Duotone Windsurfing | Learn to Foil Series 2.0 | Episode 4 | Upwind and Downwind

[@FreshWaterWindsurfer]

Amazing video and instruction! Has helped me so much with my foiling and answered questions I was unsure of. Thank you!

[@dairyairman]

I love how easy it is to go upwind with a foil windsurfer! Like he says, you can go anywhere you want to. I've noticed that when you turn the board upwind, the front of the board tends to rise and you have to be careful not to breach the foil. It's best to turn upwind gradually. Conversely, when you turn downwind, the front of the board tends to go down. You have to be careful not to nosedive, and like turning upwind, it's better to turn downwind gradually.

[@duotone.windsurfing]

Exactly correct! As you carve the foil, it creates more lift and so a harder carve with more pressure creates the greatest lift and makes the board rise faster, versus the softer approach applies less pressure and less lift

[@dairyairman]

@@duotone.windsurfing Yes! Another tip I learned from a clinic with Andy Brandt, the famous US clinician and DuoTone sponsored rider, is when sailing on a broad reach downwind, move your back hand forward on the boom. That tip really helped me a lot with downwind control. Before that I had my back hand pretty far back, and I was tending to oversheet while going downwind. Having my back hand forward also makes it easier to spill a little air out of the sail if a sudden gust hits.

[@dengordo]

Thank you Jordy. Could explain how to foil overpowered (oversheeting)? I always get overpowered too quickly and switch to fin because I can't handle the foil even the winds picks up just by 3-5 knots.

[@JordyVonkNED69]

Upcoming friday the episode will be about high wind foiling!! So if you wait a couple of days you normally will get your answer there :-) If you still want to know more, just ask whatever you want to know below that video and I explain!