hey what up what up what up
hello everyone i hope you're all doing well sorry i haven't made
many videos lately i had a little baby girl um yeah called lyra about a month ago which has been
taking up a lot of my spare time i have managed a few sessions and today's windy and there's waves
so i'm gonna get on the water it's looking a little bit overcast but my homie dave ave is
going to come and film some drone shots because i've been having so much fun when wing foiling
in the waves you just can't beat those calves and hailing island is actually a really good place for
it so i've been winging for um about a year and a half now and in this video i just wanted to share
a few of my top tips things that i've picked up and learned over the past year or so of winging
that i wish someone told me when i was starting my journey because it would have saved several
swims in and painful sessions shouting at myself on the board so let's get into it
well what do you think of the tash do you reckon i can pull it off apparently
when you're a dad you can pull off a tash i've actually never rocked attached before
let me know in the comments right so tip one is rig big um yeah my tip is that generally if
you're not sure what size to go out on take the bigger size um it's not like kiting where being
overpowered is really dangerous and it inhibits your progression obviously if you're overpowered
kaizen you can get dragged at the beach you know it can be super dangerous but with with winging
it doesn't seem to matter as much the main disadvantage being like with being severely
overpowered is just your arms ache when you're learning you're so inefficient at the transfer
of power from the wing to the board it just helps to have more power it also makes it much easier
to get up on the foil because instead of having to like pump the wing and pump the board really
awkwardly when you don't know how to do it you can literally rely on the power of the wing and
the speed of the board and when that foil hits the perfect speed then it will just raise up
if you're having to like pump the wing because you don't have enough power it just makes it so much
harder so i would definitely always recommend to to rig big make sure you've got more power
than less power you can always just let go of the wing and paddle in at the end of the day
um so there's no real danger to being overpowered obviously you may accelerate and and have maybe
a bit more of a wipeout but your progression is going to be so much faster and there is nothing
worse than being underpowered wing foiling because when you're not on the foil you just basically
drift off downwind so it's way better to be up on the foil and going upwind
i cannot stress enough how important it is to be on the correct equipment for both your
your level and the conditions during that day the general rule of thumb is to take your weight
and add 20 or 30 now that'll give you the rough literage that'll be the ideal board to learn on
which would be around 110 120 liter board for me and then i jump down onto the 80 liter board
which is still my go-to board which is what i'm going to use this session the reason why
i like the 80 liter board for myself is that it just about floats if there's a little puff of
wind then i can keep it out the water if i'm not moving at all it does sink slightly but it's also
small enough where i can still carve the board and progress but not too big where it has the swing
weight of like 120 liter board i would really resist the urge of trying to skip steps because if
you think i can get away with using a small board it does definitely slow your progression like i've
been out with mates before that you know desperate to get on like a 40 liter board and they catch
like one or two waves the whole session because they're too busy floundering whereas i've caught
20 waves with my 80 liter board and i'm a lot more stoked than i am um i do have a 45 liter and also
i'm i'm really enjoying my 60 liter at the moment but it does have to be the right conditions so i
bring it back to my original point of being on the right conditions is on the right equipment
is so so important i think way more so than than kiting as well so quickly to touch on the foil
if you're learning you want to definitely be uh on a surface area fall of 2000 or more that's
going to make it so much easier especially if you're using a big board like a 120 liter board
my favorite at the moment is the phantasm 926 this baby behind me that's 1300 surface area um
and i just about use that in everything for me i'd rather take a bigger wing
and have a smaller more agile foil but i do have like a 2000 foil as well that i use sometimes in
very light wind but if i can i'll be on this the average size i'd say is 1500 is kind of like um
what you'd probably step down to from a 2000 if you're learning down to a 1500
so yeah there are my two tips enough chat i just wanted to share that little bit of knowledge with
you uh to help you on your wing falling journey let's go down the beach and catch some waves
thank you so much for watching if you enjoyed the video
please like comment really appreciate it guys it all really helps the channel
and yeah thanks today for filming i'll see you in the next video peace out