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Foil SUP / SUP foil pumping epiphany.
« on: June 10, 2018, 05:24:20 PM »
After 6 months of SUP foiling, I was still not able to kick out of a wave and “pump” away and I was beginning to think that the only way would be to trade my SUP foil board for one of these tiny prone foil boards.
This morning though, after watching a YouTube video produced by Eric Terrien, I was able to exit the wave and pump towards the horizon like the cool kids. The video is in French so I will share the gist of it here.
The key is to think “un weighing” instead of thinking “pushing down” like the term “pumping” seems to suggest. Also, do not think of bringing up the front of the wing and the nose of the board by pushing down on your rear leg. When you un weigh yourself by bringing both of your knees up, at the very same time, the foil and the board will automatically “wheelie “ for you.
What goes up must come down so, as your weigh pushes the board back down, its nose will go down, completing the porpoise-like motion.
Personal note: when watching someone pump their board, it looks as if they are creating the porpoise motion by slightly offsetting the raise of each knee.
It’s an illusion. The foil does the work all by itself. When exiting the wave, as you feel the foil still pushing you up, do not think “push back down” but “suck” both of your knees up. Bring them up to your chest like a mogul skier and use your paddle, you might as well, to help with the propulsion.
Also, using a foil with as much lift as possible should help. Today I was using the GoFoil Maliko 200 (I weigh around 210#) and that thing lifts me up like an anorexic ballerina . I have not even tried my Maliko 280 wing yet...
I hope this helps all the geezers who, like me, want to be cool kids again.
Here is the video:
This morning though, after watching a YouTube video produced by Eric Terrien, I was able to exit the wave and pump towards the horizon like the cool kids. The video is in French so I will share the gist of it here.
The key is to think “un weighing” instead of thinking “pushing down” like the term “pumping” seems to suggest. Also, do not think of bringing up the front of the wing and the nose of the board by pushing down on your rear leg. When you un weigh yourself by bringing both of your knees up, at the very same time, the foil and the board will automatically “wheelie “ for you.
What goes up must come down so, as your weigh pushes the board back down, its nose will go down, completing the porpoise-like motion.
Personal note: when watching someone pump their board, it looks as if they are creating the porpoise motion by slightly offsetting the raise of each knee.
It’s an illusion. The foil does the work all by itself. When exiting the wave, as you feel the foil still pushing you up, do not think “push back down” but “suck” both of your knees up. Bring them up to your chest like a mogul skier and use your paddle, you might as well, to help with the propulsion.
Also, using a foil with as much lift as possible should help. Today I was using the GoFoil Maliko 200 (I weigh around 210#) and that thing lifts me up like an anorexic ballerina . I have not even tried my Maliko 280 wing yet...
I hope this helps all the geezers who, like me, want to be cool kids again.
Here is the video:
