How to Jibe | WING FOIL transition

When it is time to turn around, one of the first transitions you learn is the jibe, a downwind transition. Today we have the "legend" Harry Andrews with us to go over the key points to be able to nail your first jibe. Take it slow as repetition is key. Watch this video and practice it on the water. After your session rewatch the video again and you will keep catching new tips to help you to perfect the jibe. Enjoy the learning process....
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[@dlphn978]

I'm 56 years old, just started wing foiling... , thanks to harry so me as an older winger feel I can do it...thank you best regards from Eilat Israel on the red Sea

[@charliethomas3922]

Always great instructions!! Will definitely be watching this video a few more times.

[@jayboo175]

Thank you guys!! This is a big jump to my learning curve! Watched it already four time and will surely watch it way more again ! ✊🤙

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

So happy to hear friend... Enjoy your week!

[@robertho1770]

You guys are so amazing and encouraging and give us so much inspiration and hope on this look easy but not so easy sport.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Nothing is easy but learning is fun! Thanks for the kind words......You got this Robert.....

[@peterjcbramwell]

I can not emphasise how much i appreciate your vlogs ! Firstly I am dreaming of wing foiling again as I started last summer with a customised 7.6 SUP which I fixed a foil on and a 5.0 wing . I managed one month before I left Greece for my winter job in the swedish mountains ! So I am watching your vlogs and am soaking up the info to put it into practice back on my greek island in a few weeks time ! Your enthusiasm is addictive keep up the good work !

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

AMEN!! Thank you for making our day, also the kind words! Excited for you to get back on the water friend... Keep us posted as your summer unfolds....

[@DS-go8mn]

Harry is a Rockstar. Long Live Harry!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

100% agree!

[@Ahjsport]

Greetings from Denmark. Awesome instruction 🤙🤙 You guys are doing a great job

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Your so kind than you so much! We are trying.....

[@chrismriscin9161]

Great content, and Harry's the man!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Amen! Thank you!

[@plaineduloup184]

Great tuto as always. Best from Switzerland

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@hobodogjohnson9075]

I’m going to try this on Thursday. I’m going to watch this video a million times. And Great advice . Before you go on the water and try this do it on the beach with just the wing first. Getting a feel for the wing dropping the back and catching will be a skill in itself

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

You got this buddy! Enjoy the process.....

[@jordibosch4347]

Many thanks for your great video. It looks really easy!!!! For me, the most difficult point is "the switch feet".

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Video coming... You will love it!

[@simoncox2707]

I'm a big fan of the enthusiasm you guys have. I live in the UK and it's great to see that amazing blue water. As an old school windsurf instructor I would love to see you do an on land gybe demo of the process. For me the foot change positions and body weight distribution is crucial which is not always obvious on film. Thanks.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you Simon we appreciate you! Let us know if you have seen this one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJrTg62YhsScZrs

[@christoph4333]

Greetings from Brazil... I think the same as Denmark... awesome instruction ... motivates a lot... my focus point is to go foiling through the jibe ... I am ALWAYS falling backwards as the board comes up... I know !! load your front foot LOL...

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Stay at it Christoph you got this! Its scary to lean forward we have all been there! :)

[@aclarke9479]

Great video! Lots of nuggets of information here. Aloha 🤙🏼

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you friend!

[@dlphn978]

I finally understood where to place my feet, extremely important

[@MrPTrog]

Props on the audio! It can’t be easy getting such clean audio at the beach.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

We are trying! Thank you!

[@jacobstr]

Having a little rum drink is living life to its fullest if you make it out later that afternoon!

[@PICOTELESKIIER]

y'all rock!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you Matt!

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

I’m trying to learn on a mountain board here in Hoodie. I see you hitting the water with the wing tip. People say not to hit the water with it but to me it doesn’t sound too bad. I’m scared to scrape mine against the ground tho a ton. I’m thinking of getting a 3m if my 4.2 is too big. I’m still slowly learning after being born in the Columbia Gorge. I’ve always wanted to learn but I haven’t ever been able to afford equipment. I’m hoping to help teach some little ones some day. Any local should have a chance to feel the wind, it shouldn’t be a privilege.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

3m will help for sure! Great on you friend trying to help others, the mountain board will help your skills a lot. Enjoy buddy!

[@iamtedg]

Damien, can you please comment on how to attach your safety harness and keep from getting tangled in it when you are turning and switching your feet. I notice Harry has his connected to the back of his waist, while most others are attaching it to an ankle. Thanks - love your videos....

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Ted, We will have to make a video of that for everyone to properly go over it so you can see it all... Will be in the works! Thank you friend.....

[@canbozkurt6884]

Great video as always(really got my foil pumping going thanks to you guys) Last couple of days I'm trying to jibe on the foil but can't figure out the switch stance. I'm always falling to windward side on my face. Any tips for it?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

This video dropping tomorrow will help you tons! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWiUZ6yir7F0a68 You get to see it early! :)

[@michaelross7988]

Awesome Vid !!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you glad it could help!

[@michaelross7988]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin love all your Wing foil Vids ,,, Keep Going !! I have watched the jibe and tach episodes Over and Over , thanks Again !

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@michaelross7988 Thank you for the kind words!

[@mettehansen9056]

Wondering if you guys have a clinic or give lessons? Would love that! Thanks for these great videos from N California where we are blessed with amazing and incredibly diverse riding conditions. Still working on that damn gybe and making them rarely and mostly accidentally it seems. 😜 It’s a start! 😂🤙

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

We would love to actually give lessons but have other jobs as well. We do these videos to help others maybe struggle less than we did! ahhhhhhhh The Gybe just takes time you will get it friend! We are behind you! Have a great week.

[@ricopo3522]

Trying to learn to wing in a very low wind area that has been even more low wind than usual. Just enough to blow out the surf- not quite enough for a newbie to get up on foil. So... I'm stuck at 5 sessions of winging with big gaps of days in between. What to do to improve? Mind surf and watch your videos to get the concepts drilled into my brain. Thanks for this- great video and very clear and helpful in visualizing what I need to do.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Honestly friend it just takes time we all have been there, when Mother Nature is just not on your side.. That is why this sport is so hard yet rewarding at the same time, as its never the same every day! I would fly the wing on the beach, ride a skateboard maybe with the wing, perfect anything you can if the winds are light with the wing on land, as it will help on the water when that wind comes in.... If it makes you feel better this will make you laugh! From another person on you tube in a comment, he nailed it! JAKEDAWG KZbin, Damo Wingfoiling has added a lot of stress and unhappiness to my life. If I'm not out there, I'm depressed. All I do is look out the window and ask "Is there enough wind?". This weekend I have to go to my nephew's birthday party and it's the only day this week that is windy (according to the app from which I've developed carpal tunnel syndrome hitting refresh). So yes, I'm buying the new F-One 8m CWC wing to see if that can scratch my itch. If that doesn't work, I'm moving to someplace very windy. That all being said, it's so great jumping in the lake and battling the elements. Makes you feel alive!

[@ricopo3522]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin Ha! Thanks! Perfect response. Almost all my life-time passions are at the mercy of natures whims so I really should know by now. I've made enough progress in 5 tries to make me totally obsessed. So... I went out yesterday and slogged around off foil with no threat of a single white-cap remotely possible. Glad I did... I learned some things about the wing, where the power is, hand-work through off foil jibes, footwork, switch stance, trimming the board. All will help when the wind decides to bless me. All good, but you know..... damn I wanna fly!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@ricopo3522 You keep that outlook friend and everyday no matter will be incredible! Sending you wind friend... :)

[@lawrenceteresa]

Thanks

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@HaIPeHaOP]

The dog in the background at 3:59 absolute legend...

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Yewww buddy!

[@berndklien1352]

I don‘t get it sorry 🙈 Damien are u regular or goofy? I’m regular, so do u mean i should go into the jibe from heelside to toeside when i‘m riding in my prefered direction and switch to switch-stance before jibing when i go the other way? Thx for your help and all your great videos 😀🤙🏻

[@rrmwessels]

Hi Guys! Love your tutorials & enthusiasm! I started winging a couple of months ago and I can foil back &forth easily. Now I struggle with learning the gybe. Is it possible that my front wing is too small to keep me in the air through the gybe, or is it just poor technique 🙄.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

I would say its possible yes, but you also may be going to slow into your gybe and going to straight down wind so you loose all power and come off foil. If you go into it with more speed you should be good but a gybe is hard and takes time no matter. Keep at it! You got it.....

[@gdelmas01]

Great tutorials, thanks a lot, just watched it 4 times. Got two questions: -since one way you change feet before jibe and other direction switch feet after jibe. Does that mean you try always to start the jibe with your “good” feet in front? -The second question, if you are goofy , you should also be goofy on toe side? Thanks a lot, greetings from Barcelona-Spain

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Friend, Happy to try and help... The only reason we switch our feet after the jibe is most people are comfortable going toe side one way so it makes it easier to switch after you go toe side. This video also may help. Truth is you can switch whenever is comfortable for you. This also may help... kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWiUZ6yir7F0a68

[@gdelmas01]

@@DamienLeroyKZbin thanks a lot for your help !

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

@@gdelmas01 Thank you!

[@psychicjunkie]

Perfect lesson for where I am at now. :-)

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Yewww. buddy! Have a great week!

[@leapnlarry]

I have tried about 200 jibes so far and none on foil. Switching the feet is where i crash. Larry

[@jeromedayton2558]

Were is this filmed? It looks like the inland waterway by Jupiter. What is the name of the access road / park / beach for this site? (I'm headed this way in 2 months).

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Juno beach shower 55 and Stuart causeway... Two spots in the video!

[@deejsr1]

What size boards are you guys using? Length/liters

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

They are all 5'0 to 5'2 board size ...... 78-98 Liters in volume....

[@Charlietuna49]

Thanks, please show how to jibe the wing on land!

[@RyanLee-cj8nk]

I can't help to think about how many sharks are in that area. You are on the east coast of Florida correct?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

They are always there! Yep East coast..... Nothing to worry about....

[@mbkiteboarding]

👍

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@andrewsesterhenn3179]

What's the difference between a tack and a jibe?

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

A jibe is a downwind turn, a tack is an upwind turn

[@layerlapse7645]

I’m getting confused, trying to figure direction wind is blowing when you’re talking about different scenarios. Maybe you could have small flag in your videos when you’re talking about wind directions so then you can say when it’s same or different.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Great idea and sorry about that can fine tune them in the future..... Thank you!

[@garyjohnson4575]

Now you're a Jibe Turkey!

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Right aahhhhhhhhh

[@grumfa]

i am just dealing with the switch and the jibe... what a f deal! :(

[@superdeifi]

Thanks vor the Vid. Will Watch it More times. Jibing Looks that easy but ist is Not..

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

Thank you!

[@chicoary]

I saw some videos in which the practitioner never changed his feet.

[@DamienLeroyYouTube]

You can for sure, it's called going toe side instead of jibing but a harder position to hold the wing.

[@alexeiheintz7350]

Too many words, too much advertisement and too small amount of visual demonstration on the water. It makes these enthusiastic films less helpfull comparing with many other.

[@genze58]

Not Nice......