Hydrofoiling: The Best Beginner Kitefoiling Setup?

In this beginner kite foiling tutorial, I run through everything you need to know about getting a good beginner hydrofoil setup to learn on and grow into. Check out all of the Levitaz KiteFoils - bit.ly/LevitazKitefoils
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[@BrettWae]

I was rockin' in Cuba with a 17m strut-less kite and my big floaty simulator/NF2 set up with 6-8 knots of wind. No word of a lie even the flysurfer 15's/19's were stalling when parked at 12 oclock. Had to keep looping the 17 to keep going. Foils are an absolute light wind weapon. A game changer for us up in light wind plagued Ontario. Very good points.. I'd love to upgrade to a carbon set up. My aluminum setup is so heavy but its pretty durable so far. If anyone has problems with seizing up, a small amount of anti-seize on threads and between mating surfaces works wonders.

[@oceanromeo]

Very useful video Jake, thanks.

[@davidfitzcosta1253]

Thanks great help

[@Kitesurfing]

Top tips Jake. Short masts are a real game changer for learning.

[@JakeKelsick]

Yeah man. Most people start having fun night away with a short mast

[@wiepkjedegroot]

Looking forward to the rest of the series

[@myhorecalife]

Thanks Jake!

[@techreviews148]

Awesome vid man 🤙🏽

[@vinifons]

Awesome Jake! Thanks for the great content!

[@vinifons]

What the actual fãck?

[@kevinfromthevan3724]

Gr8 vid as always brah. I have been in the process of buying a foil and this video was totally helpful.

[@JakeKelsick]

Awesome dude! Happy to get this info out there.

[@fincadelsolpr7042]

Great info. Hello from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

[@JoffreyFormont]

Nice video as always 👍 keep continue

[@proTheologist]

Great video...

[@billlawmarshall5197]

Nice video Jake and I like your new profile picture on you tube. Also I stopped by the kite boards shop on my way home from school and will hopefully start kite boarding soon. Are you going to be doing any podcasts soon?

[@robbiesuguitan8468]

Nice bro!!

[@LUCID99999]

Nice one 👍

[@tomasknutsson7560]

Thanks Jake! Strange that none of the brands or the stores cares about explaining a bit about why things look like they do.

[@donsison]

great video dude

[@JakeKelsick]

Thanks breeeew!

[@adayinthelife5772]

Hey Jake do you know how far from the back of the board in inches or cm that your foil mount plate should be ? I know its as far back as possible but do you know the measurement ? Cheers

[@GestaltReality]

What do you mean by "seize up" when talking about materials? Does this impact ride, or just taking it apart?

[@notwhatiwasraised2b]

Your opinions re: LEI v water relaunchable foil kites SVP. I love that people like you get to think out loud for us in near real-time

[@JakeKelsick]

Both are good at what they are made for. But I prefer the versatility of a normal inflatable.

[@turboterry1776]

Jake should try stabless go out with no stabilizer on :))

[@JakeKelsick]

Haha would love to! But need a way to set it up. Probably real loose like riding finless

[@KillGuest]

Hey Jake, can I ask you your opinion on my thoughts? I've been foiling on nice beginnerfriendly 850 wing for nearly a year. Has gone very well, now practicing tacks and gybes, most touch the water still, but I can often stay on the board through the turns. Do you think a cruizer wing is too much of a beginner choice for me? Does it have a good enough top speed and manouverability to remain exciting after having the basic foiling skills under control? Or would I want to upgrade to the aspect pretty soon? It is hard to estimate the difficulty and technicality of the aspect wing, and hard to estimate how much fun a more intermediate/experienced rider can have with the cruizer wing

[@KillGuest]

Edit: my current wing is from a different brand, I'm looking to change to levitaz, hence the question.

[@JakeKelsick]

Really depends on what you want out of the foil. I personally love the cruizer wing and it's my go to wing everytime I go foiling. Sure you lose a little speed vs a smaller wing but you gain the fun and predictably of a bigger wing which is great for light wind riding and ripping around in shallow spots. So to round up I think the cruizer wing would hold you over for A LONG time. 😉🤙🏻

[@KillGuest]

@@JakeKelsick Thanks my man, I will go for a test run on it! Keep the videos coming!!

[@sebastianveloso7380]

Jake, do you think that a 4,2 / 4,3 is too small for me? I am doing long foil runs and heel / toe carves not always successful.

[@JakeKelsick]

Really up to you dude! The exo can dig more that the bigger match board but if you are coming getting up and being on the foil it's a nice sizes board to rip around on.

[@johnjoedaly]

Do you think once you get up and riding that you would want to upgrade from the 60cm mast quite quickly?

[@JakeKelsick]

Good question dude! I thought about this after making the video. The 60cm would be a dream to learn on but the 80cm is a better buy. It's around the same price but a lot better in the long run as far as versatility.

[@johnjoedaly]

Jake Kelsick nice one 👍. Keep up the good work

[@bring_everything]

Good advice, just regarding foot straps I found I had to take the back one off as it really got in the way, I tried Foot Hookers but found my feet where to big to feel comfortable, incidentally, don't Google "Foot Hookers" in front of your mum, she'll see the results and think you need help.

[@Hava_niceday]

Wish I would have known about the wing size before I bought one 😂

[@dominiquegagnon5264]

can you elaborate ? How so

[@Rokvtm]

So basically, I will need to buy one equipment, and then another?

[@JakeKelsick]

Tempted to get a foil yet? Head over to the Levtiaz website and scope em out - bit.ly/LevitazKitefoils The 60cm hybrid mast is the easiest to learn on but the 80cm is a better buy as far a setup that you will enjoy riding in the long run. Don't forget to head over to Patreon to see why I keep bringing it up in every video - www.patreon.com/jakekelsick Happy shredding!

[@h-edelbryancpaller5381]

hydrofoil 😥 is too expensive and there no shop for that hydrofoil in philippines