How to waterstart on a Wing Foil board

[@sigiachtergael4416]

Best and clear explanation I found.I ll try this on my 82l board instead of buying a 110 l.hopei will be successfull

[@karvinkline9522]

Dimitri🔝...as usual. IMHO the best tutorial about starting with a sinker board 👍👏👏👏

[@epickites]

Thank you. 👍

[@nelkepol]

great video with perfect advices!

[@robmac3287]

Excellent explanation, thank you for putting it all together.

[@Pete_R63]

Don't forget to try the wing out on a big empty parking lot with a longboard skateboard, landboard, or Rollerblades!

[@jurgenhinz6320]

thanks Dimitri for this brilliant video ! After Windsurfing/Kitesurfing/Kitefoiling and a Corona hold back 2022 is going my Wingfoil kick off season. What I did understand today is, that I will be ending up with 2 boards as in my closer spots I do have both types of wind - low and gusty and strong and steady. To be honest, I did use a sinker windsurfboard in Capetown back in 2002/3 before Naish brought up a 6m Boxer to let me access high wind kiting. But the waterstart is so close to what my muscle memory still has filed that I´m already stoked to giving it a try. With 78-80 kg alive my choice is going 95 or 105 l for southern winds at Lake Garda together with a 6m wing - coming from Moses 633/Groove skate and mostly 8m in those conditions. If you´ve got any comments or advises I´d be pleased of course !! Have a good & healty season 2022 ! Jürgen

[@epickites]

Jurgen, if you decide to get only one board then I would recommend to go with 85 to 95 liter board not bigger and use a bigger front wing foil in order to plane in 8 to 12 mph. Now if you decide to go with 2 boards which will be the best thing to do then I would recommend to get your light wind board to be (85 to 105 liter) board MAX and then get a smaller one to be (45 to 65 liter) board. Now if you leave in a place where the wind is around (12 to 20 mph) then a 75 liter board will be perfect. The problem is that you have too many choices and only you can decide what to do from the experience you are getting from being on the water. For example: Yesterday it was 5 to 7 mph wind here and I wanted to test the new light wind wing called the GHOST. So I went out on the GHOST "X" 7m in 5 to 7 mph with my 65 liter board and the AXIS 999 front wing. I had a hard time to plane because my board was too short and was sinking. So I could not get onto planning. So went and took my 95 liter board and the ARMSTRONG front wing foil 1500 and immediately after few pumps I was able to plane. Some pictures are on my FaceBook page. So in very light breeze you need a board that has a lot of volume so it won't stick to the water much compare to a small board.

[@jurgenhinz6320]

@@epickites thanks for the quick reply Dimitri - life is a compromise isn´t it ;)

[@timnutta]

As someone who is considering learning to wing, thanks for this - top tuition video as always👍The main attraction of winging for me (as a kitesurfer/foiler and windsurfer) is surfing swells whilst flagging out the wing. As confirmed in your video, waterstarting a small board looks pretty challenging in flat water but how the hell do you do it in waves!?

[@epickites]

I am happy this video helped you. It took me 3 months to make it. Waterstarting on short boards is very easy if it's windy. I am working on a new HOW TO video that will show you exactly how to waterstart on a short board using the WindSurfing method. 👍

[@dronemotioncom]

okay! 😂

[@fastforward720]

is that Brian Caserio at 0:15?

[@epickites]

😂😂😂😂 yes it is.

[@fastforward720]

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