 Today was my 4th session and I doesn’t seem like I’ve made a lot of progression. I will definitely try this .

Thanks for the awesome tutorial Gwen! Met you in person recently and was surreal. Your a great guy thanks for the motivation and the dope lessons Damien and you have produced. So much thanks

Great video guys, you really out-did yourselves this time. Thanks

Thanks this is the best explanation in weeks, great video 🏄🏻‍♂🏄🏻‍♂

Super Tutorial Gwen! Would love to see Damo's progression on this one. I'm sure every DockStarter has a zero-to-hero reel to share :D Go Damo! Thanks for the series Guys.

Merci l'ami! Super tips

Hey Gwen/Damien, Awesome video! After my initial failures at dock-starts, I revisited this video to correct some of my missteps. I can now say that your tips on: foil selection, the mechanics of jumping on the board, and the mechanics of pumping were all "game-changing" ;) Truth be told, I made about 25 attempts per session over 4 days averaging 0-1 pumps day one, 1-2 pumps day two, 2-4 pumps day three, and 3-6 pumps day four. In my case, it took that long to write the muscle memory into my sub-conscious. My setup: 2400-cm2 foil, 232-cm2 stab, 60-cm fuse, 1 degree shim, and 72-cm mast with a 39L board (Armstrong). What surprised me was how wide of a stance I required with my setup relative to what I have observed in videos of experienced pump-foilers. Is that b/c my foil was so large? Or, my beginners technique? Thanks for helping to open up new opportunities for my foiling, -Stuart @BoardMaverick p.s. An additional tip for beginners is to wear a jersey or thin wetsuit on top to protect your back as you repeatedly fall and smack the water !

Thank you! Very helpful. And Great Multitasking you have!

Devon from the channel Wake Thief has created a simple PVC 'stand' that holds the board and you can run down the dock and jump on the board and start pumping.

wonderful video on dock starting. the hand on top of the board is great advice I need to try. so far I dock swim, LOL Could you do a video on wake thieving with the efoil. I tried yesterday and face planted each time. I have the 200 surf easy and 38 with the shorter mast and 5'4 board. The regular prop with housing as well. the issues I am trying to get sorted are approach to the wave, flying height, throttle control coming up to the wave and then releasing to try to surf, and lastly pumping. love the efoil!

I love this channel

Awesome video. Shows all points. Now have a better idea 👍👍👍

I think you should add board height relative to dock position makes a huge difference

Thanks a lot!

excellent , merci and cool for me thanks to your understandable accent haha !!😁 i'm french😉

Hoi, never new that the back 🦶 zo important was, I’m still not there but today I felt the different, now try to get it all to getter. Thanks for ALL the videos 🤙🏄🏻‍♂🏄🏻‍♂

Good video 👌but how to adjust the foil under the board? Does it have an importance? Hoe to know if we have to put it front ward or backwards?

Awesome! Not for me right now as I still struggle foiling with a wing, but still cool to watch ;)

Brilliant tutorial. Thanks. Do you have the Mast position all the way to the front? Cheers

Thanks Gwen..today was my 3rd session and I was able to glide..still figure out my foot placement. Past 2 sessions I was fighting with fear of jumping off the dock onto board and now after got comfortable without having my shins or arms hitting the board or Foil like last sessions..knock..knock!!…though I wear full wetsuit, helmet, impact vest..I am looking forward to practicing more. Btw..I do dock & beach start one after the other in every session I can..😅 update it’s my 5 session today 11/17 while wife & daughter were having nice time in Mexico city, used phone for video to re-watch mistakes & correct hehe..

Hello Gwen is it better to have a bigger board to practice dock start ? I am 145 lbs would the Special agent board you use be too big for me ?

Awsome. How many attempts is normal until to be able to jump under control on the board, mantain the balance and start doing some pumps. I find it so difficult, I have been for now 4 times, each time about 15 attempts and still very much out of balance when jumping on the board. I am 49 so dont have the fexibility to jump while still touching the board with the hands which would be the smoothest way. My jumos on the board are more heavy. I use the same technique but releasing the hands before and jumping then. Thx for any tips that makes this easier. Lower dock or higher dock easier, etc...? thx alot.

My question : For the beginer, can we use small lifebuoy under the board? ( so we are not sinking easily)

Does the volume of the board matter?

Je viens de réaliser que je poussai surtout avec le pied avant. Donc, tu dis qu'il faut pousser surtout avec le pied ? Ça devait être une de mes erreurs principales.

Very insiprational ... but I am far away still 😄😄😄

Ninja level or yoda maybe