Race Jibe

In this version of the jibe, the wing is held almost horizontally

Here’s a quick guide to the race jibe (laydown jibe) in wing foiling:

When initiating the jibe, turn the lower wing tip backward
Lay the wing flat (front hand holds the wing by the front tube against your body, while the back hand extends the strut until it is almost horizontal)
Keep the upper/front wing tip slightly higher so that the airflow can hit the wing from below
foil in a smooth arc around the turn so as not to lose speed
Halfway through the jibe, the rear wing tip automatically turns into the wind (the wind is now increasingly pushing up from below against the top of the wing, which has turned downward)
Lift the trailing edge of the wing slightly so that the wind can blow underneath it from behind
Push the wing upward with both hands; the power of the wind will cause it to flip over on its own
Move the wing into the normal riding position and finish the jibe

Training on land? This type of jibe isn’t easy to practice on land, because laying the wing flat works on the water mainly because of the fast speed away from the wind, during which the actual wind and the relative wind nearly cancel each other out.

In very light winds, you can hold the inverted wing on the beach so that the trailing edge faces into the wind (as in the second part of the race jibe), and flip it over by lifting it.