Strapless foiling 2: learning to fly on efoil

My next training on the same efoil board Fliteair, on gear 4. It’s called ‘touch and go’ for good reasons, as the most difficult flying part is to press the rising foil back into water. Flying foil can easily breach the water surface, resulting in a spectacular crash over the board nose due to an abrupt speed loss. Finding the sweet spot on a board to firmly stand, while anticipating and applying small corrections by weight shifts, is a new skill and takes a lot of practicing. Arne filmed me to show how it actually went, falling included. However, my falls were safe, as I always jumped preventively rather than kept struggling to regain control. And in no time, I could stand up and fly again, also the flying turns were improving. I see now why so many people get involved in efoiling. It’s not that hard to learn and no need for wind, as for a wing- or kite-foiling. It feels almost surrealistic, when the water resistance and board shaking are suddenly gone,... and you get smoothly lifted and air-born, like on an Aladdin flying carpet. It was a wise decision to try efoiling before starting to kitefoil