Best Way to Start Wing Foiling - Top Skateboard Tips

If your want to dip your toes into the awesome new sport of wing foiling, the absolute best first step is to get a wing and a skateboard and learn the wing handling skills. For best of breed wing and foil gear and real advice visit: www.PakaaFoilHa...
An hour on the land definitely helps you get comfortable with the wing and will save you numerous falls on the water. We like to go back to parking lot sessions just to practice new moves as well. And the new PPC Blend wing (6.3m for $619) is a great wing to keep in your quiver, very rigid leading edge for great pumping power and control of gusts. We have had no warranty issues with the PPC blend, and definitely has some of the best power per size of the various wing brands out there.
Tips:
1. Find a big empty parking lot with about 10mph of wind. A longboard skateboard is easy to get going.
2. For a person about 170lbs, a 5m is perfect for 12-18mph winds. Plus or minus thirty pounds means either a 4m or 6m might work better for you. Or for steady winds wind above or below that range, also look for one square meter bigger or smaller.
3. Keep your back to the wind, the wing on the downwind side, bottom tip down.
4. Angle the center strut 45 degree to the ground, front hand higher.
5. For jibe (or to re-gain balance) turn downwind, raise front hand, release back hand.
6. Flip wing and switch hands, steer upwind.
7. If you get going too fast or feel a strong gust, you can dump power by lifting the wing overhead - AKA luff the wing so that it flags with no power
8. Practice pumping the wing with a big circular scooping motion to get more speed
9. Keep downwind tip down to avoid getting backwinded
10. If you get out of balance, release your back hand to recover the wing or SPLASH!

[@NeilHMyers]

Thanks for taking a moment to demonstrate basics. I especially appreciate you showing a few examples of small mistakes. That can be as or more helpful than just seeing it done flawlessly all the time. Well done!