r/pumpfoil

Have you guys tried any of these setups for the sea?

I am just a little bit too heavy for this soap bar of a wingfoil board - 6'6", Armstrong, 132 liter - I am at 248 lbs, 112.4 kg.

I easily balance on it, and can do pivot turns...all the usual SUP stuff. But getting on foil? Skunked. Skunked, skunked, skunked. And I am pretty good at wingfoiling.

But, I think I just discovered something that might help someone else doing what I am doing.....a flatwater paddle up with a SUP paddle on a wingfoil board.

Normally, in all the videos, they get up on foil quickly. So, I have been copying them.

I have been going for 10 strokes, then stopping, adjusting technique/ stance etc, and trying again.

Today, I decided to work on endurance, so I just would go to 20 strokes or die trying.

And I got the closest yet. My board was clearly 6 inches above the water!!

Tomorrow, I start doing 30 stroke runs. No matter how bad the form, no matter how sloppy, just keep going for 30 strokes.

Also, my leash has been dragging. I just bought a much shorter leash (3 feet/ 10 feet), and will be doing a waist leash.

I am so close that I can taste it!

Moral of the story, don't stop too early. Hope this helps someone else!