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How to enter in a shore break

Postby Toby » Mon Jul 12, 2021 11:15 pm

Riding waves while wing foiling is one of the coolest aspects of this sport. But sometimes that comes with another problem, the shore break! In this video we discuss how to safely enter and exit the water when there is shore break or breaking waves..



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Re: How to enter in a shore break

Postby Dontsink » Tue Jul 13, 2021 7:42 am



Has subtitles in English.
Sometimes coming back in is really hard,with shorebreak ,waves pushing in and water drawing out plus iffy wind that drops the wing into the water :(

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Re: How to enter in a shore break

Postby nothing2seehere » Tue Jul 13, 2021 8:03 am

That second video is a bit better but the first video is pointless as a demo. Its like those kite self landing instructional videos that are filmed in 10 knots of wind - great in theory but...... show it in a real world situation (at least 3 foot dump)
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Re: How to enter in a shore break

Postby Dontsink » Tue Jul 13, 2021 2:04 pm

Yup, i generally find DamienLeroy's videos kind of superficial but there is good stuff in some and hey,they are free so...

But this one is kinda pointless.

There is not much video content about getting in/out in waves , i suspect this is because most times it is not pretty :)

The dark side of wingfoiling,it does not sell.

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Re: How to enter in a shore break

Postby kiteband » Tue Jul 13, 2021 5:09 pm

It feels weird that both videos are more focused on filming the talking than showing the action. You could probably learn more just standing at the beach and watching guys go in that know what they are doing.

English subtitles on the second video aren't helpful. My french isn't good, but it was easier to listen and guess what he is trying to say than actually reading the gibberish.

Interesting topic though!


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