How To FOIL FASTER with this TECHNIQUE | Break 30 Knots 

Really enjoyed this. I am eighty years old and have maange 23 kts but want to hit at least 25. Where I sail, Calima lake in Colombia is gusty which doesn`t help! the idea of hanging from the boom with bent knees to keep control seems to be one thing I need to try. Thanks!

Great video Nils. I’m 2 years into my chasing 30knot campaign the this video was really useful. I’m only at 21.5k but just invested in full race gear which should easily get me there just need to learn how to use it. Keep up the great content.

Great video! Thank you for the tips. Addition: 5:01 “Rake” is NOT “angle of attack” though… angle of attack is decided on the fuselage by the way you design or shim the wings. The Fuselage is always travelling horizontally that’s why you can bring up the nose of the board by adding angle (rake) at the box by shimming the mast. So the rake does not change the angle of attack on the wings.

Thanks for the profound explanation 👌🤙

One thing I recently found out: in lighter winds the sail feels like its dropping down towards the tail, and I countered that by leaning towards the nose. That position feels really awkward and produces a lot of tension in the lower back. Recently I managed to grip both hands a bit further down the boom towards the clew and shift the sail more upright an towards the nose. Felt instantly better on the back, it was easier to stay on the foil and it felt more like the rig was pulling me instead of pushing the gear forward. The same motion then helped me to accelerate in the gust without the nose wanting to come up. Don’t know if anyone can relate, it was one of those a-ha moments where you feel you figured out something important.

Great video Nils ...I'm also chasing speed on foil - have made 24 knots but increases come slow. I have been waiting for a "foil faster" technique video thanks for delivering! I see you have no back straps. I ride the same board and always take my back foot out and put it just in front of the backstrap and a closer to the centerline for speed runs ..having the back foot in the strap feels fine and gives me good control for upwind and across the wind but for me a little scary and not good control for downwind speed runs. I saw some PWA riders had a releasing harness hook - after some searching I found it. A well designed harness hook that will release when you catapult /crash ( like a ski binding). Its made by an engineer in France the website is "free ride addicted". This piece of safety equipment really helped my speed and confidence - not nearly as scary to push for speed knowing I will release and not get whiplashed in a crash. I started sailing with it this summer and it works very well

Nils, great tips. Your tips came very timely as I seem to plateau at 21 knots with the equipment that I have. I’d like to improve in technique before investing on more modern equipment - getting used to new equipment will take time specially when talking about foiling where a tiny adjustment gets so much amplified the faster you go

Thanks. This helps me even with my formula foil downwind.

Fantastic video Nils. I'm not intersted in speed foiling, the impacts look far too expensive, but there is a lot of good info here that is relevant for free ride foiling too.

Thanks, really helpfull tips on how to get those extra knots from 25 to 30 🚀🚀🚀

Excellent video thank you. Which GPS app watch are you using to keep track of your seed on the water? I have a garmin but can’t find a good app

Thank you Nils. I am quite old and your comments are excellent. The only thing I did not understand is why the harness lines have to be more to the back of the boom. I am very light (69 kgr) and because of this I cannot achieve speed more thn 18 knots in winds 3-4 beaufor. But your video is extremely useful to me. Be healthy and all the best.

Thx, I hope it will help me. At the moment I jibe only in the stroger gusts.

That makes a lot of sense. Thank you, Nils!

Thanks Nils, i am curious to get your answer to the following question. I agree that me can increase or decrease lift by changing the mast foot position, the fuselage length, the stab angle , the wing size, the footstrap position, etc… My question is which of these variables do you choose to change first, second, third etc… and why? Thanks for the great videos!

Thanks very much. Good video

Thanks for this awesome video!

"a smaller sail makes you faster", this makes much sense but is unknown to a lot of freeride surfers.

cool video... 26knots so far... I'm hoping this season I get it! 💪

Thanks for such a good video :)

Great content, thanks Nils. For the part on mast angle, can this rake adjustment be done for masts that don't have this feature built in? For example, has anyone of you retrofitted a piece that goes on top of the mastbase inside the Tuttle box for this purpose, still maintaining a tight connection? I would be curious to know, thanks.

Nils how important is the lean angle of the board? I notice the pwa racer’s drive the windward rail downward and sail with the board on an angle as opposed to flat ( bottom parallel to the water) Also can you put a percentage of pressure between front and back foot? Do you want more weight on your front foot for going fast … like 66/40 ? I always thought it best to have my foot pressure balanced 50/50

One thing not mentioned is can't angle to control ride height. Most fast riders seem to use this. My feeling is this allows faster response, but I have a long way to go with this.

Would "the smaller the sail, the faster you are" be true for fin slalom as well?

It took me a while to break the 30 knots (i’m winging) but once i had them i got up to 32,5 in 15 days !

This season I went over 30knts and the biggest factor was my weight, gained 6kg over the winter, now Im 92-3kg

Please add a link to those double cleat harness lines.

Hi Nill why you don't use the two footstraps?

Is the back strap unnecessary?

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Ist es moeglich mit einem 11.5m2 Segel in 5 Knoten auf ein iQ Foil oder etwas aenliches zu fliegen?

Sehr interessant, vieles macht man irgendwie intuitiv z.B. in die Knie gehen, vorderes Bein belasten, aber den Einfluss der segelgrösse werde ich mal stärker ausprobieren, ist halt schwierig bei sehr böigen spots ein zwei nummern kleiner zu fahren, dann gehts nur on/off. Danke für deine viele wertvollen tips, obwohl mein Foil überhaupt nicht für speed geeignet ist, aber egal gilt ja auch fürs handling und technik allgemein🤙🏼

Moin Nils (das war knapp!)

Why aren’t you using the back footstrap because for me its faster

i will not bent the knee, dirty Lannisters

24-26 knots so far on the iq foil… wanna get faster…

I am not agreed with the backwing And shim theory , sorry😅

Thanks for such a good video :)