The art of doing less - 10 Wingfoil tips to take you from Intermediate to expert

[@ArisKosmides]

So nicely said! I have been foiling for 1,5 year and seen hundreds of useful videos, but this one is a masterpiece you should watch everyday before you wear your wetsuit! Thank you so much!!!

[@kittathay9678]

I've been winging for over 4 years and this video brings it all to one conclusion. Thank you. It's like meditation or yoga. A really refreshing video. Thank you for this. Whenever I have a bad session I will rewatch this vid. Namaste

[@cyrillevignon1849]

by far the best piece of advice i've heard so far. brilliantly put together. I think the exact same message as voice over with slow mo hi res shot of the moves and positions would be even more of a gem. thank you for suming up so nicely all these hard learned lessons. please keep sharing your knowledge

[@ktwo-surf]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@ktwo-surf]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏

[@davidstewart9982]

One of the best presentations I have seen!. Thanks so much!

[@vincenzodipisa3237]

Thank you very much for the precious advice, delivered in a fantastic British form

[@hamishmcgovern4965]

Great video - thanks for the tips

[@joshuasepe5598]

I just came across this video after a session 3 days ago. I’m clawing my way up the learning curve and just getting to the point where sustained flights under power are happening. Everything you stated really does seem to apply and I can sense it almost viscerally when i review my experience. I shall probably review it before I go out again! Thanks for the insights.

[@sjsomething4936]

Excellent news, I’m still trying together “aloft”. Expecting some winds and warm-ish weather here in southern Ontario on Tuesday so hopefully I get some more water time! Also going to try to convince the wife to go to a wingfoiling / windsurfing school Mexico so we can enjoy the sun and she can find out how enjoyable these sports are.

[@WingfoilInstructor]

​@@sjsomething4936that's how it needs to be😁🤞

[@WingfoilInstructor]

Reviewing + adjusting absolute key 🔐

[@joshuasepe5598]

@@sjsomething4936 What I found is that having enough power is essential. I go out in all kinds of conditions, often with little hope of foiling. But you can work on many skills while doing it.

[@sjsomething4936]

@@joshuasepe5598 yes, I’ve definitely been learning despite not actually getting up on the foils yet. Also have just purchased more cold weather gear so I can extend my season to the maximum possible.

[@jeremieboiteau5701]

I love your explanation and how it is simple and well put. This already pointed me in the right direction. I will keep trying and apply what I learned from this video and what I know that work. I’m an old windsurfer with lost of old habits 😅 Thank you !

[@guillaumec7516]

Very well put. I started wingfoiling 3 years ago after watching videos from Ludovic Dulou surfoiling on tidal waves. As he said the foil is a weapon, let it do its thing, just follow. Completely agree, less is more. Ps: Interested by your video with tricks to take off on a sinker, but did not find it. Thanks!

[@philiptuffs-wh7jp]

Been foiling for 2 years and this advise is the best . Tip two foot position has been the biggest thing for me on turning my heel or toe lifted , and it took time to work out why , this almost made me give up as i was falling very close to the foil . I now changed my foot position . Still learning taking step by step , and enjoy every session.

[@jamesaspinwall]

I love the end of the video.

[@daffyduck1486]

Thanks. I needed that.

[@MichaelHuber-b1h]

This is really good! Thank you.

[@paulwebber7497]

What a great video. Love your style and fantastic content

[@karesala8885]

Awesome explanation of basic fundaments of winging, very useful. Thanks a lot!!

[@stefanschoenitz8008]

awesom video, thx so much for so great input. I also like the style of explanation. Great great great. Thank you

[@ktwo-surf]

Thanks for the kind words

[@MichaelHuber-b1h]

This is a LOT to digest all at once... but super helpful and inspiring! I'll try and nail #1 over the next 1-10 sessions and then take it from there 🙂

[@jeffbeck9436]

Excellent content! Throwing the wing or leading with the wing is a fantastic tip... that very concept helped me raise my successful tack percentage from 10% to 90 in a single session. I heartily agree with most of your tips, with a vehement exception to the idea thinking and thinking more will accelerate your progress. The body learns so much faster with the brain shut off in my experience. Don't get me wrong, understanding how things work is v important, but not as important as muscle memory. I happen to know some of the best wingfoilers in the world and they are not spending time analyzing performance, so much as spending time simply performing. Obviously, development of the gear is highly cerebral but that is a wholly separate matter from learning and practicing the sport.

[@Bigd0gg]

Excellent tips for all ranges of skill sets! Thanks heaps!!

[@hugokenyon2961]

Erudite and insightful commentary. Doing less is a great goal, doing all kinds of crazy machinations to save it is also instructional. Agree that right practice is best .

[@alexandermccormick8693]

Brilliant video, the best I've come across. Thank you very much for this concise info 🙂

[@andybarber7563]

Delivered some nuggets , like a true pro 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jurgenhinz6320]

Great advises - thx a lot !! Have been discussing with a mate about initiation of tighter tacks and heard you confirming my proposal to start with redirecting the wing. I´m also progressing with foot switches (my best currently are when coming out of a jibe and there is automatically more up-pressure from the foil) and have been experimenting with front foot pressure, as from my previous watersports I was used to a 50:50 allocation for decades. Well lot to learn - looking forward to more tipps from your end !

[@Roon356]

Absolutely spot on ! Simple, well articulated tips that I can take to hand and experiment with in my next session

[@poptopfamily9791]

Great scientific and intelligent breakdown that can be put to use immediately. Many tx

[@MichaelHuber-b1h]

Totally agree on #5!

[@irf888]

Hi Thanks for making this video, great tips. In particular I love your last line! Good one. Regards.

[@Hotwire_RCTrix]

Great video tutorial. I am slowly finding secondhand gear to get into this sport. Money is my issue, this stuff is so outside my income bracket. A once ever experience on a foil made me realise how pumping was a lot more than propulsion.

[@WingfoilInstructor]

These days you can find some good used gear for a good price, especially now that every school does a sell of and the high season is coming to an end and a lot of people are selling stuff:)

[@omenfoils]

Great video! So many valuable nuggets in here!

[@Guerba101]

Really good and helpful. Thanks for sharing your experience 😊

[@CptProv]

Nice vid. Guess I'll follow your suggestion and get the front strap soon, as since I downsized board roll control has been terrible, impacting my abilty to pump the board

[@ktwo-surf]

I am only recently starting to get the 'feel' for fast pumping. It's a real art. I think people underestimate - how high you need to be, - how when you compress the ideal is to not have the board pointing down so that you just sink the mast - the front wing has to bite. - how you have to match your speed to the foil - drop slightly under this threshold and you are toast. - how the majority of the compress goes through the back foot, not the front - how the end of the stoke has to give you altitude, right back up to the very tip toes of your mast. When I do get it nailed I'll make a vid on pumping, I'm still not 100% dialled yet.

[@alsoares]

​@@ktwo-surfpumping is really exhaustive in low winds. The board shape is also an important element to be taken into account. Some shapes drag a lot, keeping speed low.

[@haldanemartin3642]

Excellent tips. Thank you.

[@blooskyy7]

Awesome video and tips, thanks for sharing

[@markyboyclark]

Another great video Mike!

[@stevenfoster8631]

Very helpful. Very well delivered. I also will try sitting on my wing. Will help untangle leashes.😊

[@louise8752]

The longer time you spend going, the less they will tangle together.

[@MarcioFagundes-v6r]

Thank you for the very detailed explanations. I have been wanting to get a Garmin to track speed, etc... Which model Garmin do you recommend is most appropriate for wing foiling. I read somewhere that most models do not have wig foiling as a sport modality and might not track calories etc as accurately. Thank you, Marcio

[@ktwo-surf]

I had the instinct surf and it's fully functional, but recently inherited and old fenix and it's very good. I just use it on ride and then convert the sport by editing strava. So much better than the 2 apple watches I had that neither worked, nor lasted, lol.

[@PeteJonesF6]

Trying not to spoil the last tip, it does very much seem like the next piece of progression seems impossible for a while, until all of a sudden it is no more, and you'll look back and wonder what all the fuss was about :)

[@ktwo-surf]

Haha not wrong 😂

[@ClivehWright]

Great advice! Thanks

[@Andyman66]

Great video. Thank you.

[@christomo]

Exelent very motivating and great delivery 👏

[@surfa05]

Very usefull tips!!!! Thanks!!!! Cheers.😊😊😊

[@louise8752]

Wing foiling is my first water sport. Didn't make it easy on myself!! Working hard to push past the frustration and physical effort to STAY on foil. So far I'm a pro-faller.

[@bmurray2854]

Me too join the club of frustrated wingers. I will keep trying but it's fffing hard.

[@louise8752]

@@bmurray2854 It actually makes me relieved to know I"m not the only frustrated one out there!! It's a marathon, not a sprint. and I can only get better if I just keep trying..I keep telling myself

[@joshuasepe5598]

Ditto! The one thing I am pretty sure will help (and that I failed to do this summer) is get a tow behind a boat at low speed. Why? Because the missing link for me currently is working the control interface between my feet and the foil whilst winging.

[@louise8752]

@@joshuasepe5598 Yes I did that this summer behind a boat and now it's too cold to tow. New England ocean/North winds! Have fun out there and keep practicing!

[@joshuasepe5598]

@@louise8752 Pshaw! I’m stubborn enough to keep on pretending that I’m a marine amphibian!! Yes the Maine waters are rocky and cold, but that will not stop me!

[@birgitteyoung2867]

awesome video

[@JamesBurrow]

Good work 🎉

[@MrTheaustin13]

Very mature and experienced approach to our not so easy sport. Will be very useful and will apply to level up. To get filmed as advised, I would like to use your set up that you put at the back of the strut of your wing. would you please share the gear necessary for that ?

[@windfiver]

Well said thank you!

[@kalevful]

some useful tips here. I wonder if we can have some follow ups on winging in surf and downwind winging.

[@dewispew]

Super video, I'll try to keep those tips in mind. You mention you use your garmin watch to track. Which app are you using? I am still baffled that garmin does not offer a standard surfing/foiling app.

[@ktwo-surf]

any app on it will do - mine is an old watch and I just use the cycling app, then when it uploads to strava I edit and change to surf / windsurf. You can dig into the data regardless of sport.. Garmin has been really good as the watches have buttons that you press - both my apple watches both broke, and before that, the chance of the touch screen working in the middle of winter with a frozen wet sausage for a finger... well, unkind words were frequently exchanged with siri! 🤣

[@dewispew]

@@ktwo-surf thanks, we are on the same page then. I once accidentally used the 'snowboard' app , but that only recorded the downhill slopes 🙃. There are 3rd party apps 'Windsurf PRO' and 'Windsports', but I would have to customize the settings to make these work for me.

[@petercrutelle3996]

loved the Brandon Bay video too! but where's that Guiness in the end :) Greetings from Zeebruges (Belgium)

[@OCEANBOUND1]

nice vid bud! great job!

[@ericunterholzer5001]

Thx great tips

[@RonKolijn]

Great video, thanks for that! Keep them coming! I have noticed we use about the same gear. I am a bit heavier (96kg) though, so I use 1 size bigger board 😉 I have the Tracer V3 foil set, with (Front Wing 1030, mast 85, FUSELAGES 31.5 and STABILIZER 200) And the Phazer V3 5'6"for a board. I am really happy with the whole combi, however I don't manage to follow up your advice: With my frontfoot placed in the footstrap, it is so much out of the center of the board (towards the wind-side), that I'm forced to place my backfoot over the centerline to compensate for that. The maximum I can manage is to be with the back of my heel touching the centerline. But in that stance it doesn't feel fine. It sort of "locks me up"... What am I missing here? Just thought that maybe it's because of the kind of narrow (at least for my feet) standard footstraps that force me in an awkward position? Any hints and/or tips?

[@Stanton_High]

bonus tip for standing inline, you chin is your center of mass. keep your chin over your front foot. even keeled over you will find center of mass with it.

[@OCEANBOUND1]

@Stanton_High is this true? never heard this but it makes sense. love it.

[@beezesty]

I am an old fart ex-windsurfer who just passed a 3 day wing foiling beginners course. The teacher told me millions of times I must get rid of leaning upwind. Really a bad habit not easy to get rid off.

[@pino_7428]

I started winging 4 months ago. At first I thought “man, this is way harder than it looks” jajaja Don’t get frustrated now I’m foiling better and better and finally having actual fun 😬

[@WingfoilInstructor]

At one point you better go down wind slightly, if you want to get into flying 😄🤞

[@patmer5871]

Bonjour j'ai une AK Phyzer V4 5"6 qu'elle potition pour placer le Foil ? MERCI

[@ktwo-surf]

It depends on what foil. For me, Tracer V3 1030 - 85 mast - 65% towards the rear, stab set at 75% towards the rear.. But that is me, everyone has a different setting to get the magic front foot pressure - you cant use anyone else's settings as a guide... too many unique variable to cross compare.

[@domingooo1]

Hey, thanks a lot for those tips and tricks. Which brand/company produced your transparent/white wing?

[@ktwo-surf]

That is a prototype freeing pro. I used these wings for a full season, really liked them - nothing else had so much low end power, and it had a ton of top end control, plus they were absolutely bomb proof.

[@domingooo1]

@@ktwo-surf thank you!

[@MadRat70]

Instead of a straight bar to the wing it seems like a curved rod that allows dampening of the bounding person and maintains downward tension on the main wing might be a simple increase in comfort. Another idea is to use short rod in front for canard stabilizer and much longer rod to rear stabilizer would create low tech propulsion; rod flexure can be used like fish tails as the tension imparted by the bounding action would create movements in the stabilizers that propel the board forward.

[@1212354a]

I’m still wind foiling with a proper mast and sail, but my friend has been winging for over a year and now has a downwind foil board that he ironically can’t wing downwind. He always foils directly into the wind.

[@BobSmith-kg1bx]

Front foot pressure -- so are you saying to ride around feeling more pressure on the back foot than the front? This seems at odds with most advice out there, but it is what I tend towards as an ex-windsurfer. How do you ever switch feet if you have so much weight on the back foot, which must move first? As I ride switch coming out of a jibe it is a constant effort to get enough weight forward to allow my crappy touchdown foot switch.

No,I think he meant the contrary. A bit more weight on the front

[@ktwo-surf]

No, more on the FRONT foot 😂

[@oldsquid9887]

You can sit on the wing? haha I will try that

[@ktwo-surf]

Take some lunch 🤷‍♂️🤣

[@DMatalas]

Im 60, very good shape, two years into it I can tack and jibe, stay upwind, but struggling to stay on foil.. some say my gong inflateable board is the problem..

[@ktwo-surf]

inflatable boards are a solution to a problem - storage. They are most certainly not a solution to handling - they are notoriously terrible. For moves that require fine control or high loads they are not fit for purpose... for bimbling around at half power with slow and steady turns they are fine...

[@Stolflucas]

Havaianas on the foot

[@ollyjwyatt]

Good point about speed converting to glide time for the manoeuvre. There with the gybes but still not the tacks. Also going to check front foot pressure is right. Great advice, as with the earlier KZbin one on getting going on small boards, helped me move from a 110 to a 75 Hover. Thanks, Mike

[@ktwo-surf]

welcome... speed in the gybes also necessary for some advanced styles of gybing too where you need to match or exceed the wind speed.