Pump Start
This is how you get up on the foil quickly
Here's how to take off effectively while wing foiling — with enough wind (4–5 Beaufort in this case), it only takes a few pumps to get up on the foil.
In the video, you can see the wing being pushed forward and pulled back, combined with pushing the board. The legs are bent and straighten at the end of the arm stroke to transfer the resulting forward thrust to the board.
Even a small foil (in this case, a 720 cm2 front wing) generates lift early on if you get the board up to speed. The board in the video has a volume roughly equal to body weight (72 liters, all-round shape, not a midlength), and the wing is 4 square meters.
July 18, 2026 © WING DAILY | text: Jürgen Schall | photos/graphics: Jürgen Schall | translation: DE
