Hey everyone, just a quick beginner observation from yesterday's session. I chopped my mast from 85cm to 75cm length (Later to find out it's actually more like 78 when compared to an axis 75). I went for a short 1mile dw yesterday. The difference is humongous. I still cannot believe it . The board feels much more stable in wind chop. Before it was hard to manage and I was feeling at the mercy of the waves. Also the paddle up is waay easier. I got up on the first wave and rode it for 10-15 seconds, which for me was a first :) The run was short 2km (1 mile) and I successfully paddled onto two waves. I am super happy :) Also the foil felt faster than I anticipated but not that much :) Time to take it for a flatwater session and do a test there :D

This Sunday I went to the coast as they forecasted a nice Northerly 13-18 knots. I extended my baby run with the paddle to 4,5km as my more experienced friends suggested. Paddled out further than normal, about a kilometer from shore. I did some changes in my paddle up from last time. I paddled longer (extending further!) and started pumping with my legs more gradually. I Got up four times and actually rode and connected a couple of waves. I rode mostly backside bud turned also to frontside. Super stoked and happy. It feels like it is starting to come together. I need to hone my pumping as I am used to pump only with my pumpfoil board which is three times lighter :) Thanks for all the great advice! So stoked and can't wait to go again :D

Can't wait! Thank you!!

Been to the lake today and tried doing more with my lats. Also moved the mast back an inch but felt that I might be too much. I got up a couple of times but either stalled or couldn't push that little more to make the foil flow. The improvemet I made was that I started engaging the foil faster by "ollie-ing" the board with more precision. Good session, rain and 2degreesC 😅 Thank god for ny nice wetsuit 😁

Thanks Edo! Can't wait to go again !

I started foiling two years ago, with the wing. I learned windsurfing as a kid, so winging felt natural. As I live inland Europe (2 hours from sea) I got a foil for pumping and I am learning that in parallel to everything else 😅. I do some flatwater sup practice and when I get some free time to go to the seaside I learn to freewing and downwind with the paddle. The paddle bit, which I enjoy most, is for me the hardest as I have no solid base in foiling :) As frustrating and hard as it is I come back and want more :D My main focus for now is getting as much foil time as possible, regardless if it is pump foiling, flatwater , winging or downwind floating ;) Just for entertainment I am sending a video of me the very first time pump foiling with my dw board :) Later I got a proper pump board..

As I am a beginner, I am on a big Gong Sirus XL at 136cm wingspan, 1700cm2 area and 10,9AR. It is a foil for pumping, quite thick 0,9 inch and slow. I ride it for winging and pumping and sup foil (learning). We have mainly windswell (short fetch) with short period and steep faces. It is my only foil so I make it work in all situations from pumping to 30kn winging 😅