WingSUP Tips: How to get upwind and stay upwind with your wing and paddleboard

Learn how to get upwind, stay upwind, and avoid getting blown downwind when using your wing with a stand-up paddle board. These tips will help whether you're learning to wingfoil or just like to wing with a SUP.

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[MrBaltohusky]

That is an awesome vid with really good coaching points and no waffle👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[rancin]

Excellent video Scott with very good information. I started using my wing on the water with my 12 foot SUP and quickly learned I needed to add the center fin plus strap the paddle to the board since I used that many times to get back to the starting point. I also started in light wind which made it difficult to maneuver the board with the wing. Everything becomes easier with more wind to generate more speed. Thanks for the video.

[pantone]

Great tutorial, thanks. I've been doing this for a few months now, maybe 10 or 15 sessions. I have a wing and a cheap inflatable SUP with a built in center fin (made for wind surfing compatibility, also has a mast plug on the deck). I think the center fin is very important, especially for total beginners like I was. Even with that center fin, it took me many sessions just to be able to go back to the starting point without being blown downwind. Now I'm able to cruise upwind, I enjoy the simplicity of the sport, it's relaxing, the only downside is that in light wind it might not work very well. For those who want to try and don't have the equipment yet, I would recommend to get a wind surf compatible SUP, so beside wing suping you may also try to wind surf (old windsurf sails are cheap). Thanks again for the good advices. Thanks again for the good advices.

[MrHUGOLADEIRA]

Excellent 👏👏👏 So hard to find a video about wing sup great like that.
Hi from brazil!

[szamanwlkp]

Excellent ❤ thank you very much for great tutorial. Regards from Wingsupping in Poland 🇵🇱 Jastarnia 😊

[terrygardiner]

Awesome coaching for sup wing beginners, keep them coming, I'm 76vand need all the help I can get.

[dietmarkenzlers]

Ein sehr gut gemachtes Video, so vieles was ich sicher mal gebrauchen kann. Danke für dieses hilfreiche Video

[RaskalnickoffTube]

thanks, planning to do this exact thing today

[benoitmori]

Great tutorial, thanks.
I've been wing supping for a month, made 5 sessions so far. No windsurf background.
I use an inflatable sup that has a built in center fin (can be used as a wind surf board) and a 5m2 wing.
Staying upwind is definitly not easy. I still can't go back to the point I started, i always have some paddling to do at the end of the session.
Having said that, it is fun to do, plus it's a great exercice, after a 2h session I sleep like a baby.
I started to do this as I wanted to learn wing foiling... but now I'm more considering learning wind surfing.

[kevinpinck]

Great video. I just bought a Naish wing and Flysurfer STING center fin for an extra SUP, so these tips will come in handy. The Next stop: Nantucket made me laugh.😆 Good thing I’ll be on a lake, but good to know when I hit a larger lake like Lake Superior.

[hughlehigh]

Great video: Thank you for sharing !

[VicenteSolerGranero]

Where is it better to place the duotone drift stopper, in the middle, further back or further forward? My inflatable SUP is the 9'10 Coasto Action

[benbhand]

I’ve actually been meaning to do a video strictly on how to schlog upwind off-foil for our local windsurf/wingfoil group, mainly because I think it’s that important. As someone who has tried to wing for kicks on a friend’s SUP or even my windsurf board, I can tell you it ain’t easy with all that swing weight. Still, it’s a great option for people who already have a SUP or are not ready to shell out for a foil setup. Terrific video, Scott

[horiiizon]

Hello, I am looking to buy a SUP and was wondering what SUP would be better to use with a wing? A touring or an allround and what about the size? I had my eye on the aqua marina beast 10'6" 320cm 32" 81cm 6" 15cm.

[ziobleed]

Great video. Where do you put the paddle? How to attach it on the sup?

[djoleu]

Thanks for the video. Excellent and educational. Especially when it comes to "Center of lateral resistance" :). I bought a wing of 5 m. The manufacturer gave me two fins to mount in the center. Why two? Do they have any better upwind options?

[Raymondo]

Great video!
Do you leave fin on SUP as well as dagger board?

[robertofilipe]

what is better. A wind-sup like a windsurd sup or a Wingsup like this one?

[misterphmpg]

You cannot sup wing without a center fin.