!!!!!!! ATTENTION. The effectiveness of a hydrofoil (speed, stability, mast height, ease of start, and ease of learning) depends on its setup! Few people know this, especially ignorant beginners! Each hydrofoil kit has only ONE correct setting (maximum speed and high mast), and this setting MUST be found experimentally! When replacing any component (wing, mast, fuselage, stabilizer, board), you must again find the best position of the mast in the rails, adjust the stabilizer angle, and adjust your foot placement each time for maximum efficiency. After all, it's much easier to change the hydrofoil settings than to change yourself and your habits. Or do you think you don't need the effectiveness of a hydrofoil? :) I recommend: 1. Mark your mast position so you can reset it if you don't like it. I don't have a factory scale on the bottom, so I used colored electrical tape. First, try moving the mast forward 5 mm in the rails and then test it while sailing. Does it improve, does it get easier? Then try moving it even further until you reach maximum speed! Does it get worse? Return it to the mark and move it back 5 mm. Test it while sailing! Reach maximum speed. P.S. I moved the mast forward 5.5 cm from the rearmost position, and only then did the hydrofoil start to move beautifully, as the speed increased dramatically! What surprised me was that changing the strut and where my feet were placed on the deck had no effect on speed, but moving the mast immediately had a very significant effect!
2. Poor, troubled beginners can't test their foil's efficiency settings ON THE GO! That's why it's so painfully difficult and time-consuming to learn on a slow foil! And many people who already ride a foil with braking are just wasting their energy and sitting on a low mast! Why is no one talking about this? A foil shouldn't brake, but fly and be controlled by the power of thought, not physical effort! Onward to success!
     P.S. I recommend swimming back to the pier after a fall lying on your back and paddling with both arms simultaneously. The board will follow you if you hold it with your toes underneath the bottom. During the trip, you'll rest, analyze your mistakes, and identify ways to correct them. Especially since you're not far from the pier when learning.
P.S. To prevent the Hydrofoil from floating away from you after a fall, learn to hold and stabilize the board with your feet during a fall. I try to squeeze the board between my feet, or at least hold it and slow it down. It works well and is safe!

This is a GREAT video! Super helpful and detailed! Amazing!

Au top Steph 😜

Yes sympa les tips, t'as bien fait le tour, le regard comme tu dis c'est méga important, ensuite les mains je dirais ne tiennent pas le foil, elles ne font que maintenir la pression du foil qui monte vers le haut pendant quand tu cours et tes pieds se mettent où sont tes mains :-).
Plus besoin de galérer pour trouver des pontons...on a créé de super "échelles" ;-)...si je peux c'est sur piouz pump foil. D'ailleurs tu avais fait une publication sur cette fabrication. Bon glide !😎

Comment qu'il speake le monsieur !  😁

Tu as su mettre en avant les points les plus importants je trouve. J'ajouterai quand même un conseil : ne pas s'y mettre si on est pas sportif et qu'on a pas l'occasion d'en faire 5 fois par semaine pendant les premiers mois. Sinon on y arrive pas (j'ai testé et je peux témoigner que ces deux points sont nécessaires, je l'aurai su avant ça m'aurait évité de perdre 110h). On est très loin de la facilité de la wing ou du kite

Salut, merci pour la vidéo.
Le plus difficile pour moi c'est d'enchaîner les premiers pumping après avoir sauté.
Des astuces SVP ?

Merci bon recap même si ça reste difficile ! Pourquoi faire autant de pas de course alors qu'il reste à la meme vitesse si jai bien compris. 2 ou 3 pas suffisent à priori

Yvon start beaucoup plus accessible et moins traumatisant pour le dos : game changer ....

Hello, merci pour le tuto ! Foil high aspect obligatoire ? Pour débuter, pour 80 kg, quelle longueur de foil ? Hauteur de mat importante ?

Tu dis que tu as arrêté ? Cest pour quelle raison? Merci pour ta video