hi monicavi, thanks for your detailed post and kind words ( walk of pride :lol: )
One idea really stood out for me "It's essentially all about reaction time of the rig"
This makes totally sense. The heavier and sluggish the rig is - gives me longer reaction time . So in this meaning "mass" in this ...

Thanks everyone for all input, very interesting. I have built up endurance with caring my " led" gear up wind at the beach, but the walks are getting shorter lately.
After reading all posts I was inspired to actually put my stuff on a scale. 7.3kg for the foil with mast and mounting plate. 6"11 ...

whats the experience of the pro guys? There is not much info out there.
Some wing foilers were saying to me - weight doesn't matter , if you up flying .
For me thinking basic physics , gravity is what keeps us down floating .
If you have less gear weight , you need less wind, less wing size, less ...

You're welcome JDR. Im a guy who wants to know how things work.My Foil gear is not new, all mixed, homebuilt and used stuff. My fuselage was was 61cm ( slingshot) and I made a homebuilt extension to 85cm. I had the same problem like you , getting up and than loosing completely control over the board ...

hi JDR, sorry to hear about your wing. Im a wing foil rookie as well. I find Ross Bay perfectly for me - easy walk backs up wind, sheltered bay and mostly other wingers out there. Im very impressed by the welcomed wing community - everybody is awesomely helpful and sharing experiences.
I SUP'd to ...

Thanks for all advice. Narrower stance makes sense, wrong moves have less bad impact. I will practice this next time.
I also read similar stuff about stand and "butt" position - like imaging holding a golfball with your cheeks .... lol
so much to learn

adding to this wing foil going upwind - in my search for learning avoiding all my upwind walks ( thinking time) I found this tutorialhttps://www.progression.me/blog/learning-to-win ... ngsurfing/
This is not working for me. Wing backwards brings me upwind. Am I wrong here?

Im a wing foil beginner as well and several sessions on an old crappy longboard on land helped me a lot to handle the wing. Next time after on the water I could more focus on the board, stand and stuff.
Just got some longer micro flights in at Ross yesterday- this erased my frustration from the ...

thanks more force4,

we'll see us

Hy kus, ja ich bin's ;) yes I am.


Its too bad....

do you windsurfguys stay here in victoria about the free days?
or is there anywhere someone,who will drive to the windyspot - if wind comes?

thanks for the tips.
I'm a german windsurfer, and my experience are from the baltic and northern sea. our season is starting in september. and the best time are from oktober till april. If we had a long weekend, such as this one, we met us on our sweet spot, rode hot finn's, drunk beer or wine and ...

Hy windfolks- make it sence to go to the Nitinaht Lake this long weekend?
It's my first time here. Is anybody out there? And the fuc.... road, is she a only big gaping hole? anyone knows about this?
hopefully comes wind

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