The proper PUMPING technique | Wing Foil 

I rewatched this video last night and had some serious aha moments. I have been trying to get up on foil with speed and then getting out of control when I do get on foil. I also have been turning upwind too much on foil and then breaching. As a sailor, my instinct is to turn upwind to de-power but turns out that just powered me up even more. The aha moment was 1) turn slightly downwind on foil to depower (also sheet out), 2) Keep weight on my front foot as I pump (I was keeping it on the back foot to get the foil to lift), 3) Scoot as I pump 4) Pump in a circular motion. I'm going to try to put this all together today. Thanks for the great content! I watch a ton of videos and your series on winging has the most nuggets of information that's actually useful. Mahalo.

Thanks Demian for the prompt reply. Seems to me that you showed clockwise circular motion. I combined your advice of punching the water to get the wing flying up, then pulled it down. So it's counterclockwise motion and the wing tip didn't hit the water. I found clarity from your video. Thanks a ton!

I tried this today, namely keeping the board flat whilst scooting the board forward, and pulling yourself forward on each pump. This definitely is a game changer for me! I was focusing way too much on trying to get the nose of the board up with my pumps, which induced more drag and slowed me down instead. Something I learnt today was to be more crouched with my weight way more forward when pumping the wing. Keeping my weight well over my front foot. The other thing was to be less aggressive with the pumps, making them smaller and focusing more on technique. Lastly, as soon as the foil started flying, to level out the board immediately, and then lowering the nose of the wing to generate more power. Hope this helps those who are struggling.

Inspirational ! Time on the water.....repetition is the Mother of perfection...

Well done guys👍 Just what a 49yr old surfer needed to nail the take off I've been to reliant on strong wind to get me on foil. We have good winds coming Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I'm going to try this.🤙🤘👊

The last words from Glen are so so true and motivating.

Maintain the tension and become one with the changing conditions of the wind, great advice

Thank you Damien and Glen for sharing your knowledge. You are truly spreading love and happiness in a world that needs it so much. That is the best thing anyone can do with their life. You are making the world a better place!

super useful Damo, I love the scoop and lift motion as well as skooshing along the floor in your socks like tom cruise. I'm thinking this will eventually add a couple of knots to my low end, because I know once i'm up on foil I'll be able to go in nothing . . . .

Thank you so much! I wish this video came out a month ago. I've been a pumping fool.

Thanks, some valuable tips. I've been doing it for a month and getting better and better, but my pumping is still a hit n miss scenario. This does clear up a few things.

god, I wish this vid existed last summer! Great tips

Great video! Finally someone start talking about this scooting motion. This is exactly what helped me to start getting on foil about a month ago. I compared it to a dock start where you want to push you board forward first, but using your feet instead of hands and use the wing to leverage against it.

Thank you so much guys. The best instructional videos ever!. Last weekend I stated foiling behind the 🚣‍♂️ and now I have to put the two together ❤. I can fly the wing without issues.

Sounds like a lot of work! Loving this series of videos. Thanks for all the great advices.

Excelente video! From argentina! That exactly happened to me! Finally progressed, got the foil up, controlling foil, so happy! But the next day it was impossible! So frustrated!! Great tips!

Wonderful guys. Many explanations. So clear. Good vibes. Have fun and Vive La France !

Truly excellent content, guys! Extremely useful and much appreciated!

Another good video. I've watched several now and gotten some good nuggets from each one on how to improve technique. In addition to pumping, thanks for addressing after getting up on foil and what happens next - heading upwind.

Scoop the wind with arm circles while simultaneously shimmying feet across the floor (forward motion). Thanks guys!!

Very good. Last time I was out water was 1 degree celcius but we got a few minutes sun. Big chop but I got 2-3 streaks of foilriding of 10 sec. I def break with the foil - stalling it vertical. Great tip. Very helpful videos. I’m a fan!!

Guys, congrats on the amazing videos and good vibe!

Man, you guys do such a great job on these videos!

Great Tips... first time up on foil today - certainly didnt look anything like you!!! About 0.0005 seconds of chaos but what a buzz!!! Do one about how to wipe out safely :-)

Wish you did a video on getting on the foil from pumping to trimming the board , showing mistakes . I have large kit i am slow to get planning lots of the time the front of the board comes up and slams down . And some days i get on the plan and i am on the foil for ages Tried moving the mast , shims move my weight ! . There is so much content on line . Would be good to see Mistakes done by beginners then then How to get it right . Thanks for the great content

Excellent video. Great instructional method

You guys are the real deal. Thank you very much!

Thanks for this video, took your tips out today and had lot more success. Keep up the good work lads 👍

Merci pour les conseils!!!

"Winging is so hard", he's been doing it 2 months and he's a pro :P Clearly these homies haven't done much windsurfing! But thanks for video - looking forward to trying the scoop out.

Valuable info. Keep em coming

Perfect tutorial from you both. Thanks!

Very practical. Thanks

Thanks Damien !! this is really awesome!! I'm ready to learn and try! Just waiting for the lake to melt :)

You are the best. Keep going.

Thank you , you so cool guys !

Great advice, guys! keep it up!

Excellent tips, thanks a lot. Will try to incorporate the scooping, sliding and front pumping technique tomorrow. Have been trying without foot straps but put them on for tomorrow's session. What do you guys think - better to learn with straps or without? And what about the angles? I figured closer to the center for the front leg straps will help at first and more to the edges when skill comes along (probably when up on the foil).

I think of it as bearing upwind,thanks

Thank you so much

Love all your videos, keep at it.

That's awesome pumping technique video, Demian! Juat a quick question, the circular motion you show, would it be a clockwise or counterclockwise? Thanks

Great video. Thanks

Wohoo!! Kelly is a badass, and YES more Gwen!’ 💕🌈🙌

Great information 🤙🏾

I’m at session 4 . Have the naish sup board 125ltr and jet foil 2000. I think the conditions haven’t been idea. One or 2 of these sessions I had very little wind. Going out tomorrow and I’m going to try this scooping the air method and scooting the board forward . The slow motion video is good to see exactly what your doing. Very frustrated at the moment . Wish me luck. I will let you know if I get it

Something I have never heard mentioned in all these videos is to make sure your wing is pumped up enough. I was battling for ages to get on the foil because the wing was under inflated.

Hey Damien & Gwen. First off, your videos are awesome. Got a quick question. When I watch videos on pumping the wing, going to the left for example (left foot forward) , some videos look like the pumping is counter clockwise and some look like the motion is clockwise? Does it matter?

Will try next time 🤙

Great Video! Btw, where did you get this nice Shirt with the Red Wave? Ist it Quiksilver? I didnt found it anywhere

Great video - but man, those wings are soft! The frame is flexing so much! At 90kg I find rigid wings like PPC are much more powerful.

The ultimate challenge of this sport.. Staying on foil with the wing switch stance

Essentially you want the the technique to maximize fluid velocity over the foil. Foil lift force = Lift Coefficient x Foil Area x Fluid Velocity squared x fluid density / 2 x gravity

Scoop & scoot!

Small tips for beginners: if you put pressure on your front leg but the nose of your board still lifts too high, that’s means that you need to move forward your back leg

Often i get 3 or 4 pumps in and the wing tip ends up in front of the board. Not sure what i am doing to cause this. Thoughts?

Grande 👍👍👍

Is it just me, or does anyone else notice that how using this technique (and watching slow motion) the wing very closely mimics a birds wing flapping, since the flex in the wing changes its attitude to the wind on the up sing, then it engages again on the down swing. Obviously not the original intent of the less rigid rig design, but a clear advantage over a more rigid (full battened windsurfing sail) rig.

Can you do a gybe video please

Scoot while you scoop in synchronized motions

Possible de faire les traductions en français ? Please

do you sell gear?

Scoop the wind, shuffle the board, flatten board…..scoop, shuffle, flatten….scoop, shuffle, flatten…….. back to the water

666th like. Great video dudes!

Salut. Bla bla bla Video 50% trop longue. Traduction Francaises parfois incompréhensibles. Les explications me paraissent bien detaillées. Merci

this is the worst explanation of the pumping technique i have seen so far. especially from the first guy.