Pump foil tutorials from scratch

Manual to learn how to pump with the foil jumping from a dock (dock start) from zero, to a basic pumping level:

• Introduction of the basic manual
  • Learning to pump foil is not easy
  • Requirements for a person to learn pumpfoiling
  • General tips to stay motivated and move forward
• Necessary equipment
  • Pumpfoil equipment is not as expensive as it seems
  • Choosing the foil to buy
    • Front wing
      • Comparative gong allvator rise XXL vs gong allvator X-Over XL
    • The mast
  • Buying the foil board
    • Comparison of handmade board and surf foil
    • Comparison of surf foil board and kite foil board
  • Safety equipment
• Find a good spot to learn pumpfoiling
  • Solutions if you can’t find a good spot
• Getting ready for the first session
  • Footwear for pumping
  • Safety measures
  • Position of the mast
  • Time and frequency of each session
• Practical course
  • Muscle memory
  • Goals:
    1. Practice with the foil without jumping
    2. Jumping on the board
       • Are you afraid of hitting yourself with the foil?
    3. Getting the feel of sliding on the board
    4. Basic pumping like on skateboarding
    5. Jump pumping to raise the foil
    6. Pumping down the bow to gain speed
    7. Correcting course
    8. Correcting the position of the feet on the board
    9. Turning to return to the dock
  • Common mistakes when starting out
  • What to do if you get stuck and don’t progress

Pump foil manual starting from a basic level to an intermediate level:

• Introduction to the intermediate manual
• Make test changes to your pump foil equipment
  • Comparatives front wings
    • Gong Allvator rise XXL vs gong allvator X-Over XL
    • Gong Allvator rise XXL vs gong fluid XXL-t
    • Gong Veloce XXL vs Gong Fluid XXL-t
    • Gong Veloce XXL vs Gong Sirus L
  • Comparative stabs
    • Gong Allvator Rise vs Gong X-Over
    • Gong X-Over L vs gong kite (fast stab)
• New advanced ways to start pumping:
  • Dock start in two steps
  • Reverse start
  • Frog start
  • High dock start
  • Dead start/Rock start
  • Basic Drop start
  • Mini tomahawk
  • Twister
  • Tomahawk
  • Flooded dock jump start
  • Beach start
• Adaptation from low aspect foil to mid/high aspect
• Optimization of the pumpfoiling performance
  • Optimization of the hop
  • Optimize the descent
  • Arm movement
  • Optimize body and feet position
  • Other ways to optimize pumping
• Practice tricks and exercises (Coming soon)
• Freestyle
  • Touching the water with your hand
  • Touching the water with your foot (Coming soon)
  • Sitting on the board (Coming soon)
  • Kneeling on the board (Coming soon)
  • Superman (Coming soon)
  • Taking the foil out of the water (Coming soon)
  • Changing the front foot (Coming soon)
• Wake thieving (Comming soon)

Pump foil manual starting from a basic level to an intermediate level: