How to go Up Wind | WING FOIL

We have all been there! You are finally getting control of the wing and everything is falling into place. Things are clicking but you keep ending up down wind. Then the ever exciting walk of shame happens. In this video we give you some tips on how to go up wind wing foiling, on and off foil. We hope helps you better your progression in this beautiful sport.

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[psychicjunkie]

I love your training vids. I'm at it three months now, had 3 local lessons, and all your wingfoil vids. Now getting good. PS, never kited and was 65 at my start.

[LEONCJ]

This was a game changer for me. Now I can foil upwind. Thank you!

[youhavequasp]

Thanks again for another great video. I was also struggling to go upwind especially when not on the foil. May I add that one piece of advice that I was given and that helped me a lot? Basically the same thing Gwen is saying, just another way to look at it and maybe see things a little more clear:
It makes a huge difference on wich side of your body you hold your wing, be it shifted further towards the nose of the board or further towards the back. Looking from above, holding the wing rather shifted towards the nose of the board, the wind blowing into the wing is going to pivot the boards nose downwind, so you'll want to make sure to always hold the wing shifted more towards the back of the board. That's what should happen automatically when following Gwen's adivce to "twist your body and look into the wind"

[ericunterholzer]

Great Video and Infos.in 2 Weeks I will have my Wingsetup and will do all you teached us. Thx from Vienna Austria:)

[nathanjmansfield]

Great tips for the upwind travel. Really makes a difference.

[stevenovak]

Solid gold advice guys! I've been struggling for months to get this, none of the other wingfoil videos I've watched have been as helpful as yours.

[flordeluna-music]

The Duotone Wing Academy advises to keep the board flat when you go offwind and try to get on the foil. That’s what I tried and mostly failed. Your advice is to keep the weight centered but with more weight on the heels and the board skipped slightly to the luv rail to get it going upwind. That helped me a lot to get the needed stability on the first flights. Thanks a lot! I really appreciate your videos!.

[mikeb]

Really REALLY nice details guys!! The angled edge stuff is big (for me) and makes so much difference. Thank You!!!

[vidapura_aloha]

Aloha. Gratitude for this happy video. I will try your tips because I'm have difficulty to go upwind 😅

[GuGuHBmX]

Sooo sickkkk!

being debating getting into this, but after the comment about the snowboard edge, it doesn't seem impossible!!!
from the videos it seems like slicing the smoothest pow ever on a flat, riding the wind instead of the muntain.

Rideee onnnn

[miraclesailor]

I just spent several hours in very light wind learning how the wing works relative to the board. Coming from a windsurfing background, I knew to move the back of boom up and down to tack and gybe. Problem is that because a wing does not connect to the board there are a third and fourth movement of the wing. I found two important axis to move wing, vertical (sail power control) and horizontal (board angle control). To adjust the lift and power of the wing is up and down. To move wing up (overhead) bring back hand down relative to the front hand and to bring it down from above, for more power, move back hand higher. To direct the board to point to weather, hold sail back (toward tail of board) which will load up the back of the board and push the nose into the wind, to go more downwind hold sail toward the front. I like your analogy to snowboarding for foiling. Cheers!

[tealcacio]

You guys do a nice job breaking down, what maybe the hardest part of understanding how to fly correctly. Thanks. As someone coming from no wind sports experience, it's been difficult trying to figuring out how to make foiling feel less squirrely. I feel like I have a plan now.

[AntoninDotco]

Thanks guys very helpful for progression! After 15 years kiting it's so refreshing to learn something new, this sport is going to be sooo big I did only 4 sessions so far so I'm struggling a bit upwind but with your videos I'm learning a lot, can't wait to hit the waves haha thankssss

[zebral]

Gwen merci pour tes conseils, Les débuts sont difficiles, deux mois que j en chie mais je m accroche pour avoir du fun ensuite. Thanks guys 👍

[atxfoil]

Great Video and Tips. Thanks for posting this!

[ericschweitzer]

Great stuff. Many Thanks from the oregon coast!

[richardwatt]

Really great videos you guys are making. Love the passion - it’s contagious!
Only done a few hours winging, starting from scratch and done plenty of walks of shame, but they’re getting shorter.
Really appreciate the awesome tips and guidance.

[jonathankerner]

Damien and Gwen, two good teachers. Nice nice explanation of the fundamentals. I will be trying all this on an SUP equipped with The SUP WINDer. Minimize the walks of shame!

[jayboo]

LeRoy and Le Tutour you guys are the best !! I was really waiting for this video haha Excellent once again ;-)

[chrisschmid]

Thank you so much for such great videos. I’m just starting this amazing sport. I’m struggling now to get to the other side but I’m looking forward to it. And Gwen? Merci de tes commentaries 😉 Parfait. Little tips who helps me. Videos combining with comments. Very useful. 🤙