HOW TO: Wake Foil pt. 2 - Catching the Wave

[@mattwilson6553]

Keep going with these foil tutorials! The advise you give really makes it easier for me to explain foiling to beginners in our store.

[@JakePelot]

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[@fireii8711]

great tuto, you must keep on making videos for us, you have real potential on youtube!

[@JakePelot]

Thank you!!

[@paulobrien8245]

Very cool!

[@lherter]

I'm about 195#, so I bought the 4'8" Ronix foil that came with the 1300cm Balance wing and have the 28" mast. In my 2nd season with the foil, and am still not very good. (Would help if I went out more.) I can get up and stay up in the calm water, and trying to learn how to ride the wave. I saw in the videos you have the 4'1" board and the Speed wing. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the different size board and different wings? Why do you prefer the Speed Wing? Do you every use the shims?

[@JakePelot]

Yeah! So, I ride at smaller board because it’s a little bit more nimble, the bigger one is more stable but will not turn as quickly, which tends to make it good for learning. I think you could ride a 4’1 perfectly fine, but it won’t necessarily make it easier, it’ll just let you move quicker once you are comfortable with foiling. I prefer the speed wing for a similar reason as the smaller board. The speed wing is quicker to turn and accelerate than the balance wing. When learning to ride the wave the balance wing is definitely a better option for stability and predictability with movements. I have used the shims before, but only when I feel like I need more lift. Most of the time, though, shims won’t help all that much unless you have a specific feeling you’re looking for by adding them. (I.e. more or less upward pressure from the wing) Hope that helps!!

[@Mattyb720]

Another great video Jake! For those of us with the shift mast, at what point would you say we should look to advance to the longer options? Thank you!

[@JakePelot]

I’d say as soon as you are comfortable riding the board with the rope, and slightly flying the ing you can move up to 17! Then once you catch the wave a bit, moving up to 20 will give you more margin for error while riding in the wave.

[@prestonestep5570]

Hey Jake! Thanks a bunch for the content! Just curious what is the boat set up? Are you engaging the surf system? Any ballast? And what is your speed preference? To that, what does faster or slower boat speed correlate to on the foil?

[@JakePelot]

Hey! I usually run about half ballast, but you can definitely leave the boat pretty light, even empty when learning. I do engage the surf system on the side you’re foiling on. My speed is usually around 11.6-11.8. The faster you go, the more sensitive the foil will be, so it can be a little tougher to learn. Once your comfortable, though, speeding up a bit let’s you have more freedom with pumping around, recovering, and letting you really engage the wing in turns. So starting off around 10mph is a good place to learn to control the foil, then once you’re letting go of the rope speeding up a bit can be helpful.

[@Jim-v6o4s]

How fast is the boat going?

[@JakePelot]

When you’re starting to catch the wave, typically somewhere between 10-11mph !

[@PeterObeth-o8p]

Wakethief question please : i am a wakefoiler + pumpfoiler on a Lake. I want to catch a wave from a passanger ship, my pumping speed is normaly 10mph, the ship is crusing about 7 mph. How can i catch the waves without sinking ? ? ? Thx Peter

[@JakePelot]

Hey Peter, I haven’t done this specifically. 7mph is pretty slow, but if you are able to keep momentum moving side to side (carving the wave left and right) you may be able to keep your foil’s speed high enough to keep lift, even though you’re only moving forward at 7mph