What's the easiest way to learn foiling for a beginner, behind a boat, borrowing a board with those new motors attached and trying that in flat water, an original e-foil or wingfoiling?
By easiest way mean smallest amount of steps to learn to get the foil flying.
Definitely NOT winging
Tow behind boat with a foil experienced driver and observer is definitely quickest to get up and foiling.
efoil/FoilDrive does take a bit more and is gear sensitive in some respects, also need someone with assisted foil experience to guide you to get up and flying quickly AND safely.
Behind a boat for sure. If you can wakeboard, you'll probably be able to foil within a session or two behind a boat. Then it's just about getting time on foil.
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Definitely NOT winging
Tow behind boat with a foil experienced driver and observer is definitely quickest to get up and foiling.
efoil/FoilDrive does take a bit more and is gear sensitive in some respects, also need someone with assisted foil experience to guide you to get up and flying quickly AND safely.
Thanks for the response. Does foil size matter for behind the boat? Like do I need to be on a beginner wing behind the boat or does it not matter as much because its in a river and the water is smoother? I'm looking at a beginner wing.
I learnt the foil by wind foiling first, then moved to the wing and finally playing in the waves on the sup. The sup was the hardest one to learn.
100% efoil lesson. I have had every single person I have taken efoiling up in around 15 mins. It's a stepping stone as then I would use a boat to adjust to the lighter and more sensitive setup then onto the waves. The more experienced efoilers that I have taught in the surf have definitely learnt the quickest with one guy geting his first wave after six attempts.
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100% efoil lesson. I have had every single person I have taken efoiling up in around 15 mins. It's a stepping stone as then I would use a boat to adjust to the lighter and more sensitive setup then onto the waves. The more experienced efoilers that I have taught in the surf have definitely learnt the quickest with one guy geting his first wave after six attempts.
Where are you located?
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100% efoil lesson. I have had every single person I have taken efoiling up in around 15 mins. It's a stepping stone as then I would use a boat to adjust to the lighter and more sensitive setup then onto the waves. The more experienced efoilers that I have taught in the surf have definitely learnt the quickest with one guy geting his first wave after six attempts.
Where are you located?
I am in Byron Bay. I don't do lessons for a living just teach my friends this way. You can look up
au.fliteboard.com/pages/locations
for your closest flite school or search for other brands that do efoil leasons. Also ask around about foil leasons in general. There is a guy in our area that does both efoil and behind a boat.
I think efoil for first session is the best. Then getting a few more hours of foil time is great by efoil or boat. Efoil is great because you control the throttle yourself so you don't need a boat driver to constantly come back for you when you fall. Boat driver needs to go slow btw. Foiling needs less speed than wakeboarding/waterski etc. Advantage with boat is that you can use similar foils and board to what you're planning to use for wing.
I actuallt think the most important advice is regarding foil. You mention a beginner foil. Most of what's labeled a beginner foil in reality means an old bad foil that someone wants to get rid of. Brands still also sell them new. I bought f-one gravity 1800 and 2200 when I started out because they were recommended as beginner foils. They're actually just bad foils and I wasted a ton of money. I bought a seven seas 1400 after and that's effectively what i learned on. I could have bought that foil right away. Something like progression 170 or code 1180 would be great as well to name a few. Pair with long stabilizer and large tail wing for stability. Definitely don't buy someone's old "beginner" foil unless you do some research and the gear is not too old.
