I cant understand why this incredible video only has 297 likes?!?! The best Wingfoil videos !!! Are helping me so much in this incredible journey! Thank you!!
You Guys are legends! Thank you so much for taking your time so generously and giving people such solid advice completely free! You're both saints and will be repaid in life 🙏🏾
I found a few things messing my toeside tacks up that I have started cleaning up: Speed is important, indeed. You really do want to crack into the wind. The challenge for me was I needed to master luffing the wing out overhead - the advice about pushing away with the back hand is important for flying it neutral as you go directly upwind “through the eye of the wind”. I starting giving myself more time than I thought by focusing on the carve and cleaning that up instead of worrying about the wing once it luffs. This goes with the first point around gaining speed as well as pushing the wing away. Once you’ve let go of that back handle, though, you can _almost_ ignore the wing if you have enough speed to glide through much of the turn. In order to get that carve down, I found practicing toeside s-turns helped calibrate the toeside pressure necessary to form that kind of arcing turn I wanted. I found that focussing on keeping the wing towards the nose of my board really helped the wing to pull me through the turn instead of decelerating me. I was finding that my tail “seemed” to breach but that was just due to effectively air-braking midway through the turn from having the wing too far back. Once I grab the back handle I focus on pushing the wing forward - this really helps accelerate you out of the turn. Even when I have the wing luffed overhead I’m trying to direct it towards the nose. When I was carving upwind I found my pitch control was kind of off. This is something I found improved by keeping the wing forward - I found it hard to fly level if the wing was too far back because it forced my balance onto my back foot. The other way to gain insight and cue yourself up is to actively try *pumping* through the upwind turn. I saw someone doing this on a 14 mph wind day and trying it really taught me pitch control during that upwind carve - reminded me of touch and goes when I first learned to fly the foil level. By pumping I learned a lot about my pitch stability and control in this new direction. It’s different enough from the sensation of gybing that it’s worth deliberate practice during an upwind turn.
I did a big tack practice session yesterday hand had really great success with active wing steering on entry. I found that it really helped me punch it upwind and initiate my turn. What you've just shown me is that i need to change hands faster to get the power on. You guys are heroes!
Agree, pushing the back hand up to release all pressure on the wing was key for me to learn tacking. I spent a session trying tacks and near the end my friend Eric said "Duke shove up with your back hand during the tack" and it immediately clicked! Now that I am proficient in tacking both ways I actually find them preferable to change directions compared to jibes!
Great videos, thank you! I had ZERO wind sport or foil experience but competitive surfer since age 11. My first sessions were horrendous, and I'd go home frustrated and watch all your videos. 4th session + 1 boat session and everything just clicked - I'm at 5th or 6th session now and can get up on foil effortlessly even in light wind, go upwind confidently in both directions, jibe off-foil and switch stance off foil. Note to other beginners: I think balance is much more important than experience - wind awareness and wing control can be learned thanks to you guys, but training balance if you don't already have it is much harder.
Thanks ! Gwen tu déchires ! J espère passer mes tack bientôt, je vais d abord essayer le toeside, car j ai commencé par l autre côté et j en ai marre de me ramasser 😅
Damn this looks like a lot of fun, I live 30 seconds from the water and looks like something I’d enjoy. I have zero surfing experience though! Binging through your tutorials 😂
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Great video guys, question on leash, noticed wing lease is on wrist, but no board leash. I've been using wing leash to waist and it seems to get tangled on arm when attempting a tack. Will try wing leash on wrist.
I usually use an underhand grip on my front hand. Just before I tack I switch it to an overhand grip. I can’t do it underhand grip. Maybe I missed that bit in video, do you have a preference/recommendation? Great video.
Am I right in that when tacking, it's easier to have your front hand with the palm facing away from you so that the wing pivots easily in the correct direction and when jibing, you want your front/leading hand to have the palm facing you? If so, how do you efficiently switch your front hand when riding when you've decided to do a turn and your hand isn't facing the correct way? Is this possible? I'm still a newb and haven't tried jibing or tacking yet. Just at the visualization stage now :).... If this is a rule of thumb (or hand lol), I think a short video talking about this would be great!
Great tutorial. I've been practicing this for the last two months, and it's starting to click now, I love the move despite the slow learing curve. Ps. How is it that you guys get away without any board leash? When I tried this, I was unable to keep up with my board after falling into the water.
Hi Damian, Hi Gwen, Thank you very much for great content!! I am managing quiet well the tack from normal to switch but the tack from switch to normal stance I fail most of the time because when I am facing against the wind my foil come slightly out of the water so that I come off foil. I go with both feet in the straps and I am focusing on the front foot to put more weight on the front foot but I think that I don't change hands quick enough and that produces the wing to catch wind from the leading edge which pushes me to the back and slow me down so now I am changing my forehand just when the wing is in front of my head and this helps but it still happens to me. Some idea? Thanks a lot. We have strong winds 30 to 35 knots. Thanks, Ramon
Ramon, Thanks for the kind words! Gwen and I appreciate you. It takes time and repetition. It is a hard one. Try switching your hands, walking on the beach over and over and can speed up your water transitions as you will not be falling in the water. Have a great day!
Can you say something about sequence? I saw in another video (on toe to heel side tack) that it was best to *get the wing neutral before starting the turn* . Can you break it down please? Is it: 1) wing above head, wing neutral 2) start to carve the foil into the wind 3) switch hands (before crossing wind) 4) exit turn and engage backhand? Am I missing anything?
I like Jacob's point below about pumping through the turn/carve. Indeed that gave me awareness of the board pitch and control. This move is so interesting!
I would say you start carving into the wind with speed, and bring the wing up and over your head level and heading towards the other direction "wing will help your board come around as well when it gets to the other side of the wind window. Then you can switch hands and get on the back hand grabbing wind on the other direction. Try to really think of your board doing all the work and your wing can follow. It's not easy but you will get it.
I cant understand why this incredible video only has 297 likes?!?! The best Wingfoil videos !!! Are helping me so much in this incredible journey! Thank you!!
Leo, Thanks of the kind words we appreciate you!
You Guys are legends! Thank you so much for taking your time so generously and giving people such solid advice completely free! You're both saints and will be repaid in life 🙏🏾
Thank you for the kind words Frano
I found a few things messing my toeside tacks up that I have started cleaning up:
Speed is important, indeed. You really do want to crack into the wind. The challenge for me was I needed to master luffing the wing out overhead - the advice about pushing away with the back hand is important for flying it neutral as you go directly upwind “through the eye of the wind”.
I starting giving myself more time than I thought by focusing on the carve and cleaning that up instead of worrying about the wing once it luffs. This goes with the first point around gaining speed as well as pushing the wing away. Once you’ve let go of that back handle, though, you can _almost_ ignore the wing if you have enough speed to glide through much of the turn.
In order to get that carve down, I found practicing toeside s-turns helped calibrate the toeside pressure necessary to form that kind of arcing turn I wanted.
I found that focussing on keeping the wing towards the nose of my board really helped the wing to pull me through the turn instead of decelerating me. I was finding that my tail “seemed” to breach but that was just due to effectively air-braking midway through the turn from having the wing too far back. Once I grab the back handle I focus on pushing the wing forward - this really helps accelerate you out of the turn. Even when I have the wing luffed overhead I’m trying to direct it towards the nose.
When I was carving upwind I found my pitch control was kind of off. This is something I found improved by keeping the wing forward - I found it hard to fly level if the wing was too far back because it forced my balance onto my back foot. The other way to gain insight and cue yourself up is to actively try *pumping* through the upwind turn. I saw someone doing this on a 14 mph wind day and trying it really taught me pitch control during that upwind carve - reminded me of touch and goes when I first learned to fly the foil level. By pumping I learned a lot about my pitch stability and control in this new direction. It’s different enough from the sensation of gybing that it’s worth deliberate practice during an upwind turn.
Thank you Jacob for sharing! You rock!
I did a big tack practice session yesterday hand had really great success with active wing steering on entry. I found that it really helped me punch it upwind and initiate my turn. What you've just shown me is that i need to change hands faster to get the power on. You guys are heroes!
Thank you for your insight for others, you rock we appreciate you!
Agree, pushing the back hand up to release all pressure on the wing was key for me to learn tacking. I spent a session trying tacks and near the end my friend Eric said "Duke shove up with your back hand during the tack" and it immediately clicked! Now that I am proficient in tacking both ways I actually find them preferable to change directions compared to jibes!
Thank you Duke!
Great videos, thank you! I had ZERO wind sport or foil experience but competitive surfer since age 11. My first sessions were horrendous, and I'd go home frustrated and watch all your videos. 4th session + 1 boat session and everything just clicked - I'm at 5th or 6th session now and can get up on foil effortlessly even in light wind, go upwind confidently in both directions, jibe off-foil and switch stance off foil. Note to other beginners: I think balance is much more important than experience - wind awareness and wing control can be learned thanks to you guys, but training balance if you don't already have it is much harder.
Thank you for sharing!
Woohoo awesome!
Thanks to your Videos, im now able to jibe, now i give the tack a try.. great explained 👍🤙 Greets from the Apls Tirol
Amen! You made our day thank you!
Thanks🏄🏻💫
Thanks ! Gwen tu déchires ! J espère passer mes tack bientôt, je vais d abord essayer le toeside, car j ai commencé par l autre côté et j en ai marre de me ramasser 😅
Damn this looks like a lot of fun, I live 30 seconds from the water and looks like something I’d enjoy. I have zero surfing experience though! Binging through your tutorials 😂
Its time and you will love it! Order your wingsurfing gear, kiteboarding gear, foiling gear at adventuresportsusa.com/?ref=DAMO and support us and the TH-cam channel!
Get 5% off any gear using discount code DAMO5
Top tutorial !!! Great job guys 🤙
Thank you so much! We appreciate you Marco!
Great video guys, question on leash, noticed wing lease is on wrist, but no board leash. I've been using wing leash to waist and it seems to get tangled on arm when attempting a tack. Will try wing leash on wrist.
Obrigado!
Thank you so much! 🙏🙏🙏
great!!! as always!!!
Thank you so much!
Awesome 🤙🤙🤙🇩🇰
Thank you!
I usually use an underhand grip on my front hand. Just before I tack I switch it to an overhand grip. I can’t do it underhand grip. Maybe I missed that bit in video, do you have a preference/recommendation? Great video.
Nick, I believe it is personal preference! Thank you for your feedback.
Am I right in that when tacking, it's easier to have your front hand with the palm facing away from you so that the wing pivots easily in the correct direction and when jibing, you want your front/leading hand to have the palm facing you? If so, how do you efficiently switch your front hand when riding when you've decided to do a turn and your hand isn't facing the correct way? Is this possible? I'm still a newb and haven't tried jibing or tacking yet. Just at the visualization stage now :).... If this is a rule of thumb (or hand lol), I think a short video talking about this would be great!
It’s mostly personal preference, some riders like it better one way more than the other, but both ways work for sure 😁
Big Thanks for this great tutorial and your tipps! It looks so nice easy but it isn't:-)
It's not easy but in time everyone can do it!
I hope so, if not, I visit your beach and there should it be no problem:-)
Damien - where’s your Heineken Gybe at? Confident enough to make a video on it? :)
Yes for sure have to add another front strap! Yep will add it to the list.....
Any tips on not wrapping your leash around your neck when passing the wing over your head? 😅
It happens to me as well when the leash is on my right hand, so I put it on my left hand and that seems to work. If not, maybe use a waist leash?
Great tutorial. I've been practicing this for the last two months, and it's starting to click now, I love the move despite the slow learing curve. Ps. How is it that you guys get away without any board leash? When I tried this, I was unable to keep up with my board after falling into the water.
We chase it from time to time as well. :)
Hi Damian, Hi Gwen, Thank you very much for great content!! I am managing quiet well the tack from normal to switch but the tack from switch to normal stance I fail most of the time because when I am facing against the wind my foil come slightly out of the water so that I come off foil. I go with both feet in the straps and I am focusing on the front foot to put more weight on the front foot but I think that I don't change hands quick enough and that produces the wing to catch wind from the leading edge which pushes me to the back and slow me down so now I am changing my forehand just when the wing is in front of my head and this helps but it still happens to me. Some idea? Thanks a lot. We have strong winds 30 to 35 knots. Thanks, Ramon
Ramon, Thanks for the kind words! Gwen and I appreciate you. It takes time and repetition. It is a hard one. Try switching your hands, walking on the beach over and over and can speed up your water transitions as you will not be falling in the water. Have a great day!
Can you say something about sequence? I saw in another video (on toe to heel side tack) that it was best to *get the wing neutral before starting the turn* . Can you break it down please? Is it: 1) wing above head, wing neutral 2) start to carve the foil into the wind 3) switch hands (before crossing wind) 4) exit turn and engage backhand? Am I missing anything?
I like Jacob's point below about pumping through the turn/carve. Indeed that gave me awareness of the board pitch and control. This move is so interesting!
I would say you start carving into the wind with speed, and bring the wing up and over your head level and heading towards the other direction "wing will help your board come around as well when it gets to the other side of the wind window. Then you can switch hands and get on the back hand grabbing wind on the other direction. Try to really think of your board doing all the work and your wing can follow. It's not easy but you will get it.
So a bit like this? 😜😃😃th-cam.com/video/jHwsGCpCQno/w-d-xo.html Getting the hang of it!! 🙏🙏🙏
@@avinashbikha Killing it perfection!
Why does Damien always wear a buttoned up work shirt to the beach? Asking for a friend...
Great question! It makes me feel smarter! :) Ha Ha Just grew up always trying to dress nice.
@@DamienLeroyTH-cam love your style!
@@radridellc4749 Thank you for the kind words!