Part 2 - Can an "Average Joe" learn to Downwind Foil? My Downwind Foiling Journey| Hydrofoil Academy

Welcome back to the second part of my exciting downwind foiling journey! 🌊 In this episode, we continue to ride the waves and conquer new challenges, from completing the flatwater paddle to successfully executing training runs. 🏄‍♂️
Join me as I share my progress, insights, and experiences in the world of downwing foiling. From the initial struggles to the thrilling moments of mastering this exhilarating water sport, I'm documenting it all.
🏄‍♀️ In the first part of the journey (l • Can an "Average Joe" l... , we laid the foundation and learned the basics. Now, we're taking it up a notch as we venture into the world of downwind foiling.
Expect plenty of action-packed footage, valuable tips, and maybe a few wipeouts along the way. It's all part of the learning process, and I'm excited to bring you along for the ride!
If you're a foiling enthusiast, a water sports lover, or just curious about the journey from flatwater paddling to mastering training runs on a foil board, this series is for you. Don't forget to like, subscribe, and hit that notification bell to stay updated on my foiling adventures.
Thanks for joining me on this incredible journey, and let's keep riding the waves of progress together!
Time Line:
0:00 Intro
1:06 Flatwater paddle ups
2:22 is the flat water paddle up required?
4:00 Full paddle up video
5:13 Bumps
6:35 Frustration
7:00 Tips
8:47 Full Montarge Video
12:08 Summary
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[@davewestfoils]

haha you and I are kindred spirits when we fall :)

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Mate! It's one of the most frustrating things i've done. But it's sooooo good when it works.

[@nunoleite5443]

Well done Gav! Nice seeing you getting nice wins on the board. Congrats mate

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Thanks 👍

[@WebbedFootage]

Nice work & top tips! Still following you just behind on progress. I've also managed flat water paddle ups and now fairly consistent with them. Hoping to get out in the bumps this week as we finally have some wind here on South Coast UK.

[@hydrofoilacademy]

That is awesome!

[@ben3989]

These were great videos! I’m an intermediate winger in good river and looking to expand my foil world to doing stuff.

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Great to hear!

[@solentfoiler5969]

Great to see the quick progress but that's not been without effort Great stuff. It is totally addictive. Its all i think about TBH! 😂

[@hydrofoilacademy]

It really is! Thanks for the kind words. I did my first DW in flat water a few days ago. It didn't go so well. Lots of paddling, not much foiling. I could get up ok, just struggling to stay up!

[@solentfoiler5969]

@@hydrofoilacademy I've had a few shockers. One quite recently. It happens, but each run makes you stronger, physically and mentally, irrespective of the 'success'... Keep on keeping on!

[@SUPboardermag]

Great to hear about your journey - its interesting to hear that you used the wing as well, really supports on foil skills from what we found. Its all about putting the parts of the jigsaw puzzle together ....paddle skills, foil skills, pump skills. Will - SUPboarder

[@thegibbonisreal]

I'd assume it's the F-One Jam.

[@hydrofoilacademy]

It was the Armstrong APF1675

[@hydrofoilacademy]

To this day, I find my biggest skill deficit is paddle technique. It's so hard to get this right under the pressure of catching a bump.

[@geletthomas856]

Hi thanks for the video it’s cool 👍🏻👍🏻 When you speak of the HA 1450 for the bumps, is it the v1 or v2 version ?

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Thank you! It's the V2 i'm referring to.

[@greg.ocallaghan]

Wow congrats on the journey! So how long did it take you time-wise to get from that first paddle session to where you are now? I'm pretty similar to you, very decent wingfoiler in the waves, can connect waves proning, but zero paddling experience/skills. Have done a few wingfoil DW runs with a 3m wing trying to not use it and just rely on the foil, which is great fun but totally see the appeal of the freedom of not having the wing. Thanks for making the videos!

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Hi Mate, in terms of time it was around 4 weeks from stepping on the board to being able to do small DW runs in good conditions. I've still got a long way to go but I feel like i've now broken the back of it. I would highly recommend starting the journey, it's so good! There will be some humbling moments but it's worth it. Let me know how you get on.

[@user-hh5tn9rz1f]

for you Is Stoke Foiling Boost no longer necessary? I'm thinking about purchasing Boost.

[@hydrofoilacademy]

For this journey I’ve not used the boost much as I wanted to try and do it without. But it would definitely help. I’d recommend it!

[@user-hh5tn9rz1f]

I got it. I also plan to purchase a PPC paddle

[@deejsr1]

What foil setup were you using? Size of front wing, length of mast

[@hydrofoilacademy]

I mate, sorry I can't say yet as its still not been released. Not long and ill let you know

[@user-hh5tn9rz1f]

Did Stoke Foiling Boost help with flat foil? I'm trying flat foil with SULTAN7.8 & SAB1550, but I can't do it well、、、

[@hydrofoilacademy]

No, for this journey I’ve not used the Boost to help. I wanted to do it just with paddle power. Don’t get fixated on the flat water paddle up. It’s not important to being able to DW in bumps.

[@giuseppeametrano4504]

How many session to learn? Thank you!

[@hydrofoilacademy]

So far I’m on session 15. And I think I’m about halfway there. Going to do my first downwind run tomorrow!!!

[@giuseppeametrano4504]

@@hydrofoilacademy just 15 session to start to fly in flatwater?

[@hydrofoilacademy]

I did a flat water paddle up on my 9th session. If you have the right gear it’s completely achievable

[@sebm551]

still nothing that can be released about that magic front wing?

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Sorry, I forgot about this.. It was the Armstrong APF 1675 with a glide 220 tail (not shimmed). I did shim the baseplate with a 1 deg shim. I will be doing a full video on this soon.

[@sebm551]

any chance you can at least reveal the release date for that front wing?

[@hydrofoilacademy]

I've been told it will be released end of November this year.

[@sebm551]

@@hydrofoilacademy Fantastic. As we are in December now you should be able to add the foil model and specs to the video :) Cheers.

[@jelmervanbeek3028]

@@hydrofoilacademy yeah would be great to know! It might be one of the new v2MA foils?

[@ironphil62]

👍🍺

[@hydrofoilacademy]

Thanks mate

[@AhmetSenoglu73]

Great videos. But you are not an average Joe 😊

[@hydrofoilacademy]

What I meant by this is that I'm a Dad with two young kids and work full time job (outside of the industry) so I don't have heaps of time to do this everyday. I just wanted to know how long it would take to able to do a proper DW run. I'm still not there yet!

[@bmrbca3658]

Ha. Was thinking the exact same thing.