Kitefoiling Tacks - Heel to Toe - It's All In The Hips

Part 2 in our series on Kitefoiling Tacks and it’s time for the Heel to Toe Tack. This is probably the easiest tack for most people to start with and one where you get push hard throughout even break your foil out of the water without crashing. We’ve already discussed the kite movement in other tacking videos, we’ve played around with the magic bar twist for the Toe to Heel tack so here, in this video, it's all about the body movement.

What can we learn when we combine John Travolta dance moves with secret tips hidden in an Adam Sandler movie! It’s no gimmick but a great way to remember this videos key element that will help you get your body into the correct position so you can stay balanced over the foil throughout the Heel to Toe tack.

As always I have some beach drills that can help you build up your muscle memory. Both to reduce your crashes but also help you to spot why you are crashing and make the right changes on your next attempt.

00:00 - Introduction
01:36 - Kite Movement Still Vital
01:56 - Overall Body Position
02:39 - It’s All In The Hips
03:25 - Hips Forwards
04:37 - Hips Towards The Nose
06:03 - Beach Drills

Links to videos and helpful resources mentioned in this video:

For those of you not quite ready to start tacking, check out our other kitefoiling instructional videos:

[filippoi.]

amazing viedo! and you really look alike Adam Sandler 😂

[ArthurKite]

Awesome video, brow. Any tips to do it on both ways? I’m a goofy rider and I’m having trouble to get it on my unnatural base.

[TheFabricOfReality]

This move just doesn’t compute
I really got to figure this one out

[lukeroman]

who mixed the ausio on this.. ims at 90% sound and cant hear the guy.. every other video i watch is blasting audio... please bost/normalize your audio