A complete beginners tutorial to learn how to wing foil. In this video I'll teach you everything you need to know about learning to wing foil. I'll cover what gear you need, how to prepare for your first session, pro tips as you progess, common beginner mistakes, and much more.
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Great video, thanks a lot!!!
absolutely great tips and sound advice. As a beginner, I'm kinda awed by the challenge ahead of me, but I'm determined to get there and your motivation is powerful!! Thanks, mate!! Cheers. Marty.
Good stuff we’ll explained thanks a lot 😎
great tutorial and great tutor!
Top, Merci, Thank you
Nice video. Well explained 👍
Thanks for the advice! Heading out on my first session today as a COMPLETE newbie so this was a great reminder… lets hope the wind plays along.
Awesome! Good luck. It's a tough journey but the most rewarding. Good luck and have fun!
Great tips everyone should know about
Thank you! I hope more people find them :)
Great video really good information really appreciate it
Thanks Paul! Glad I could help. Good luck on your journey to this amazing sport!
Great tips! I couldn’t find your jibe video.
As much as I love Roberts boards, I cannot in good faith recommend a beginner to buy a $3k+ board. Same for the Alulla $1700+ wing. No way! I'm glad you can afford and enjoy those, but a beginner IMO shall seek out good USED gear from a friend. They will inevitably destroy the gear, or realize winging takes more effort than expected. Better to realize that 1-2k in rather than 6k in. For the rest, I love your videos man, keep ot up!
I am trying to learn to wing foil . If you have not got calm water with high wind then forget it. Open beaches are a big no. Wind means waves and they are risky when learning. You need a lagoon or some kind of lake. If you dont have that the equipment makes no difference. All the videos i watch as tutorials have this miraculous calm water with high winds. Unless you have access to calm water with high winds you have little chance. The learning curve means you have to practice a lot , like every day. I can do it now but the days that i can ride are probably once every 3 weeks at the moment.. nowhere near enough to get better.
Hi Kelly, sorry you're having a hard time. You are right in that it is rarely calm water when the wind is blowing. I definitely did not learn in calm water. When the wind is around 15knots it's ideal because that normally means less chop but still enough wind. That said, there is always going to be waves to some degree. The best thing you can do for yourself is get a high volume board. 125L - 145L to start. Higher volume is going to give you more stability and give you the best chance to stand and work on catching wind. As soon as you catch wind your board becomes more stable. Then once you get up on foil you don't feel the waves! Keep at it and I'm sure you'll pass that difficult point where it feels like you're not making progress.
Just AWESOME!👏 You're a talented & natural instructor. I'm subscribing. This is a highly technical endeavour, which you break down into executable steps and even estimate how long a novice will take to learn. After kiting, skateboarding, & snowboarding I was still hesitant to undertake this sport, however you inspire confidence that these skills can be learned with patience. I'll be studying your videos🏄♂😎☀🇨🇦
Thanks for the compliments and welcome to the wing foil family! I'm glad you are making the leap. It's not the easiest journey to start but once you get that first feeling of flying over the water the payoff is huge! Looking forward to sharing more content to help you progress! ✊💪🏄✈
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@@drbfitk366 Yes! Although I don't often promote it... You can reah the patreon page here. Thanks for your support! patreon.com/WestCoastWingFoil
Thanks!
Thanks for the support Chris! This is greatly appreciated. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions on your wing foil journey!
Thank you for professional video, I’m ready with new equipment,have plan going for first session tomorrow.I like your shirt where I can buy?Many thanks 🙏
Thanks for the compliments! Good luck on your first session! You can grabl a shirt here: WCWingFoil.redbubble.com
Useful video, I have just purchased a starter kit and can't wait to get out on the water or should I say in the water as I will spend most of time there. Quick question, you talk about sessions, i.e. after 4 sessions you should be on the foil but what exactly in time is a session, is it a day out on the board or a couple of hours? Just trying to get a realistic appreciation of how long this is going to take especially as I am doing this on my own.
Hey Gazza, congrats on the purchase! Take those suggested milestones with a grain of salt. The milestones can vary widely but give you a rough idea. It will depend on your conditions, gear, skill level, and experience. Depending on how much energy you have your session could be a full day or just a few hours. The most important thing is you keep going despite the sport being really hard at the start. Good luck starting your journey with this incredible sport.
@@westcoastwingfoil Thanks for getting back to me, I have done a fair amount of windsurfing in my life and have a SUP that I got out on in all conditions so I am hoping the balance and wing control should come to me relatively fast, more concerned about being up on the foil, I am far from a young man and have that mid life spread so we will see how it goes :).
As a beginner with no prior water sport experience, and some time out on the water, I think your number of sessions required to get going is way to optimistic. Finding your balance to able to stand up to get going takes time (my board is way bigger than the plus 40 guide) and then there is all the time wasted getting back up wind in-order to be safe. Getting to the right location (flat water as possible) and in the right conditions is also not easy unless you live on the doorstep of winging heaven.
Thanks for the input. I definitely agree that suggested number of sessions varies and it was only supposed to be a rough guide. It's always tough to find perfect conditions but I do believe it's all about time on the water. Good luck with your journey. Once you "get it" the struggle is always worth the reward.
I agree. This is not a beginner video. Just a compendium of experiences. He is trying to teach you how to run when you don't know how to crawl.
Great tutorial. Agree with everything but … I would not recommend the Aluula wing to a beginner. They are expensive and a beginner is likely to damage a wing. I recommend the Duotone 2023 Slick because they have a lot of power, a very tight canopy, and a boom (for easy hand placement). Also, once one is comfortable riding, one should move to a smaller board as soon as possible. Smaller boards are easier to gybe and easier to keep level in high winds and waves. The next board size down should be either equal to or 5 L over one’s weight. First two sessions with the smaller board feels like learning all over again. But after that, one will never want to ride a big board again.
Thanks Jake. Great points and perspective! For me, I wanted to buy 1 wing that would last me as long as possible. So Aluula still would have been appealing but definitely is a higher price tag and more expensive if you do put your foil through it. I still think people rush to smaller boards a bit soon. But if skill and budget allow then it's great to size down and get the benefits of riding smaller boards. That said, people like me riding light wind are better off going a bit bigger as smaller boards are a lot harder to get on foil for beginners in light wind.
I am 6 2 and love big boards. Besides, I started a mile high club at sea level with Marquette university gals. I take them out across lake Michigan. A big board serves me. I put a temper pedicure layered roll on top . No one's complained so far
Nice video! What camera and mounting you use to have such a nice angle while riding?
I've got a video showing how I do it. Check the video description as well as I've changed a few things: kzhead.info/sun/ottpca-tb3yVeZs/bejne.htmlsi=xEYjD5_cotGs5wb_
Is there something you could advise regarding safely releasing the wing in a crash? I start the first sessions next week and I've had some shoulder repairs many years ago. Thank You.... I've been an OR Aluula kitefoiling since the first Roams come out
Hi There! It's safer to keep your leash attached for your wing at all times. it's a simply velcro that attaches it to your wrist. If you release it you will loose it and be stuck paddling in. You don't have to worry about it when you fall. It's not a big danger like kite boarding where it can drag you down wind. Hope that helps!
Great video, thanks! I notice that this is a very expensive sport. I used to kite surf 10 years ago and that equipment then didn't cost a fraction of what a full wingfoil set costs. What about these low priced options, like the gong-galaxy? Is that brand a complete scam or any usuable to get in to the sport?
I don't have any direct experience with gong. I have heard people ride them and they don't fall apart... as a beginner you're probably safe to give a cheaper brand a try. Once you progress you will be more motivated to get a better brand. Going a bit cheaper means you'll be less worried about dings and scratches but you also won't have much resale value when you want to upgrade. Hope that helps!
I have Gong beginner set 2022 and it is okay as far as I can say as a beginner. No problems with that, but I did not try a lot of other wings/boards brands. Build quality is good, no problems yet. We used it for around 50 hours my and my wife.
@@romankrhovjak3568Great feedback. Thanks! 🙏
Thanks for the video, very useful information. What is a “session”, how long is a session?
Youre welcome. A session is just when you go out doiling on a given day. It can vary from 2 hours to 5 hours depending on your stamina and time available.
Many thanks for the clarification.
do you recommend first learning only with the board and without the foil if you don't have any waterboard experiences? Thank you!
You can definitely give it a try with just the board. You can also practice on the beach with the wing. This all helps gives you a grasp of the wing and the positions you need to be in to direct you across the wind. Definitely a good idea. Once you're comfortable going across the wind you can add the foil and start practiciing getting up on foil. Keep in mind that even if your foil is on your board you can still ride on the board and not on foil. Getting up on foil takes work so if you want to stay on the board that shouldn't be an issue.
I can garantee you that if you dont have access tova boat you wont be foiling in the first 5 to 8 sessions, let alone 3. Specially if the water is choppy. I lnow because I work as an instructor and i know how hard it is, even if you have previous kite experience.
What do you think of inflatable beginner boards?
I don't have anything bad to say but I still would recommend a hard board if you have the choice. Main reasons are that hard boards are stiffer and provide less "stick" when getting up on foil. It's not a huge difference when you're learning but just slightly less desirable. What board were you looking at?
@@westcoastwingfoil I have no idea yet. Do you have any recommendations? I think since the beginner board has to be larger, I am afraid that a hard board might not fit into the car. That is why I consider inflatable board.
@@zbindenren Ahh that makes sense. In that case, the only inflatable I would recommend is this one: mackite.idevaffiliate.com/idevaffiliate.php?id=109&url=41
this was awesome but bro you literally said dont get a smaller board to start out with, and then you said you upgraded in 10 sessions. many people dont have disposable income to just drop 1000 on a board they use for 10 sessions
Totally hear you about not having disposable income to spend on multiple boards. I still stand by the fact that you need a big board to start. You don't need to go smaller so soon. You'll be happy foiling on a bigger board for long time.And the alternative is that you spend 10 sessions battling and getting know where vs actually learning to foil. Hope that helps!
Gybe
These are not wings in the true sense, these are kites. This sport should be called hand kiting. Still cool, though.
Aren't the "sails" the eact shape of a wing?
@@westcoastwingfoil The outer contour gives the impression of a wing, but the whole inner shape, which is what matters, has the shape of and behaves aerodynamically as a kite.
@@maxagent86 I guess in a "true sense" you're right. But since Kiteboarding/ foiling was taken I can see why it makes sense to call the sport Wing Foiling... 😎
@@westcoastwingfoil Handkiting / foiling would have been better, I believe.
2 to 3 sessions you should be comfortable..... Bahahahahahahaaa lol yeah right... Thumbs down