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Absolutely, and I meant to add the following caveat to this video: “You don’t need any of this new junk.” My wings are close-out $250 wings. My board is close-out used $500 years old design. My foils are decent but you don’t see me out there buying the latest and greatest now that I have decent ones. (And I bought some of them used for a deal.) The trend has been to push expensive race gear or the best downwind foil. But this sport was always about fun and people are forgetting that. I have plenty of fun on my old gear and outride quite a few people in the process! I wasn’t even going to make the video this year because of how commercial the sport has become. But people demanded I go.

Thanks

Nice! North beach is a fun place to wing when it’s windy enough to get some swells. It can be tough to learn there because of the onshore wind (maybe try A&M first). Drag Jeff out with you and get after it!

GoPros are waterproof when closed (unless there’s a bad seal). If it’s not working after the wash I don’t know what to tell you.

@@wingmanfoilclub I had the battery in my shorts

I would probably just buy a new battery instead of introducing corrosion into the GoPro.

You too. Great to meet you. One small clip of you in the Instagram video

Thank you!

If I’m not hurting myself am I even foiling?

Welcome!

When I get a good one I feel like I’m close to mastering it. Then I take 50 bad wipe outs. Haha

The funny thing is even though that one looks bad it felt great. I was almost able to pull it out. I think it might help to start with the front foot more heelside to make room for the next foot placement

I don’t have any info on that. Probably best to ask the AXIS Facebook group

You’re welcome. Go to my insta if you want to see them in action. I’ve been using them for the last few months cause I found a deal. Not a perfect wing, but pretty fun! Luffs well too for riding swell.

Thank you for watching and commenting!

Epic! Thank you!

You’re welcome!

Fun fact, I edit out A LOT of people’s “ums.” Haha. One reason my videos may seem more watchable and why they are so much work.

@@wingmanfoilclub Thank you 😊 😊 😊

You’re welcome, Jimmy!

@@dcjtv Did you feel compelled to tip because I mentioned your name and said you were faster?? Haha. Boosting now! Uh oh! Thanks so much for the support. I didn’t realize you have the 909. Looks so fun. All the sab foil stuff looked good. Wing and board too. Just sent Radiculo the little stupid part of the video where I inserted his face. He’s stoked to come to Hood.

Awesome. I’ll have to take a look at that.

You’re welcome!

Awwww man. Thanks so much!

This makes me happy! Thank you so much

They were there. I mention what happened briefly in my final thoughts but I tried to get Luca V to show us around but he was off doing team rider things and F-One wasn’t unveiling any new gear at the show because new stuff was unreleased. I figure there’s plenty of f-one content out there with their current stuff.

No no no thank you! Grateful

Welcome!

nyama za kakvo! Thank you so much for the support!

Thank you so much for the support! Amazing!

Thanks. You’re welcome!

Yo. Heard it’s been good down there though! You gotta get the inland Armstrong riders out to join the Malibu Armstrongers!

There wasn’t a lot of competition this year. Just me and Winglife! He’s a cool dude too.

Honestly. So much aloha!!!

Yo. You guys are so nice!!!

Yoooo! You are amazing. Thanks for the support! As much time as I could spend and still get it out by the weekend!

i mean this was epicly informative being new to wing foiling. so thank you. But more confused than ever where to get into the up to date stuff. For a 180 pound person wanting to wing and downwind surf in socal conditions 12-16 kts on good days -what would be anyones go to setup? thanks everyone.

If you’re a beginner I still believe the most beneficial setup is a traditional 120L board, 6-7m good hand wing, and a big foil. Later you can move onto a 90L hybrid board, 5-6m wing, and higher efficiency foil, but trying to learn on that gear will absolutely be no fun and delay your progress unless you have a serious Windsports background. Also traditional learning gear can be found cheap on the used market

@@wingmanfoilclub ok. Awesome info. Appreciate the response. Any 120L brand/model you recommend?

@conorprovan9435 if you go to my website under Wingfoiling -> How to Wingfoil Series you’ll see an episode on beginner gear. It links to a video with Josh from The Foil Shop and then below it in the replies I’ve written a MASSIVE dissertation on beginner boards, wings, and foils. Should answer most of your questions. But anything a couple years old that is cheap and not too narrow should work! wingmanfoilclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=58 Edit: You do need to sign up (free) to view the pictures.

They were there but I ran out of steam in the heat and Luca V went to ride instead of talking to me. They weren’t announcing new gear because their new stuff is still unreleased, so nothing new for me to add that isn’t already out in the many team rider videos.

@@wingmanfoilclub Got it, thanks!

Gotta keep my reputation as the hard hitting journalist and no BS reviewer of foiling what with all the brand ambassadors posting their fake reviews. It’s tempting to feed brands a bunch of softballs for free gear, but damn ethics keeping me in the poor house. The KTs do look fun. I will have to do a real riding review with LAfoiler.

I launched the How to Wingfoil Series earlier this year and a few other things but they didn’t really catch on, and I even got a few negative nellys in the comments on some of the stuff I did make, so I haven’t been as inclined to make content. Not to mention I think most gear is “good enough” now and I don’t want to just make videos reviewing stuff to sell to people when their foils are fine. We’ll have to reevaluate where we go from here, but know that I really value genuine viewers like yourself! There was a smaller media presence this year and the show itself felt smaller. It could have just been the heat and lack of wind though. Or maybe foiling has hit some growing pains. The winglife guy is a super nice dude and did a great job.

Thanks. It’s my preferred format for this because people can jump around with the chapters or watch straight through and maybe see a brand they hadn’t heard about.

Did you have quality control issues?

@@wingmanfoilclub I have some expensive shorts which had both zippers fail in less than a year with their name on them

@sliekerstar that’s too bad. I’m guessing their apparel is separate from their Windsports gear though. There have been some quality control issues on the wing gear (like the luff handles on the Cyclone V1), but I have been quite happy with my Dakine Cyclone V2s, and I’ve loved their footstraps for years! Let me know if you need contact info for their warranty department, and I’ll try and pass it along. I know they’re working hard to maintain good customer service.

He’s a great guy. It’s definitely one of the interesting new DW foils. Been hearing good things. Those tooth pick tails might be the real cheat code though.

Axis were off the pace at M2O. I'm guessing their riders were on the Fireball?

@Alfonso_111 I don’t know the full list, but I know some were like the twins who did really well, and I know even some other pro riders chose to ride them. I think Kai Lenny and Tom Constant… don’t quote me though. They told me but I’ve forgotten exactly who.

@wingmanfoilclub Hey, thanks for the content btw! 🙏

@JasonKadlec KT is looking interesting. Clean sheet design and new ideas. Can't wait to try!

I agree! Hahaha

@@dchiffy F-one was there, and I tried to interview Luca V, but he was out riding. Plus, F-One had nothing new to unveil because their new stuff isn’t released to the public yet. I mention them briefly in my Final Thoughts but I was pretty exhausted from the brutal heat at that point. Them, Starboard, and AK are the only ones I didn’t interview this year I think. I also figure that other videos will heavily feature F-One.

@@wingfoilrentals No worries just watch all the commercials! Haha

No, I don’t. I think you might still need to dial in the technique a little. The wing can stay horizontal at your back hip through most of the turn and is kept there by your apparent wind. Then when you “flip” the wing, think of it more as a horizontal pizza spin where you push the trailing edge to the other side. You might not be initiating the turn fast enough or keeping the wing back enough. If I’m in really light wind and going slow and the wing has zero power in it and I need to jibe (like exiting a wave in a no wind zone which is common at our spots), then I will do the race jibe and let that nose drop pull me around to gain some speed.

@@JakeSimmons-r2u you seem like a lovely person

@@wingmanfoilclub I am. That is why I commented like that. To save people from all the information that you are missing!

@@JakeSimmons-r2u this is literally the most in depth jibing tutorial on UA-cam. Especially considering it was released 2 years ago with even fewer good tutorials online. I think if you read through the comments you’ll find this video to have helped A LOT of people. Tutorials by “pros” are often not very helpful because they don’t struggle like the common rider. I am a pretty high level winger at this point, and I still follow this basic jibing template. This channel is a community of people that want to get better at winging and support each other without ego or negativity. If that doesn’t describe you, I encourage you to not watch my videos and find a different winging community to be a part of. Hope you get on the water today.

@@wingmanfoilclub dude, the instructions are terrible compared to the others I’ve seen. Stop responding to me. I just want people to know you’re missing info.

@JakeSimmons-r2u this is my channel so I will respond whenever I feel like it. We would love to see your jibing tutorial and all your contributions to the Wingfoil community.

Great tips! The front handle is definitely the way to go especially with wings like Duotone that have floppy luff handles and tend to oscillate.

@@wingmanfoilclub bonus: you don't have to dry your wing 🤣

@@mitchikuchiyadayada sure. It might even be a good idea since switching feet when it’s really light could end up taking you off foil

That’s awesome. Seems to have a great set up for teaching.

It’s great. I’ve been using it since I made the video and love having it. Keeps everything really tidy.

Do it

In some ways it’s super chill… but it can turn bad quickly! I went back earlier this summer on a decent sized day and had a great session. But now I just play on the north point waves. They’re great for winging and allow you to hit some white water do a trick and get spit oil into the channel. But the secret to Davenport really seems to be rig something big (board, foil, or wing) to beat that wind shadow, stay on the north point or be cautious when on the south reef, and just go somewhere else when it’s weedy! Hope to see you out there some day.