Wing Foil Jibe / Gybe: Heel to Toe, Common Mistakes, Toe to Heel & Training Tips

This tutorial explains wing foil jibes in detail, including:
00:00 Heelside to toeside jibe
02:38 Apparent wind issues
04:31 Roll angle issues
05:50 Speed issues
07:25 Toeside to heelside jibe
09:16 Training steps & tips

[@kitesurfcollege]

KZbin tends to recommend tutorials out of order. To watch wing foil tutorials in order you can use this playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL41dAinz_9ZffUYrzT9c6MiZC0PEX41go All the best, Alex.

[@andreatopcat8180]

the best tutorial on the internet: clear, complete and more....truly fantastic! THANK YOU!

[@jonasgreef5615]

I am so very grateful for your tutorials. Detail, mechanics, common errors and in depth guide is like on no other channel!

[@kitesurfcollege]

Thanks so much Jonas

[@czapkofan]

The video is amazing! thanks for so detailed analysis, the breakdown and the staging is extremely impressive, you've put so much top quality work into it! I especially *LOVE* the scenes framed from the "wind direction" point of view, as well as the breakdown of the common failures, and the accompanying amazing & amusing staged bloopers :)

[@kitesurfcollege]

Thanks so much

[@dksurfer]

Thanks for posting the great video. I think this are the best beginner videos for winging in the internet.

[@dlphn978]

15 knots at the Red Sea today and I actually made a jibe and it worked, just as you explained

[@danegillett6306]

Very well made video , one of the best out there. Great stuff.

[@speedintraffic]

Wow.. I have watched your tutorial several times, and yet only today somehow it clicked that rolling the board into the turn is different than turning the board using the sail. What a difference it made! The balance of the board, the solidity of the carve, and the improvement in glide all seemed significantly better by rolling into the turn without changing the wing position at all, then moving the wing to the neutral position about my head. Thanks!

[@youhavequasp]

This is a great tutorial. The structural and slow explanation and the slow mo captures make it extremly helpful. Thanks!

[@dlphn978]

Eilat Israel new winger, your videos are great......watch every day and getting better every day thanks to you.....keep uploading video for us beginners

[@cyberfastfred]

What a great video. Good picture with clever slow motion, didactic explanation. Speaking slowly for non english people (like me). I love it

[@maxsyruj5872]

Basically all videos shoving flat water, I am learning in hard way trying to balance fighting with waves. 5 sessions and I managed to stand up once but no lift board from water yet.

[@geertmoens6761]

fantastic video !

[@jeffho8692]

Great video very clear explanation thx

[@yohanlab9372]

Perfect video and very useful and clean explanation. Thanks!!

[@simonhunt7798]

Awesome instruction thank you 🤙

[@kitesurfcollege]

Thanks Simon

[@jean-marcdassonville1047]

Merci; super tuto, qui va bien m’aider pour passer les jibe !

[@psychicjunkie]

Thanks, this one clearly helped me see what I am doing wrong. Now willing some wind to go and practice in. :-)

[@kitesurfcollege]

Hope it helps and hope you get some wind soon :-)

[@Tobeon2]

Thank you so much!!

[@aclarke9479]

Another excellent tutorial! 🤙🏼

[@kitesurfcollege]

Thank you very much

[@DavidFoxDotCom]

Well done. Thanks!

[@kitesurfcollege]

Cheers David

[@jeremywootton8343]

This looks great. I am still working my way through your previous tutorial video and look forward to putting in place the lessons to be learned from this video in due course. I have searched all over KZbin for Wing Foiling tutorials, there are plenty of really good ones, but, find your tutorials the easiest to understand and relate to, thank you.

[@kitesurfcollege]

Cheers Jeremy

[@whistlerborn99]

So important to show the wipeouts - how and why it goes wrong. Can't learn as well without that And I agree with others below that the Wind direction overlay is very helpful. Great job on this video I am learning myself at Whistlerborn on KZbin

[@mgbudd1]

Great video and great explanations! Was out yesterday and had lots more success with marginal winds gybes!

[@kitesurfcollege]

Great to hear, glad it helped

[@dereklchung]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@kitesurfcollege]

Cheers Derek

[@wingo.jimbo84]

Great stuff

[@kitesurfcollege]

Thank you

[@Tobeon2]

(Update) I can easily jibe now.. This tutorial helped me sooooo much..❤️ Now, I need to work on my tacking!! 😋

[@kitesurfcollege]

Congratulations

[@Tobeon2]

@@kitesurfcollege Thank you again... 🤩😍😘

[@chuckledog]

Small pointer for toeside-to-heelside jibe (from a novice mind you) At 7:29 during the fullspeed segment you show switching feet before the jibe, but at 7:40 during the slower narrated segment you skip that part, maybe edit that switch-up back in?

[@leapnlarry]

I noticed this rider has his feet in the middle of the boar where i keep my feet closer to the rail, is it better to move them to the middle for jibing. At first i tried to jibe on foil, tons of crashes, then i did 20 taxi jibes in a row then the next time i tried on foil was a success. Larry

[@massimilianogallistru]

2:57 exactly the same fall happened to me. the board edged and I hit my chest and bruised my ribs despite my impact vest…..

[@martinomovies]

Thank you! I was trying to have the wing powered through the turn. But I see now that you lift it up when you're going down wind. Then you pull in after the turn.

[@kitesurfcollege]

Great, hope it helps

[@donsloan2206]

Hey there- since you have so many great videos, are you ever going to put one together on how to flag a wing for downwinders, swell, waves etc? I hope so.. thanks

[@kitesurfcollege]

Hi David, I definitely plan to make that. Although that's a topic that's very tricky to film where I live, so it may take a while to capture footage that's clear enough for tutorials.

[@christossymeon9201]

where are you locatd? is there a boarding school? a resort maybe?

[@dumbdumber1885]

hi from canada :) I started windsurfing 1989 then kitesurfing in 2007 and now looking at this new wingfoil sport. Question I have is how well can you go upwind ? I'm guessing the foil is way better than a windsurfing fin or a kitboard for going upwind. Also must be a great upper body workout when using a wing to power your board vs being hooked into a bar or boom. This is a great instructional video :)

[@kitesurfcollege]

Hello. Yes wind powered foils ride at a greater angle upwind than wind powered planing vessels such as windsurfing and kitesurfing (although it depends on what equipment you're comparing and skill level). Kite foiling has even better upwind ability then wing foiling. In fact you may find it more difficult to go downwind at times when foiling. Wing foiling is a great workout especially when learning - as your technique improves you start to steer the wing with your core rather than your arms which means you can ride for longer. Also, you can harness to the wing once you're over the beginner stages for long distance journeys. Wing foiling is also good for locations where you can't kite, or wouldn't kite because of gusty wind.

[@donsloan2206]

Question- excellent videos ( wind direction arrow really helps)- Overall, I am proficient at getting up on foil, staying upwind, etc. But, I am still struggling with Heel to toe gybes- I start the turn, switch front hand- start to change to new back hand and then just drop off foil and almost stop-- I think that I am cutting the turn to cross wind to sharp and fast-- any suggestions? thx

[@kitesurfcollege]

Thanks David, tell me more about what's happening when you "drop off foil". Are you dropping off towards toeside or are you sinking straight down on top of the board? Do you have some speed left when you drop, or do you have very little speed and you're at the point the foil cannot lift you?

[@donsloan2206]

@@kitesurfcollege Thx for getting back to me. I think I have enough speed at the start- then drop off just when I get to downwind or a bit past down wind and then drop down some what flat- I think I am just getting a good grip on the new back hand then too.. If I fall. I fall off to the new toeside ( inside)

[@boulevardurbain]

JESUS WE LOVE U

[@Annecyminivoiles]

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