How to Ride a Foil - Top Tips - Beginners guide to tow foil

Best practices and top tips for success for your first try on foil. In addition to starting on flat water (no waves) behind a boat at slow speed, these are tried and true tips to get you flying! Foil the flow!
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Top tips:
1. Start by laying down on the board, then pull yourself to your knees. Start on a big foil SUP over 100L
2. Go to drop knee with front foot up. Front foot should be perfectly centerline at 90 degrees.
3. Stand up smooth and in balance, no leaning, with front foot pressure (Not enough to sink the nose of the board).
4. Can use heel side pressure to get outside the first wake.
5. Hip shift your weight for a second to the back foot to come up on foil.
6. Shift your weight back quickly even on both feet to level out on foil.
7. Use only heel and toe pressure to keep the board as flat as possible - side to side. No leaning.
8. Practice pumping and accelerating out of the wake.
9. Jump free when falling. Don't try to save it.
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[@claudiacecilia6440]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@henrynordman]

Nice! How many hp on the boat?

[@pakaafoil]

I have a 60HP, other advantage to using a bigger board is you only need enough power to go about 11mph, no need to pull the person out of a hole

[@henrynordman]

@@pakaafoil Exactly. I have 5 hp boat and 130L wingfoil board. Can tow very well but heavier riders needs the boat to carve to generate enough speed on the foil.