Return to this page to find my latest free tips and techniques post. I’ll be sharing them in the order I think is most important, for you to reach your full potential.
I encourage you to read and work on the techniques I posted first until everything in that post is pretty much mastered, before you take on the techniques in the later posts. They build on each other and skipping ahead will slow or stop your progress!
The first post is Basic winging posture. The second details the Easiest techniques for full control. I teach all my students everything I describe in these first two technique posts. To the extent you read them and start to learn to master those basic techniques, the more time you will save in your first coaching sessions with me. I require these basics to be fairly well mastered before I’ll teach jibes, tacks or any other more challenging skill, because without them everything else is more difficult!
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Wing foiling Lift potential, ‘L’ formula launched, with new on-line Bulletin board to help each other pick the best equipment set up
In my last blog post, I shared how I’ve been developing a formula to relate the size of your wing foiling equipment to your weight, to better share and understand the Lift potential with other foiling friends. Since then I’ve been hard at work, finalizing the first formula and creating tools to support it’s use.…
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Wing foiling lift potential – “L” for short
In my last post I introduced the concept of a single number that would better represent your equipment’s ability to lift and keep your board out of the water than simply the area of your wing. After some research, consulting with my expert friend John York and consideration, I’ve settled on a formula that I…
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Wing Foiling Equipment Lift to Weight Ratio “L”
Wing foilers that have even one friend that they ride with are all familiar with the usual conversation on the beach. “What wing are you using today?” is the usual starting point. Most riders have more than one wing to choose between and some of us have a full quiver of 4-5 wings of various…
David is great coach! I wanted to work on jibing and made great progress with his help. He has really figured out how to break things down – and then help you pull them all together. Having him winging right along with you on the water is really invaluable. He has a great eye for identifying what is going wrong, and what you need to do in order to correct it. He is also extremely patient and supportive – I am so glad I found him! If you are considering lessons, you will not find anyone better than David.
David, first of all, is an amazing human! We need more people like him on this planet. 🙂 He tells you exactly what to do and not to do, and he watches you while you practice so he points out your issues and bad habits. I had to unlearn some of the bad habits that were preventing me from progressing. Wing foiling requires a lot of small techniques and David is really good at explaining them.
I was visiting Florida in January for a Foiling trip when I ran into David. I’m always open to learn new techniques so when David mentioned he was a coach I decided to check out a lesson. With only 6 mo’s experience, I was having a lot of issues getting up in light wind. He taught me step by step techniques on the shore to correct my pumping method on a day with maybe 11-12mph winds. It took a little practice, but now I am getting up in 11mph winds No Problem! He also corrected my posture so now my back doesn’t hurt at all while riding for several hours. Very happy I gave him a chance. You won’t be disappointed as he has years of wind experience. 5 ⭐️ for sure!!
Before today I’d taken a two hour Wing foil lesson and then went to Cabarete for a week and took lessons there as well. Today I learned more in the hour with David than I did with the other lessons I’ve taken thus far. He stays with you out on the water and goes step by step with the skills. So helpful. Looking forward to more sessions with him as I continue to learn!
Thanks so much Jenny! You were a great student. It's a pleasure to work with someone that can follow instructions so quickly and well!
David is a very patient and insightful teacher, somehow able to break down a complicated skill into smaller more digestible parts. I came to him a rank beginner (and still am) but his suggestions were enormously helpful. I can’t wait to get back on the water next summer. David inspired me to windsurf many decades ago, and now inspires me to wing!