How to Wing Foil #1 All in the Prep 

These two are the best wingfoil teachers I have found on the internet. I have used them at every stage of my wingfoil learning. At a certain point, I looked around online to see what else people were offering that might help me progress. I was amazed at the amount of unhelpful, ego-driven "instruction" out there. Teaching is an art. It requires a lot of thought and understanding of how progression works. You don't just pontificate on the beach for awhile and then show some videos. STRONG appreciation for Christian and Karine for this excellent series. I am on the foil and very happy!!!!---Rod on Maui

Wish I'd seen this very informative video before I went out the other day. I'll definitely be starting with my front foot up next time! If you've got any watersports experience you can learn on a weight +30L board but be prepared to spend a couple of hours working out points of balance, etc. I went from "how do I even kneel on this thing?" to "OK, we're trundling along quite nicely now" in about an hour. I'm 61yrs and 81Kg on a 110L board with a 6m wing. There is hope for everybody!

As a mature beginner this series explains the entire learning process , clean and simple.

These two offer the best and most intuitive explanation I’ve seen yet, here on RU-vid, or anywhere for that matter. I wish they continued this series.

My first try was in Dingle, Ireland a few weeks ago. Bullying instruction, a big slop and unreliable wind led to a very challenging few hours. Did a lot of upwind ‘walks of shame’ in freezing surf. Learnt a lot more from your video and now have my confidence restored. I’m buying the gear and will follow your guidance. At 75, I look forward to years of exercise and pleasure. Well done. Many thanks.

This was one of the most helpful videos I have watched! Thank you so much for this content!!!

Nothing comes close to this excellent tutorial of what I have seen. Most of the points I already discovered on my own, but this leaves any doubts about the latter behind and opens the way to work on the final steps, BRAVO.

Bonjour ça me fait plaisir de retrouver un french accent !! Cela m'aide à comprendre. Tank you very mutch.

Très bonnes explications, claires et intuitives. Bien détaillés tout semble plus facile. Merci beaucoup.

This was a fantastic video, going over the basics and offering me new tips. Thanks folks!!

Super good instruction I've watched many videos and nobody I've seen covers what it really takes to Wing Foil you both nailed it. Thanks!

I just discovered this recreational sport today. I wanted to get into paddleboarding, but foil surfing looks like it's more up my alley. Thanks for this informative video.

I live on the Red Sea, just started wing foiling, I'm one of the very few so I don't really have an instructor, thank you so much for the instruction, greatly appreciated

This was so clear and exlpained many factors that I have learned painfully. A learned other things i did not know. Thank You. Well done

Thank you for this excellent vidéo with clearly instruction

Super helpful. All the essentials to get up on the foil explained step by step. Best video I have seen. Thanks !

So much positivity in this video it's mesmerising. Thanks a lot for helpful tutorial.

This is an excellent video. I'm already a fairly decent windsurfing foiler and I wanted to give the wing a try. Everything in this video helped me. At first, I took a lesson using my own foil board. I ended up way, way downwind and my instructor had to rescue me. For my next session (without an instructor), I tried borrowing a friend's large, beginner oriented windsurfing board with a center board and tried again. The larger board was much easier to deal with and I did much better, but once again, I ended up downwind repeatedly and had to paddle upwind multiple times with the wing dragging behind me. It turns out that paddling straight into the wind with the wing dragging behind you is not as easy as you might think, especially if any distance is involved. The next time I go out I'm going to a place that has a long beach where I can walk my gear upwind in shallow water rather than paddling. This video mentions the importance of staying upwind, but it's not easy when the board is drifting downwind FAST whenever you're not actually in the process of sailing upwind. When you're kneeling on the board, flipping the wing, trying to get oriented, etc., the board is practically screaming downwind. My advice to any beginner reading this is to find a place where you can walk upwind easily, or have someone else available with a boat, jet ski, or paddle board to tow you upwind.

Thanks guys - first lesson is this week :)

Excellent tips and drills! I look forward to trying them next time I am wingfoiling! Thank you!

Excellent instructions!

The best video I’ve seen so far. Been kiteboarding since 2003, I will move to wing foiling so with this information I have a good idea.

Excellent tips, thanks. Can't wait to give this new sport a go.

Absolutely brilliant guys, very well explained and clear simple videos 👏👏👏♥️🙏♥️

Excellent tutorial, thankyou

Thank you so much for this outstanding video. The best tutorial I have ever watched so far. Keep spreading your passion and education tips to us. Merci.

Thanks for sharing these great steps

Great tutorial. Tried WF yesterday for the first time. Could not get up from a kneestand position. Now when watching your video I saw the trick with the half kneestand position to start with. Im gonna try that today. Greetings from Mallorca, reg Tom

Great 👍 video!!!🌬

So far the best video I’ve seen. Thanks!

Yoh.... Chris and Karine ! Come to Tarifa eventually !!!! The secret mission continues !!

I hope your tips on the standing up segment can help me because this stage of the sport is wasting %85 of my sessions energy with 6-8 fails each fall. I drive 4 hours to Hood River wind and come back home way too soon beat up from this single weak point in my progression. I have a 12 year history with kitefoiling so the actual foil-on riding is fun & easy... Jibes & footswitching

Well done! Complete wing lesson right here.. one thing to note is that is that a nice big board to start with is ideal, like a windsurfing deck or a paddle board. Getting your center of gravity over and centered on a smaller volume board on rocky water poses more of a challenge. There just needs to be enough wind to brace against in the wing when standing.

Great video guys - would have been perfect a few months ago, but still so useful to help me refine my skills. thank you!!!!

Great tips. You make it look easy but using the wing as a point of balance is essential. The other trick I learned is to Punch The Water - when the wing dips and gets dangerously close to touching the water, punch down on your sheet hand (counter intuitively) and that pops the wing back up over your head. Works like a charm

Great video guys!!! Thank you very much!!.... cheers from Patagonia Argentina.

Love you 2 , Great info that's helpful and encouraging indeed!

The most comprehensive learning video I have found. Thank you!

A very well filmed and informative video. Thank you for taking the time to put it together; I learnt many tips and I’m so looking forward to getting out soon to practice them.

This is so much help for me! thank you!

Just what I need

Excellent instructional video. Well done. This helped me TONS.

Respect within editing 🤗

Best learning video, to date. Thank you.

Truly a poetic adventure on the water !

I found a waist leash for the kite good early on for learning. You can swim more easily with a waist leash.

Very good information and explained realy well, thanky you!

Mahalo, great video! Lots of fine-tuning points!

This was a really use full video guys !!! Lots of love frome sri Lanka 🇱🇰 🤙🤙

awesome! thx

A must watch before you go out.. thank you

Today is day-one. I have my kit, and just arrived for a week at our home at the bay. Working the wing on land today, going to take it onto a SUP (paddle not foil) tomorrow, then the rest of the week on my foil gear. This video is immensely helpful, especially the upwind/downwind board orientation using the wing position. Only video I have seen that cover this, everything else is talking pushing with a foot? Thanks to you both!

Really enjoyed these tutorials - some great tips. Thank you!

Very good video and series, thank you so much!! What kind of ear plugs are you using? I had trouble with my ear and looking for a good solution to keep water out. Thank you!

Thank you for this great Video. It is very clear and useful. I just start wingfoiling . Hope to see a lot more of your Tutorials in the future

Excellent !

excellent video, very well explained, we keen to try this now :) nice one!

Very good video, can’t wait to try out !

Thanks👌. Awesome informative video. Greetings from Antalya

Hi Chris and Karine! Great video! Wawe here, kiteloop king from Paraguay! hehe Cheers!

AMAZING video. Thank you

Fantastic guys, great to see that wing foiling is getting the CK treatment. More please!! :-)

👍👍👍 the best video for beguinners

This is a great and useful video I am on an inflatable rocket air 140 vol with an 1800 cm foil and balancing but struggling to engage the foil and these tips are amazing thank you!

Thank you for this video, looking foward for next level, bravo

Really well explained. Thanks both.

That was really useful thankyou 😊

Hi there, where are you filming this video, please. May need to visit. Thanks.

This is very helpful. Thank you!!

You always stand up on both legs before trying to move upwind. This need already a good balance, which I don’t yet gain. I am learning on a small lake and I am rapidly pushed to the shore with only little water depth. I do some paddling to get back upwind, but I loose this ground just to move up on the board and place my first foot. Then I struggle to move upwind with only 1 foot on the board and get stuck near the downwind shore. What are the tips to ride upwind with one foot on the board, or is it just very difficult for a beginner ? I have tried the well known tips : looking as much upwind, pushing the wing back and quite vertical at the limit to catch water but the best that I get is to not loose ground. Do we need to have the front foot more heel side, or to move the foil to the rear, or something else to improve , and let me time to have a better balance and move up on my second leg? 🤗

Im a Kiter. This is my next learning curve.

excellence video! I learn a lot 😊👍

Great approach! I’m subscribing!

super explications, et merci pour l'accent français, Corinne ;)

Thank you for your video ❤ could you please tell your opinion about north seek 2021 board🙏 it seems like I next videos equipment was changed to cabrinha.

great info, thank you, now new subscriber

Great video thanks! A must-watch for the learner.. concise, insightful and clear. I'd recommend a waist leash for the board. Looking forward to part 2!

Amazing! Do we need surfung skill as well?

Thanks Christian and Karine, this is a great pragmatic instructional video and easy to follow! I have a question regarding the lenght the wing foil board, I'm 6"...in your opinion what would be a right length size for someone like me (getting into the sport)? One store I visited told me 7' or 7'6" however, I think it is too big to maneuver and pumping

You guys are great :) well presented

On Joy!

Faut il avoir des bases en WAKE ou snow pour réussir ? Merci

I would suggest holding the wing on the front handle whilst getting onto the board, then flying the wing before getting the front foot up. gives more stability.

I'm not subsidizing this. But I support the sport.

Thank you for this video, it is super informative, focusing not only on the technique but also on the mindset. May I ask where this location is? I can see a Portuguese flag?

Excellent 👍👍

Hey man, Great info ,you convinced me to start. From your experience, what size wing do you think would be good to practice on a SUP and transition to a foil? I'm 5'11 70kg. Intermediate surfer.

Bravo, belle vidéo bien construite, je like :-) En plus avec l'accent français, même pas besoin du traducteur 😂

Thank you for your very useful video. I’m presently focusing on the way to move up on my rear foot. I am not sure of the way you do! Is it the rear foot which pushes up or is it the rear knee which does it (in addition with the wing push up )? Does the knee leave the board after the rear foot so does it need to absorb the force during a small while, so being perfectly centered at this moment ?

best inflatable or rigid board to start

great tutorial! thanks a lot. How do you place your foil? I have heard that you place it up front at the beginning and once you know more you can adjust it to the back. Any tips on that? tomorrow will be my first day in the water with my wing

What Sonar front wing were you using Karine? Was it one of the reflex wings?

Super bon, merci bien!!!!

Thank you good présentation miky de Leucate frenchy

Inspiring a 70 yr old boy

Wing foil

i tried wingsurfin today,, and i could not flip wing,,. I should have watch this video before the try,,,.

Just made it out, had my foil set to far back, and the rear of my board keep sinking as I set my second foot--any suggestions? Also, should there be a minimal wind requirement before hitting the water?

C’est fou, j’ai déjà pris des leçons avec 2 instructeurs et ni l’un ni l’autre ne m’a jamais parlé de tout ça.

French accent :) cute