Wing Foiling
Wing Foil 101
Foundation Lesson
Get started wing foiling on a foil board.
This lesson will cover safe Wing handling, sailing basics, self-rescue, and wing flip on land before getting on the river.
Once on the water the class will cover the following skills needed to get up and start riding:
Sailing in each direction Staying upwind
Shallow/deep water remount
Self recovery/rescue
Deep water remount
Changing direction/turning around
Safe launching and landing practices
Safe gear handling
Personal gear tuning and buying recommendations
No prior experience with board riding required
Hood River
Hood River, Oregon
Wing Foil 2.0
Progression from your current skill set
This is the next step in the rung of your progression and will unlock any new skill you desire to work on. Riders looking to learn their first gybes, riding toeside, swell riding, tachs, and some other skills listed below.
Riding downwind
Changing foot stances
Jumping
Specific skill requests
Pre-requisite: Riders should be able to deep water remount, foil (in one direction) and ride (taxi) in both directions & stay upwind while powered.
"Winging, Wing Surfing, Wing Riding, Wing Boarding,Wing Surfer, Air Wing, Kite Wing, Slingwing, Wing Foil, Foil Wing, Wind Wing, Wind Dinging, Hand wing, Wing thing...
Whatever you want to call it, it's the best new way to ride the wind."- Dan Gavere
Wing FUNdamentals
In this initial introduction to Wing Riding, we will cover the concepts of sailing (the wind clock), dry land basics of handling the wing, wing positioning, board skills, footwork (sailing starboard and port directions), the tach, and the basics for sailing a "reach" and staying upwind. In the first lesson, we will use the appropriately sized wing (depending on wind speed) along with a special wing board that does not have a hydrofoil (wide sup board). Using a stable SUP board will allow the student to focus on the wing handling and the best practices needed to generate speed, control the board direction, learn to gybe, and stay upwind. Once the student can proficiently display these skills we can move on to the next step where we add the hydrofoil board. Utilizing our 2-way radio communication system you will have an advanced learning curve by having live instruction allowing you to act in the moment without having to over-process or remember certain important techniques and movements to accel into this amazing sport as quickly as possible.
Equipment supplied with a lesson: Helmet, PFD, board, wing, leashes.
Price: $200.00/1.5 Hours